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Lead and conduct workplace investigations into harassment, retaliation, and policy violations; prepare investigation plans and reports; advise leaders on performance management and dispute resolution; manage confidential case documentation; analyze trends and recommend proactive actions; partner cross-functionally and support HR and EEO compliance. Must support all shifts and work onsite at the Chicago Assembly Plant.

Serve as an embedded HR Business Partner in automotive manufacturing plants, driving HR strategy, labor relations, talent management, HR operations, compliance, and employee engagement. Lead union negotiations, grievance resolution, workforce planning, HR analytics, change management, and safety/wellness initiatives while supporting hourly and salaried employees and partnering closely with plant leadership.

Lead HRBP for a 4,500-person Chicago assembly plant, managing employee and union relations, benefits, compensation, training, investigations, and labor negotiations. Partner with plant leadership to drive engagement, lean HR practices, workforce planning, and compliance. Coach leaders, oversee HR team development, monitor ER trends, and collaborate with legal and safety to maintain a safe, inclusive, high-performing workplace.

Lead modernization of the Variable Marketing & Incentives AI platform: define strategy, lead discovery and roadmaps, partner with dealers and engineering, leverage data and AI to optimize incentives, drive migration and operational controls, define success metrics, and deliver executive-aligned materials to ensure measurable business impact.

Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable, distributed data and AI platforms on GCP. Design real-time and batch pipelines, integrate LLMs and vector search, define data models and API standards, optimize cloud infrastructure, enforce CI/CD and observability, and mentor senior engineers to drive product-led AI solutions at scale.

Provide regulatory legal advice on the Motor Vehicle Safety Act and FMVSS compliance, evaluate potential safety recalls, draft and review documents for NHTSA, participate in cross-functional safety and product development meetings, and perform targeted legal research to support regulatory submissions and Ford's compliance with NHTSA orders.

Drive procurement of indirect software and services through data analysis, sourcing (RFI/RFP/RFQ), contract negotiation (SOWs/SLAs), supplier relationship management, onboarding due diligence, and category roadmap development to deliver cost savings and mitigate risk.

Own integrated execution across the data-to-reporting value stream: maintain unified schedules, dependencies, risks and readiness; drive Jira and Agile delivery hygiene; facilitate cross-team collaboration from requirements through UAT; manage critical path, release planning, and leadership reporting to ensure data/reporting launch readiness.