Chief Engineer leading global product strategy and managing diverse teams for Arene at Woven by Toyota. Driving innovation in mobility solutions to enhance accident prevention and well-being.
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.
Requirements
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
Benefits
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)
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