Project Manager, Project Management Office
Tokyo
Product & Technology – Arene /
Employee /
Hybrid
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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TEAM
The Arene Project Management Office (PMO) is at the heart of Arene Line of Business Operations Management. The PMO ensures that all activities and commitments - customer projects as well as internal initiatives - are well-scoped and provide the expected business outcome ensuring both sponsor and leadership’s satisfaction. The team works closely with Customers, Engineering and Business organizations to coordinate the execution to ship products on schedule, on budget while meeting all compliance requirements (quality, safety, security and privacy).
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for an experienced program manager from an automotive or software development background, with a proven track record of managing and delivering on a set of complex projects with multiple stakeholders, who is very comfortable in managing senior and executive level stakeholders in both English and Japanese.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage stakeholder relationships and communication. Engage executive level stakeholders.
- Manage and negotiate the scope of Arene’s commitments to ensure successful project delivery to a vehicle program.
- Work in close collaboration with the project managers, product and engineering stakeholders to collectively define project deliverables and track execution.
- Align and manage resource allocation for successful program delivery while ensuring profitability of the projects.
- Perform rigorous risks assessment that cover technology, business and logistics to deliver on time, on budget and with the right level of quality.
- Identify communication and requirements gaps in the project delivery and manage conflicts between teams (e.g. for competing priorities).
- Report the program status to various committees.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 15+ years experience in project management within the automotive industry or equivalent products, in a B2B dynamics, with experience in bringing products to Start of Production and working with suppliers against a master schedule.
- Experience in working at the intersection of Scaled Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Very comfortable with matrix organization and leading in ambiguity.
- Proven track record with the delivery of complex products in complex business dynamics in which, delays cause significant damages for the business partners
- Demonstrated competency in contracts management for projects that involve multi-millions in terms of cash flow
- Demonstrated competency in customer management, managing scope to ensure both parties success.
- Capable to closely collaborate with technical experts to identify risks and manage execution to resolution.
- Capable in managing requirements, derived requirements and identify risks associated to them
- Fluency in spoken and written English and Japanese
- Compelling and convincing communication skills at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to communicate with and earn the trust of both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to operate and deliver under ambiguity.
- Ability to implement continuous kaizen to drive constant improvement on project delivery.
- Skilled at resolving complex situations and conflicts in positive ways.
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience in IT or Software development
- Experience of setting up a PM office, selecting and leading change management around adopting a common approach in an organization.
- PMI certification
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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.
