Technical Product Owner

Overview

Who we are

Toyota does not offer support or sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this role now or in the future. You must have the right to work in the United States and not require Toyota support or sponsorship for immigration-related employment (e.g., H-1B, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, TN, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, ‘job flexibility benefits’ [also known as I-140 or Adjustment of Status portability], etc.) now or in the future. You should not apply for this role if you will require Toyota to assist with immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future.

Who we’re looking for

The role reporting to the National Manager, Technical Product Leadership will serve as the product manager and strategic liaison between business stakeholders, application teams, cloud engineering, information security, architecture, and platform engineering teams. A core responsibility of the role is to define and execute the product vision, roadmap, and adoption strategy for Toyota's enterprise integration platforms, including API Management, Event Streaming, Entitlement Services, and Managed File Transfer solutions.

This position is responsible for driving platform modernization initiatives, enabling self-service capabilities, improving developer experience, and ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient integration services that support enterprise business outcomes. The role will partner closely with engineering teams to translate business needs into actionable product requirements while balancing customer experience, operational excellence, security, compliance, and technical debt reduction.

In addition to product strategy and roadmap ownership, the role serves as the primary point of contact for platform customers, helping identify opportunities to improve onboarding experiences, streamline governance processes, increase platform adoption, and enhance reliability and observability across enterprise integration services.

The ideal candidate will possess a blend of product leadership, technical expertise, business acumen, and stakeholder management skills to successfully drive enterprise-scale platform capabilities that accelerate business agility and enable secure, reusable integration solutions across Toyota.

What you’ll be doing

• Define and execute the strategic vision, roadmap, and product priorities for enterprise integration platforms, including API Gateway, Event Streaming, Entitlement Services, and Managed File Transfer solutions.

• Lead cross-functional initiatives involving business stakeholders, architecture, engineering, cloud infrastructure, information security, and operations teams to deliver platform capabilities that align with organizational objectives.

• Elicit, analyze, and prioritize business and technical requirements, translating them into product roadmaps, epics, features, and user stories for Agile delivery teams.

• Drive platform modernization efforts to migrate legacy integration solutions toward secure, cloud-native, scalable, and self-service architectures.

• Partner with engineering teams to deliver developer-centric capabilities that reduce onboarding complexity, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate time-to-market.

• Lead the creation and evolution of platform governance, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency, security, compliance, and operational excellence.

• Collaborate with information security and architecture teams to incorporate enterprise security controls, identity and access management, API security, encryption, and compliance requirements into platform solutions.

• Establish and monitor platform success metrics, adoption KPIs, reliability targets, customer satisfaction indicators, and operational performance measures.

• Engage directly with business domains and application teams to understand integration requirements, gather feedback, identify pain points, and prioritize platform investments based on customer value.

• Champion self-service capabilities, automation, and reusable integration patterns that improve developer productivity and reduce operational overhead.

• Drive platform observability and operational maturity initiatives through enhanced monitoring, alerting, incident management, and proactive risk mitigation.

• Facilitate stakeholder alignment, manage dependencies, communicate product strategy, and provide regular updates to leadership regarding roadmap progress, risks, and business outcomes.

• Influence strategic technology decisions while balancing immediate delivery needs, long-term platform sustainability, and organizational priorities.

• Utilize advanced written and verbal communication skills to convey complex technical concepts and business value to both technical and executive audiences.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in Analytics, Statistics, Finance, Accounting, Math, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering or similar analytical/ STEM field.
• Minimum of 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross functional project.
• Experience with best practices for data science and data engineering.
• Project management and presentation skills including proposing strategic recommendations to management and clearly articulating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience working directly with engineering teams in an agile environment to ensure that what is built matches your vision in the most effective way.
• Extensive professional experience with both Excel and PowerPoint.
• Practical experience with the uses, development and deployment of statistical models.
• Experience with and the ability to engage technical audiences on the working level and to translate for executive stakeholders.
• Experience with and the ability to apply business acumen to technical and analytical challenges — understanding how data, models, and processes directly influence business performance, risk exposure, and strategic goals.

Added bonus if you have

• Experience in automotive, financial services, banking, insurance, or other highly regulated industries.
• Advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience building and managing enterprise platform products, including API Management, Event Streaming, Identity and Access Management, Integration Platforms, or Managed File Transfer solutions.
• Experience leading cloud transformation initiatives and delivering cloud-native solutions on AWS, Azure, or other public cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of enterprise security, governance, and compliance frameworks, including IAM, OAuth, OpenID Connect, API security, data protection, and audit controls.
• Experience working with regulatory, risk, compliance, or cybersecurity stakeholders to implement secure-by-design platform capabilities.
• Familiarity with software architecture, microservices, event-driven architecture, and modern integration patterns.
• Experience with Agile product management practices, product discovery, roadmap planning, value stream management, and platform adoption strategies.
• Working knowledge of observability, monitoring, reliability engineering, and operational excellence practices.
• Experience with enterprise integration technologies such as MuleSoft, Kafka, AWS MSK, API Gateway, Okta, SailPoint, IBM Sterling, or similar products.
• Experience leveraging automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), self-service capabilities, and DevOps practices to improve developer experience and operational efficiency.
• Familiarity with analytics and reporting tools such as SQL, Power BI, Tableau, Grafana, Dynatrace, or similar platforms.

What we’ll bring

During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect

• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement

• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount

• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family

• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute (if applicable)

• Paid holidays and paid time off

• Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools and more

• Tax Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)

• Relocation assistance (if applicable)

Belonging at Toyota

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star.

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Have a question, need assistance with your application or do you require any special accommodations? Please send an email to talent.acquisition@toyota.com.

About Us

At Toyota, we don’t just have a vision, but a group of talented, dedicated people who work hard every day to turn that vision into reality.

Our mission is to build a future where everyone has the freedom to move.

We believe that nothing is impossible. We have big dreams and persevere through any obstacles. We work together to create the future of mobility and make the world a better place.

Career Possibilities:

Toyota is a place for people who dream big and are determined to make those dreams a reality. We encourage innovation and look for people who will challenge the status quo in order to make the world a better place. We thrive on teamwork and collaboration and know diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are not only the right thing for our people, they are a business imperative. Together, we’re empowered to forge our own paths — to be agile, curious and embrace a growth mindset and immerse ourselves in situations to gain new perspectives and to inspire bold, innovative ways of thinking and working.

Our success as a company is directly tied to our team members’ success, and our collective ability to give back to society through an unwavering commitment to delight our customers and make people’s lives better. If you want to be part of the next-generation of innovations that help keep the world moving, then join us. And let’s start our impossible, together.