Head of Infrastructure Engineering

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
Software development in the automotive industry comes with unique challenges. From deploying artifacts to cloud, mobile devices, and vehicles, to meeting vehicle security certifications and navigating different types of testing and simulation, it can be overwhelming for automotive software developers. That's why the Enterprise Technology Engineering Team (EnTec) builds solutions that enhance productivity, so developers can focus on their true passion – software development – without being bogged down by setup and customization tasks.

At EnTec, our mission is to make software development for Woven by Toyota and the greater Toyota organization as a whole more productive and efficient. We use the latest technologies to help engineering teams go faster, with safety as our top priority. Our modern, agile, and transparent services are designed to bring to life Woven by Toyota's vision of "Mobility to Love, Safety to Live."

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for a Head of Infrastructure Engineering in our Tokyo office to lead a global team responsible for Woven by Toyota’s corporate infrastructure systems and productivity tools. The ideal candidate has experience with teams in charge of maintaining physical IT infrastructure and SaaS tools with thousands of daily users.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Cultivate the success of an internationally distributed team of 40+ employees and contractors managing network infrastructure, server infrastructure, productivity tools, and MDM;
• Act as a leadership figure by engaging people and caring for them;
• Adapt established processes, frameworks to deliver quality tools and infrastructure to the business;
• Establish a team culture to enable engineers to be successful, engaged and open to collaboration with other engineering and security teams;
• Inspire engineering best practices for developing high-quality, maintainable, and safe systems;
• Define roadmaps, metrics, and budgets to shape the success of the organization
• Engage and contribute to architecture discussions to empower sound technical decision-making;
• Inspire ambitious but achievable goal setting;
• Relentlessly enforce the quality and integrated testing standards and other Woven policies, leading by example and mentoring the team members to operate accordingly
• Engage and participate in strategic activities toward global vision execution by maintaining strong relationships with other organizations within Woven by Toyota

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Excellent English communication and people engagement skills;
• 5+ years as senior manager in more than one IT domain (networking, systems engineering, software engineering, DevOps, corporate SaaS tools, MDM)
• An empathic leader capable of understanding human beings and identify their strengths and their weaknesses;
• A leader capable of enabling a security-first culture;
• Excellent technical abilities, capable of quickly understanding complex technical situations that usually involve people, processes and products;
• Experience working in multicultural teams and openness to various cultures;
• Excellent knowledge of project & product management practices;
• Mindset for ownership, growth, and a bias for progress;
• Deep commitment to quality
• Hands-on experience deploying office and/or datacenter infrastructure
• Experience creating and managing infrastructure and tool budgets

NICE TO HAVES:
• Business-level Japanese (JLPT N2 or higher)
• Linux, Networking, or Cloud certifications (AWS, Palo Alto, Juniper, GCP, Cisco, etc.)
• Experience with Microsoft Identity services, Slack, GWS, JAMF, Intune, and/or Puppet
• Experience managing AI tools for corporate productivity
• Experience in hybrid cloud environments
• Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure environments

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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.