Description

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.

TEAM

Toyota is redefining what it means to move. We're challenging the current state of mobility by enhancing the movement of people, goods, information and energy. Centered around three core concepts - A Living Laboratory™, Human-Centered, and Ever Evolving City™ - Woven City serves as a test course for mobility to fulfill our purpose of well-being for all.

We do this by bringing 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. This cross-section of social infrastructure, mobility, and people provides a unique opportunity for inventors, residents and visitors to interact seamlessly with new technologies throughout daily life in an environment that emulates a real city.

We'll expand "mobility" not only for people but also for goods or information. Regarding the mobility of things, we believe that if we can provide a service that makes moving things incredibly easy, it could potentially change our values and lifestyles. To this end, we are developing the Robot Platform, a suite of products that supports Inventor's product development. Going forward, we will use robot learning technology to further evolve this product suite into one with even greater customer value and high competitiveness.

For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are seeking an experienced product manager who can lead the development and commercialization of products utilizing Physical AI technology (robot learning). In particular, we are looking for someone who is willing to visit the field (factories, stores, and field sites), can formulate hypotheses and move forward even with incomplete information, and can make business-oriented decisions while respecting technology.
This position will also require travel to the field site in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture, depending on the product development phase. If you are eager to take on the new challenge of developing innovative products combining hardware, software, and machine learning, let's make history together.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead product strategy planning, development promotion, and market launch in the 0-1 and 1-10 phases of products utilizing physical AI technologies (robotics/sensing/edge AI, etc.)
• Lead communication with engineering and stakeholders, to integrate learning data and models into our products (Robot Platform), driving business strategies that improve customer value and competitiveness
• Through market research and customer development activities, narrow down the markets in which our products using robot learning can solve problems across a wide range of fields and formulate business plans for those markets
• Drive end-to-end ownership of product delivery from early discovery through post-launch iteration driving outcomes across all stages while maintaining accountability for timeline, scope, and business impact

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Over 7 years of product management experience in B2B or B2B2C products in deep tech domains (software, robotics, sensing, or related hardware/software integrated products)
• Practical experience in translating customer challenges into technical requirements, defining requirements, developing roadmaps, and prioritizing
• Practical knowledge of machine learning/AI sufficient to translate it into product decisions - e.g., experience defining requirements or roadmaps for products that incorporate ML models, or hands-on involvement in ML-driven product development
• Ability to formulate hypotheses and verify them through PoC, even when the technology is not yet fully mature
• Business-level proficiency in both English and Japanese

NICE TO HAVES

• Experience with Physical AI technologies (e.g., Vision-Language-Action models) or robotics learning platforms
• Understanding of the AI model lifecycle (training, deployment, and updates)
• Experience in designing hardware + SaaS business models
• Understanding of development processes in robot or device development (prototyping - evaluation - mass production, firmware updates, sensor calibration, etc.)
• Understanding of hardware constraints (latency, power consumption, durability, cost)

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.