Technical Project Assistant Manager - City Infrastructure

TEAM

Toyota is redefining what it means to move. We're challenging the current state of mobility by enhancing the movement of people, goods, information and energy. Centered around three core concepts - A Living Laboratory™, Human-Centered, and Ever Evolving City™ - Woven City serves as a test course for mobility to fulfill our purpose of well-being for all.

We do this by bringing together a diverse community of people with a shared passion for the future of mobility to co-create, develop and refine innovative products and services. This cross-section of social infrastructure, mobility, and people provides a unique opportunity for inventors, residents and visitors to interact seamlessly with new technologies throughout daily life in an environment that emulates a real city.

Our team is responsible for planning, designing, developing, and operating the digital and physical urban infrastructure that supports the entire Toyota Woven City, leading the creation of an environment where Inventors and residents can conduct demonstrations and live safely, securely, and seamlessly.

For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

This position will drive the implementation of urban infrastructure required for proof-of-concept testing in Toyota Woven City, encompassing everything from strategic planning to service design and execution. As a mobility company tackling societal challenges at the city level, we seek individuals passionate about envisioning innovation and solution roadmaps that will become the “future norm. ” We expect highly imaginative yet logical proposals for the test course infrastructure needed to solve these challenges.
Toyota Woven City is a place where we conduct verification experiments necessary for realizing the social systemization of mobility, in collaboration with various companies. This position involves understanding each company's verification objectives and business requirements, proposing the necessary IT environment and system architecture, and translating these into requirements and specifications for the development team, thereby supporting the verification experiments from a technical perspective.
You will serve as the bridge between corporate partners and the development side, driving proof-of-concept projects forward from both technical and operational perspectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Consider the proof-of-concept objectives and business requirements of each company, as well as the overall strategy of Woven City, to design and propose the required IT environment and urban infrastructure solutions and system architectures
• Based on the agreed direction, define system requirements, create specifications, and design the architecture, then provide clear input to the development team
• Plan and propose continuous operational improvements and updates for deployed equipment and system platforms
• Work with development teams and engineers to manage progress, identify issues, and adjust requirements
• Manage projects to ensure delivery within budget and on schedule, including schedule, risk, and quality management

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience in planning and implementing IT solutions
• Experience translating business requirements into a concrete technical roadmap
• Strong communication skills to structure complex technical requirements and explain them clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Logical thinking skills to lead technical decision-making
• Strong logical thinking, with the ability to identify issues and solve problems
• A proactive attitude toward identifying issues and driving improvement proposals through to execution
• Native level Japanese language skills sufficient to clearly communicate technical and business topics
• English proficiency at a conversational level and a strong willingness to further improve English skills
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build trust and work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders

NICE TO HAVES

• Experience leading or driving system development or operations projects in IT, urban infrastructure, or mobility-related domains
• Practical experience in building and operating data platforms (such as data lakes or data warehouses) or in data utilization
• Experience coordinating specifications and building consensus across multiple departments or cross-functional teams
• Experience participating in projects to introduce new technologies or cloud services, or to create new services
• Experience making and driving decisions for large-scale infrastructure investments or system development from a technical standpoint