Chief Engineer, Arene
EmployeeJob Overview
TEAM
Arene’s goal is to open vehicle programming to everyone by simplifying vehicle software development and increasing deployment frequency without compromising safety and security. This will create a whole new market of vehicle application developers who, through software, integrate a vehicle into our daily lives in novel ways. Arene aims to significantly improve how vehicles are designed and developed, and we’re working closely with Toyota to realize this goal in its next-generation vehicles.
The Chief Engineer is the head of the Chief Engineer Office, a global function that overlooks all of the Arene’s main planning and delivery of business results functions. The Arene Chief Engineer Office groups the main functions of Product Line Management, Programs Management as well as Professional Services. The responsibilities of this team is to develop strategies, products and services offering to the Automotive and more broadly to Mobility companies (OEMs, Tiers, etc. ), to manage the projects resulting of contract awards all the way to business performance.
The team is composed of product managers, project managers, field engineers, customer support experts, market research experts and user experience experts. This team is closely working with the global engineering workforce in order to produce Arene as a cohesive product line as well as the professional services required to support customers introducing it and/or to develop their products using it, fostering its reputation as a trustworthy and reliable brand, by providing cost-effective solutions that uphold the highest standards of safety and quality.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
You are a seasoned business leader with a deep understanding of product strategy creation and planning in a B2B marketplace, managing Fortune 50 types of customers and managing the engagements to commercial success. We are looking for a seasoned leader that has a proven track record of delivering business results over a product line management process while producing and servicing highly complex products that integrate both extensive logical and physical elements into a cohesive integrated product such as a car, an aircraft or equivalent. Also, the expected candidate has extensive skills in change management and in regulations in the automotive industry.
This role reports directly to Arene’s Line of Business global vice-president and is located in Japan.
TEAM
Arene’s goal is to open vehicle programming to everyone by simplifying vehicle software development and increasing deployment frequency without compromising safety and security. This will create a whole new market of vehicle application developers who, through software, integrate a vehicle into our daily lives in novel ways. Arene aims to significantly improve how vehicles are designed and developed, and we’re working closely with Toyota to realize this goal in its next-generation vehicles.
The Chief Engineer is the head of the Chief Engineer Office, a global function that overlooks all of the Arene’s main planning and delivery of business results functions. The Arene Chief Engineer Office groups the main functions of Product Line Management, Programs Management as well as Professional Services. The responsibilities of this team is to develop strategies, products and services offering to the Automotive and more broadly to Mobility companies (OEMs, Tiers, etc. ), to manage the projects resulting of contract awards all the way to business performance.
The team is composed of product managers, project managers, field engineers, customer support experts, market research experts and user experience experts. This team is closely working with the global engineering workforce in order to produce Arene as a cohesive product line as well as the professional services required to support customers introducing it and/or to develop their products using it, fostering its reputation as a trustworthy and reliable brand, by providing cost-effective solutions that uphold the highest standards of safety and quality.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
You are a seasoned business leader with a deep understanding of product strategy creation and planning in a B2B marketplace, managing Fortune 50 types of customers and managing the engagements to commercial success. We are looking for a seasoned leader that has a proven track record of delivering business results over a product line management process while producing and servicing highly complex products that integrate both extensive logical and physical elements into a cohesive integrated product such as a car, an aircraft or equivalent. Also, the expected candidate has extensive skills in change management and in regulations in the automotive industry.
This role reports directly to Arene’s Line of Business global vice-president and is located in Japan.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- In close collaboration with the North America head of product management and the Japan head of product management, define and maintain a unique global product strategy, roadmap and the associated communication & governance globally
- Manage a diverse team of senior professionals in various specializations such as product management, project management and professional services to maximize their efficiency to deliver business results while meeting and even exceed customers expectations
- Pro-actively deploy your strategies and leverage all possible resources both internally and externally to derive the proper set of features and services that will provide Arene with competitive advantages as a product while enabling Toyota into the world of Software-Defined Vehicles and keep its position of world leader in this new field considering its operations and product lines realities and constraints
- Develop the internal and external network to enable Arene’s products penetration in Toyota group companies as a first step, to the J-OEMs as a second step and to the rest of the world then
- Overlook the many execution projects ensuring that they deliver to all stakeholders expectations
- Develop business plans and manage the Arene R&D budget to ensure that the investment is optimized to create the proper offering to the marketplace, making Woven by Toyota highly competitive through Arene
- Leverage the global geographically dispersed teams and stakeholders in your operations
- Develop and maintain a good partnership network within the Toyota group company and beyond to gather insights and needs creating trustful relationships without overindexing on product customization, keeping long term vision educating customers/stakeholders to bring them along
- Provide inspirational leadership with active listening, empathy, inclusivity, and modeling company values to maximize the performance of teams and individuals
- Support the business development as well as market influence activities over talks in major industry events, conventions, partners and potential customers representation, etc.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Demonstrated experience delivering business results in a B2B environment similar to the one Arene has with a product line that has similar technology, costs structure and market complexity
- Demonstrated experience leading teams on successful technology products
- 15+ years of pertinent experience developing business plans, delivering solutions and servicing complex products that integrate the human in extensive logical and physical elements in industries such as automotive, aerospace, defense
- Experience in communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated effectiveness in connecting business context and customer impact to business results
- Proven experience is go-to-market strategies, business plans definition, strategic plan definition, partnership, complex commercial agreements, patents and M&A
- Prior experience working directly with engineering teams
- Experience working with automotive OEMs and/or tier-1 suppliers
- Embrace the challenge of creating metrics, designing product roadmaps, and influencing a diverse set of stakeholders toward a common goal
- Fluency in English and in Japanese
NICE TO HAVES
- Agile development mindset
- Experience working with Japanese companies
- Experience working in a global environment