Job Type
Lexus SDV Service Business Strategy Planning & Product Manager
Work Detail
[Features] This position involves strategically planning value delivery to customers centered on the SDV (Software Development Vehicle) functions installed in Lexus vehicles, and leading the implementation of those applications.
[Job Description] Responsible for planning and product management of brand-consistent owner services utilizing Lexus SDV. This includes formulating the optimal architecture and organizing existing functions to realize these services, clarifying roles and responsibilities with functions outside the Lexus Company, and establishing an implementation and development system. Furthermore, it involves defining necessary requirements from the application layer to the vehicle-mounted function development team and the cloud-side/vehicle data integration platform development team, promoting development collaboration across the entire SDV system.
■Expected Role for this Position: Manager
[Background of Recruitment]
This is a new area where existing automotive professionals alone cannot compete.
Recruitment
[Workplace Image/Workplace Mission]
As Toyota Motor Corporation aims to transform into a mobility company, the Lexus Company, as a luxury lifestyle brand, aims to create new value through challenging car manufacturing and the creation of exciting experiences to provide each customer with a richer life.
As a leading force within Toyota Motor Corporation, which is challenging itself to transform its business and expand the value of mobility through new initiatives based on SDV (Software Defined Vehicle), we are seeking highly skilled individuals who can drive the planning and execution of SDV strategies for Lexus from both business and development perspectives, collaborating with members within the company, such as those in planning, development, and production, as well as external departments such as the Digital Software Development Center.
This is a new organization established within the Lexus Company that takes on the challenge of end-to-end, from planning and development to execution of SDV services for the Lexus brand.
Collaborating with internal departments and our subsidiary, Woven by Toyota, planning and development personnel in the automotive domain and software planning and development personnel in non-automotive domains will work together to concretize SDV services and expand the value of vehicles.
[Job Satisfaction/PR]
At Lexus International Company, key functions from product planning to development, production, and sales are consolidated, allowing for a unified brand environment and agile, flexible work. We are committed to providing value to Lexus owners worldwide, contributing to the sustainable growth of Japan's proud global premium brand.
In this Joint Development (JD) initiative, we will focus on realizing services that expand the value of SDV-enabled Lexus vehicles by leveraging the power of software technology, rather than focusing on traditional Lexus car manufacturing. Through the new value provided by our SDV business services, we will solve customer challenges and work together as a company to create an even better brand.
Ideal Profile
We are looking for someone with experience in developing software services applications that integrate with hardware products such as connected vehicles and IoT devices, and with extensive implementation experience as a product manager, encompassing everything from development to UX and business planning.
We seek someone who can organize strategies for creating new value and businesses, and the software architectures to realize them, from the upstream stages even in complex, interconnected environments, and lead the implementation development.
・5+ years of experience in new business planning
・5+ years of experience leading software service/product development
・3+ years of experience in application development management
・Practical experience with front-end technologies including Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, JavaScript, and React
・Practical experience with back-end technologies including GO, Python, TypeScript, C#, Java, and PHP
・Work experience and practical cloud technology experience using AWS, Docker, and k8s
・Business English communication skills
・Experience introducing mobile/web app services to overseas markets
・Experience in developing and releasing software services integrated with vehicle hardware
What we especially look for in a PhD or postdoctoral fellow
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