Manager, Software Delivery Lead

Overview

Who we are

Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world's most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We're looking for diverse, talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

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Who We're Looking For

Toyota's OneTech Digital Supply Chain & Fulfillment Transformation team is seeking a highly experienced Manager, Software Delivery Lead to drive the successful execution of Vehicle Supply Chain transformation initiatives. This is a leadership role focused on ensuring the seamless delivery of complex software projects, from planning through execution.

• Lead complex, large-scale software delivery initiatives, ensuring alignment with business and technical goals.
• Build and maintain detailed project plans, roadmaps, and execution frameworks to track progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery, from requirements gathering to production deployment, ensuring on-time and high-quality execution.
• Serve as a leader and mentor, providing guidance to teams on best practices, execution strategies, and continuous improvement.
• Drive structured project execution by applying agile frameworks at scale to ensure clear timelines, milestones, and deliverables, proactively managing risks, dependencies, and scope changes
• Provide regular reporting on project health and key decisions to senior leadership.
• Act as the primary point of contact between business, product, and engineering teams, ensuring seamless collaboration.
• Communicate project status, risks, and dependencies clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Facilitate decision-making across multiple teams, ensuring alignment on key business and technical priorities.
• Partner with enterprise architects, principal engineers, and product teams to drive scalable, high-quality software solutions.
• Participate in deep technical discussions, ensuring alignment between business needs and technology architecture.
• Challenge and influence solution design decisions, ensuring they meet business objectives, technical feasibility, and operational excellence.
• Advocate for modern development practices, cloud adoption, and automation strategies.
• Continuously evaluate and improve software delivery processes, focusing on efficiency, predictability, and quality.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and optimize team performance.
• Drive a culture of continuous learning, process improvement, and operational excellence.

• 8+ years of experience leading complex software delivery initiatives, with a proven track record of successful execution.
• 5+ years of experience designing software on AWS
• 5+ years of experience developing scaled enterprise software solutions with React & Node.js
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, ITIL and SRE with tools including GitHub & GitHub Actions, Sonarcube, JFrog, Artifactory, ServiceNow
• 5+ years of engineering team management and team building in a scaled agile environment
• Strong background in architectural patterns, system design, and technical decision-making
• Demonstrable ability to participate in and influence deep technical design discussions with architects and engineers based on modern cloud-centric tech stacks and AI/ML solutions
• Proven experience integrating data pipelines and data science models into scaled solutions using tools like Python, Databricks & Sagemaker.
• Experience managing multiple software development teams of 5-10+ developers through full product development cycles
• Experience with hiring, onboarding, and growing software engineering teams
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain project plans, roadmaps, and execution frameworks.
• Experience in cross-functional program management, navigating competing priorities across multiple teams.
• Manage day to day tasks and set workplans for software engineering teams
• Expertise in agile delivery methodologies and adapting processes for large-scale implementations to deliver at scale quickly
• Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate teams, resolve conflicts, and drive accountability.
• Able to develop and apply strong process and frameworks to the software lifecycle from inception through construction and long-term operational support
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience with large-scale transformation projects.
• Knowledge of supply chain operations is a plus
• AWS Certifications
• SAFe or other Agile delivery certifications.

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount
• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)
• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
• Flextime and virtual work options (if applicable)
• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, child care, schools and more
• Tax Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)