About the Role
Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s transformation into a mobility company. We are seeking an experienced Business Development/Product Manager to join the Woven City Mobility Infrastructure team. This role is central to providing cloud infrastructure and platform capabilities to various Woven City products, driving teams and offerings to the next stage to support expanding business use cases.
Responsibilities
- Identify common use cases among various Woven City products and collaborate with business teams to define core requirements for "Beyond City" use cases.
- Plan and strategize cloud infrastructure roadmaps by balancing technical feasibility, scalability, and ROI.
- Act as a central hub between business stakeholders and technical teams, consolidating infrastructure requirements and engaging in technical discussions.
- Negotiate with multiple product and engineering teams to align on shared technical requirements and ensure smooth operations and service delivery outside of Woven City.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of experience in product management, technical product ownership, or technical planning within Cloud Platform services, SaaS, or infrastructure environments.
- Strong ability to bridge the gap between business and technology.
- Proven track record of defining product/platform requirements from scratch, translating high-level business visions into actionable technical roadmaps, and prioritizing features based on value and ROI.
- A natural collaborator with a strong win-win mindset who can facilitate productive alignment, resolve conflicting requirements, and manage diverse stakeholders.
- Exceptional verbal and written presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical or business concepts and tailor the narrative effectively for different audiences.
- Proficiency in business-level English.
Skills
- Product management
- Technical product ownership
- Technical planning
- Cloud Platform services
- SaaS
- Infrastructure
- Business development
- Program management
- Digital transformation
- IoT
- Smart-city
- Big Data platforms
- AI-based platforms
- Project management
- Organizational skills
- Cross-cultural communication
- Japanese language proficiency (preferred)
Location
- Woven City
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 7+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive Salary - Based on experience
Benefits
- Flexible working time
- 20 days paid holiday per year (prorated)
- 6 days sick leave per year (prorated)
- Company holidays (Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other defined days)
- 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)
About the Company
- Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company.
- 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, Arene, Woven City, and Cloud & AI.
- Woven City serves as a test course for mobility to fulfill our purpose of well-being for all.
- We bring together a diverse community of people with a shared passion for the future of mobility to co-create, develop and refine innovative products and services.
- The Mobility Infrastructure team defines/develops cloud infrastructure that enables Woven City’s service to the outside of Woven City.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
