Agora Program Manager

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.

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TEAM
Agora is a Cloud software platform that offers integrated services and frameworks to accelerate developers across Toyota Woven City and Toyota. Key services include Data Storage, ETL/Pipelines, Consent/Agreement, IoTA, CI/CD, API Gateway, Developer/API Portals, User Notification, Test Platform, Olly, Identity, Authentication, and Authorization.

The Agora Program Management (PM) is central to the Agora platform. The PM team ensures that all activities—both customer projects and internal initiatives—are well-scoped, achieve the expected business outcomes, and satisfy sponsors and leadership. They closely collaborate with Customers, Engineering, and Business organizations to coordinate execution, ensuring products/features are shipped on schedule, on budget, and meet all compliance requirements (quality, safety, security, and privacy). The PM team also serves as the interface for gathering external requirements, improving communication and processes, working with engineering leadership to set platform objectives and a roadmap aligned with the stable platform strategy, and prioritizing the most strategically valuable features for completion.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for an experienced program manager with a cloud or software development background, a proven track record of managing and delivering complex projects with multiple stakeholders, and strong comfort managing senior and executive-level stakeholders in both English and Japanese.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Program Management & Strategy
・Interface between Agora and external stakeholders to gather and refine requirements for the Agora Platform
・Collaborate closely with engineering leadership to define the Agora Platform's objectives and roadmap, ensuring alignment with the high-level strategy for a stable Woven City and future expansion
・Manage and negotiate the scope of Agora’s commitments to ensure successful project delivery to Woven City and beyond
・Work with engineering managers, product teams, and technical stakeholders to collectively define project deliverables and track execution

Risk Management & Delivery
・Perform rigorous risk assessments across technology, business, and logistics to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and at the right quality level
・Align and manage resource allocation to ensure successful program delivery and maintain project profitability
・Identify communication and requirements gaps in project delivery, and manage conflicts between teams (e.g., due to competing priorities). Prioritize the most strategically valuable features and support them through completion

Stakeholder Management & Communication
・Manage stakeholder relationships and communication, including engaging with executive-level stakeholders
・Report the program status to various stakeholders and committees
・Continuously improve communication channels and processes across the program

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• 10+ years of project management experience in IT, automotive, or equivalent B2B product environments, including Start of Production and execution against a master schedule
• Proven delivery of complex, high-impact products within matrix organizations, operating under ambiguity and using a blend of Scaled Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Strong stakeholder, customer, and relationship management skills, including scope control and ownership of multi‑million cash‑flow projects where delays have significant business impact
• Ability to collaborate closely with technical experts to manage requirements, derived requirements, risks, and execution through resolution
• Exceptional communication and conflict‑resolution skills, with the ability to earn trust across technical and non‑technical audiences at all organizational levels
• Fluent in spoken and written English and Japanese
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement (kaizen) to enhance project delivery performance

NICE TO HAVES:
• Experience in IT or Software development
• Experience in Product Management
• Experience in Business Development
• Master of Business Administration
• PMI / Scrum certification

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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.