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Woven by Toyota · 10 hours ago

Director of Program Management

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$189K/yr - $310K/yr

10+ years exp

Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. They are seeking a highly experienced Director, Head of Global Program Management to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex AD/ADAS programs, ensuring high quality and customer satisfaction.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSoftware

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end global program ownership for AD/ADAS programs from concept through production, developing and overseeing a structured approach to the program, ensuring alignment with broader business goals. Define program scope, key milestones, and success metrics to drive execution and continuous improvement

Drive the planning, execution, and delivery of complex AD/ADAS programs, specifically those involving sophisticated software, machine learning, and system components

Lead a global program management team, actively developing and leading a high-performing global team, fostering a highly collaborative, innovative, and accountable work environment to maximize individual and team performance

Identify and proactively mitigate risks that may impact program timelines, quality, or efficiency. Develop contingency plans to address challenges related to deployment, infrastructure, and system integration. Communicate program updates, risks, and dependencies to senior leadership and key internal and external stakeholders

Guides development activities across multi-disciplinary engineering (Engineering, Product, Hardware, Software, Operations, etc.) to advance design, validation, failure analysis, and set appropriate pass/fail criteria

Mediate critical program processes, such as design reviews and build schedules, to effectively enable and foster collaboration between Woven by Toyota (WbyT) and key stakeholders, including Toyota

Establish and facilitate program governance and operating mechanisms, including design reviews, build schedules, performance metrics, KPIs, and communication rhythms across internal teams and external partners

Drive accountability across teams and remove execution barriers, proactively resolving conflicts, identifying blockers, escalating decisions where needed, mobilizing solutions to keep programs on track, and enabling teams to deliver high-quality, on-time results

Build and scale program management processes and tools to drive global consistency, transparency, predictability, and high execution quality across multiple teams and regions

Partner closely with stakeholders; ensure alignment on priorities, technical decisions, and customer expectations

Qualification

AD/ADAS experienceProgram managementSoftware developmentMachine learningStakeholder managementLeadership skillsCommunication skillsData-driven mindsetMulticultural team managementEngineering backgroundCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

10+ years of professional program management experience in AD/ADAS, with a minimum of 5 years of senior leadership experience managing complex, AD/ADAS programs

Proven track record in leading end-to-end program execution, from concept and development through to the launch of AD/ADAS products

Proven strong program management capability in delivering complex software, machine-learning, and systems programs, specifically within AD/ADAS

Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to inspire and motivate internal and external teams

Have proven successful in growing and nurturing multicultural high-performance teams

Exceptional facilitation and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to align cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, Hardware, Software, Operations) with 500+ stakeholders and senior leadership in complex technical discussions, identifying technical blockers and solutions, and steering them toward a common goal

Demonstrated success in building, scaling, and institutionalizing program management processes, tools, and operating mechanisms for consistency and high execution quality

Strong leadership presence, excellent communication skills, a skilled collaborator, and a bias toward action and outcomes

Thrive in ambiguity, embrace the challenge of achieving the company's mission, and influence a diverse set of stakeholders toward a common goal of delivering the best-in-class products to end users and customers

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Preferred

Experience with Japan is preferred

Experience in Machine Learning and building data-driven systems is preferred

Benefits

Excellent health, wellness, dental and vision coverage

A rewarding 401k program

Flexible vacation policy

Family planning and care benefits

Company

Woven by Toyota

Woven by Toyota improve the vehicle intelligence software and operation and accelerate the Toyota Mobility Concept.

Founded in 2023

Tokyo, Tokyo, JPN

1001-5000 employees

https://woven.toyota/en

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