About Woven by Toyota
Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation — expanding what “mobility” means and how it serves society.
Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we’re working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
In close collaboration with the North America head of product management and the Japan head of product management, define and maintain a unique global product strategy, roadmap and the associated communication & governance globally
Manage a diverse team of senior professionals in various specializations such as product management, project management and professional services to maximize their efficiency to deliver business results while meeting and even exceed customers expectations
Pro-actively deploy your strategies and leverage all possible resources both internally and externally to derive the proper set of features and services that will provide Arene with competitive advantages as a product while enabling Toyota into the world of Software-Defined Vehicles and keep its position of world leader in this new field considering its operations and product lines realities and constraints
Develop the internal and external network to enable Arene’s products penetration in Toyota group companies as a first step, to the J-OEMs as a second step and to the rest of the world then
Overlook the many execution projects ensuring that they deliver to all stakeholders expectations
Develop business plans and manage the Arene R&D budget to ensure that the investment is optimized to create the proper offering to the marketplace, making Woven by Toyota highly competitive through Arene
Leverage the global geographically dispersed teams and stakeholders in your operations
Develop and maintain a good partnership network within the Toyota group company and beyond to gather insights and needs creating trustful relationships without overindexing on product customization, keeping long term vision educating customers/stakeholders to bring them along
Provide inspirational leadership with active listening, empathy, inclusivity, and modeling company values to maximize the performance of teams and individuals
Support the business development as well as market influence activities over talks in major industry events, conventions, partners and potential customers representation, etc.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Demonstrated experience delivering business results in a B2B environment similar to the one Arene has with a product line that has similar technology, costs structure and market complexity
Demonstrated experience leading teams on successful technology products
15+ years of pertinent experience developing business plans, delivering solutions and servicing complex products that integrate the human in extensive logical and physical elements in industries such as automotive, aerospace, defense
Experience in communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Demonstrated effectiveness in connecting business context and customer impact to business results
Proven experience is go-to-market strategies, business plans definition, strategic plan definition, partnership, complex commercial agreements, patents and M&A
Prior experience working directly with engineering teams
Experience working with automotive OEMs and/or tier-1 suppliers
Embrace the challenge of creating metrics, designing product roadmaps, and influencing a diverse set of stakeholders toward a common goal
Fluency in English and in Japanese
NICE TO HAVES
Agile development mindset
Experience working with Japanese companies
Experience working in a global environment
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Important Points
・All interviews will be arranged via Google Meet, unless otherwise stated.
・The same job descriptions are available in both English and Japanese; therefore, we kindly ask that you apply to only one version.
・We kindly request that you submit your resume in English, if possible. However, Japanese resumes are also acceptable. Please note that, depending on the English proficiency requirements of the role, we may request an English version of your resume later in the process.
WHAT WE OFFER
・Competitive Salary - Based on experience
・Work Hours - Flexible working time
・Paid Holiday - 20 days per year (prorated)
・Sick Leave - 6 days per year (prorated)
・Holiday - Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other days defined by our company
・Japanese Social Insurance - Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance
・Housing Allowance
・Retirement Benefits
・Rental Cars Support
・In-house Training Program (software study/language study)
Our Commitment
・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.
・Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details.
