Internship and Early Career 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
The Talent Acquisition (TA) function is responsible for attracting, engaging, and hiring talent that contributes to Woven by Toyota’s mission to build the future of mobility through software and technology innovation. The TA team partners with business and engineering leaders to anticipate talent needs and design effective end-to-end recruiting strategies that deliver high-quality candidates. Our focus is on creating an exceptional positive candidate experience and ensuring we hire the right people at the right time to achieve our strategic goals.

The Internship Program and Early Career Talent Manager works globally in TA and cross-functionally with hiring managers, leadership, and universities to ensure that early-career hires are aligned with both business needs and long-term organizational growth through our Software Engineer Internship Program and works closely with Learning & Development (L&D) and HRBP teams in HR to advocate for the investment in and execution of the growth Early Career talent, initially with a new Rotation Program.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate strategic planning and execution for our internship programming and early career integration activities, as a lead. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building programs globally from inception, collaborating across teams, and taking full ownership of outcomes. Also, you will work closely with other HR teams to execute on early career-related onboarding and/or L&D programming as we focus on growing our early career talent and offer career development opportunities to position ourselves as a company you can grow with.

RESPONSIBILITIES
・Own Intern to Early Career lifecycle end-to-end, taking responsibility for program outcomes, effectiveness, and future vision

Internship Program
・Serve as the primary lead for the Internship Program, working globally and cross-functionally with hiring managers, and leadership. Design, operate, and continuously improve the Internship Program
・Design and manage a clear conversion process from internship to full-time employment
・Manage the Intern Program budget and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success, ROI, and quality of early career talent pipelines
・Develop and execute a global strategy for building diverse and high-quality candidate pipelines through university partnerships, events, and recruiting platforms
・Collaborate closely with mentors and managers in host teams to ensure intern success, performance tracking, and a consistent, high-quality experience
・Design and manage effective onboarding, evaluation, and feedback frameworks for all interns
・Partner with marketing/communications teams to develop and maintain a compelling employer brand and program narrative for early career talent acquisition

Early Career Talent Management
・Operate the Early Career Rotation Program process including interviewing and management of the selection process, provide ongoing support and resources to early career talents to foster their professional growth as well as designated related programs in the future
・Partner with L&D and HR Business Partner (HRBP) teams to design and execute initiatives that support the long-term growth and development of internship converts, including an early career rotation program, and advocate for continued investment in this population

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• 8+ years relevant experience including least 3+ years in managing or leading recruiting programs, internship programs, or early-career development initiatives and 3+ years of people management
• Demonstrated ability to build strong working relationships and influence diverse stakeholders, including university partners, students, hiring managers, and senior leadership
• Excellent organizational, planning, and end-to-end project management skills with a history of successful program execution and measuring ROI
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills, necessary for strategy development, collaboration, and employer branding efforts
• Full professional proficiency in both Japanese and English to support the global and local aspects of the program

NICE TO HAVES:
• Experience in high-paced, growth company
• Experience to build relationship with universities, labs, and vendors specifically for software engineering talent
• Experience designing new graduate hiring or development programs
• Previous experience working as L&D or HRBP, or working closely with them

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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.