Senior Product Development Manager

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.

ABOUT THE TEAM

You will be an integral part of a team responsible for delivering a powerful, scalable next-generation vehicle platform for future Toyota and Lexus vehicles. This platform will comprise a new centralized electrical architecture powered by Arene, Woven Planet’s flagship programmable automotive software system that integrates on-vehicle OS and data collection services with the cloud.

This team will deliver concept hardware and software solutions driven by high-quality UX research that defines an end-to-end product definition for Toyota’s next-generation vehicles. This concept work will produce a full-stack solution starting with the digital services, the programmable software system, and the underlying compute and electrical architecture of the vehicle.

This team represents the cutting edge of software and hardware development at Toyota. Your work will marry the speed and agility of Silicon Valley software development with the standards of functional safety, craftsmanship, and time-tested quality of Toyota products in a fast-paced and collaborative prototyping environment.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Join the Arene Advanced Development team as a Senior Product Development Manager.

• Maintain and grow existing working groups to include development and business teams to build stronger ties and a pipeline to offramp new concepts onto production paths in NA region.
• Coordinates day-to-day with other TMC stakeholders to ensure alignment and that they complement one another
• Oversees deliverables and timelines to ensure they remain on track
• Supports user research operations including alignment on objectives and timelines, scheduling, and recruiting efforts
• Align success criteria between all stakeholders
• Tracks and measures success of the program and owns reporting to external stakeholders
• Creates opportunities for reporting out research insights generated by the working group; also supports stakeholder reporting to ensure program visibility
• Builds out opportunities for collaboration, including influencing external team roadmaps and forging production paths for products
• Manages the program by driving forward the timelines and milestones
• Support New Product Development activities by maintaining and growing strategic partnerships with technology and service companies to enable greater speed of development and enabling technologies

• 8+ years experience in product development or business/partnerships development in consumer product or advanced automotive technology companies
• Proven ability to create alignment through managing or influencing cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills and data-driven decision making
• Clear customer focus with experience bringing together multiple stakeholders to develop towards a complex and ever-changing set of objectives
• Proven track record of taking ownership, a motivated self-starter that can work independently
• Proven success in delivering technology products/services in a high growth, ambiguous environment

• Other qualifications with experience working in technology companies and a strong aptitude for technology and empathy for the market
• Deep experience working with Advanced Development, Business Development, and Engineering teams
• Fluent English - strong written and verbal communication skills

For positions based in Palo Alto, CA, the base pay for this position ranges from $140,000- $230,000 a year.

Your base salary is one part of your total compensation. We offer a base salary, short term and long term incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package. The total compensation offered to an employee will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and level.

WHAT WE OFFER

We are committed to creating a modern work environment that supports our employees and their loved ones. We offer many options of the best programs to allow you to do your most meaningful work and to help you shape the future of mobility.

・Excellent health, wellness, dental and vision coverage

・A rewarding 401k program

・Flexible vacation policy

・Family planning and care benefits

Our Commitment

・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

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