Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manager

Hybrid Working (minimum 6 days per month onsite)

Wrocław, Poland

Who are we?

Toyota is currently undergoing a “once in a century” transformation from a car manufacturer into a mobility services company.

Toyota Connected Europe was formed in 2019 as a key initiative of this transformation; and was created to infuse the power of big data and cloud intelligence into all aspects of the mobility experience.

TCEU creates and enables technologies that delight, simplify and connect the lives of those who use our products. We bring big data and a customer focus into all aspects of the mobility experience and wish to build a better world through enabling connected mobility for all.

What you'll do?

Delivery:

• Gain a deep technical understanding of our products and drive delivery through applying structured methodology and practices (e.g., in planning, requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing, acceptance testing etc.)

• Develop project schedules, define timeframes, and prioritise tasks to achieve project targets and deliver intended objectives within the agreed timeframes and ensuring that requirements are completed.

• Track progress against milestones, ensuring quality and manage risks.

• Coordinate bringing together different teams with varied perspectives in a collaborative manner to unblock issues and mitigate risks.

• Keep the senior leadership team informed of progress toward or changes to task timing that impacts the project schedule or customer expectations.

• Lead proactive risk & dependency management, working with the team and your peers to anticipate dependencies, risks and mitigation planning.

• Assess bottlenecks in work processes within teams to streamline and simplify workflow.

Communication

• Identify the stakeholders within your programme and create communication plans to ensure they are managed appropriately.

• Manage the customer expectations through regular checkpoints and status updates being transparent and open at all times.

• Provide timely communication to supporting operational teams, senior leadership team and the customer.

Collaboration

• Work closely with senior members of our Engineering team to lead each programme.

• Bring together our multi-disciplinary teams to deliver an excellent customer experience.

• Work in teams across the Toyota Connected ecosystem to deliver flagship products.

Reporting and Controls

• Manage and control programme budgets.

• Provide timely and accurate financial reporting and forecasts.

• When required, assist with presales estimation of effort for new engagements.

• Prepare for and deliver steering committee meetings, weekly status updates and additional ceremonies as required by the programme or customer.

Our Values

• Always thoughtful: We believe that we should treat each other as equals by respecting and cherishing our diverse backgrounds and abilities. We look out for one another’s wellbeing by remembering that our successes are determined by the sum of all our efforts.

• Confidently collaborative: We are stronger together. We are dynamic, capable of forging highly effective relationships to achieve amazing results. It is what sets us apart.

• Constantly adapting: Our success depends on looking to the future and always evolving. Through reflection and continuous improvement we empower everyone to contribute to how we evolve as TCEU, as teams and as individuals.

• Responsibly progressive: We trust each other to get the right things done in the right way. We take responsibility for our actions and deliver results, whether individually or as a team.

Who You Are

• Degree level education desired; ideally skilled in a number of Project / Programme Management approaches in addition to Agile, e.g. Prince2, PMP, APM.

• Demonstrable experience of running successful programmes – comprised of multiple delivery teams using different development processes, including but not limited to DevOps, Scrum, Kanban and lean development.

• Ability to provide leadership and focus for the delivery teams, building strong capability and creating an environment that supports TCEU’s Vision and Values, whilst encouraging innovation.

• Demonstrates a critical understanding of functional information (e.g., data/metrics and technical information).

• Experience of having shaped business cases and delivering tangible benefits to an organisation with the ability to articulate value delivered in a non-technical way.

• Experience building clear, concise, and well-structured functional material (e.g. policies & procedures, guidelines, presentations, messages) and recommends improvements to existing material.

• Communicates a compelling rationale and narrative to peers and customers alike, about the products and services produced by the team.

• Experience tailoring communications (content focus, style, format, etc.) for different audiences as appropriate.

• Actively seeks diverse feedback on work and anticipates feedback to address it proactively.

• Lives within a commutable distance to the office.

• Able to travel to the continent (20% travel).

• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Jira, Trello, MS Project, Asana).

Previous experience managing a data platform or data services is desirable but not essential.

Context:

Toyota Connected Europe (TCEU) was founded in London in 2019 to process and derive insights from the connected data produced by Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Europe. In 2026, with almost 3 million connected cars on the road and over 2 billion journeys processed each year, TCEU has opened a branch office in Wrocław to strengthen and scale our technical and delivery capabilities.

Equal Opportunities, Diversity & Inclusion

Toyota Connected Europe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Every role is open to all sections of society and we are committed to providing equal opportunities to all. If you have a disability or any other additional need that requires consideration, accommodation or adjustment to the role or recruitment process, please do let us know.

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