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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 talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.
An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is an essential part of this world-changing company- delivering on Toyota's vision to move people beyond what's possible. At TFS, you will help create best-in-class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment.
To save time applying, Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position at this time.
This position is based in Plano, TX.
At TFS, we’re accelerating our technology transformation to build next‑generation products and platforms that power best‑in‑class customer and partner experiences—and scale our vision of mobility for all.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (Sr. TPM) to lead complex, multi-year programs and platform initiatives spanning multiple product lines and engineering domains. This Sr. TPM will operate as a strategic thought partner to product, engineering, data, security, and business leaders—owning the end-to-end program portfolio from concept through scale, establishing durable mechanisms, and delivering measurable business outcomes.
You will combine deep technical acumen with program leadership to drive clarity, simplify complexity, and ship reliably. You anticipate and remove systemic roadblocks, make data-informed tradeoffs, and align stakeholders around crisp decisions. You will uplevel how we plan, execute, measure, and continuously improve at the enterprise level.
Key Responsibilities
What You’ll Be Doing
During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities.
A Few Highlights Include
Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10 different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members’ efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong.
Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Have a question, need assistance with your application or do you require any special accommodations? Please send an email to talent.acquisition@toyota.com .
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
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 talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.
An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is an essential part of this world-changing company- delivering on Toyota's vision to move people beyond what's possible. At TFS, you will help create best-in-class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment.
To save time applying, Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position at this time.
This position is based in Plano, TX.
At TFS, we’re accelerating our technology transformation to build next‑generation products and platforms that power best‑in‑class customer and partner experiences—and scale our vision of mobility for all.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (Sr. TPM) to lead complex, multi-year programs and platform initiatives spanning multiple product lines and engineering domains. This Sr. TPM will operate as a strategic thought partner to product, engineering, data, security, and business leaders—owning the end-to-end program portfolio from concept through scale, establishing durable mechanisms, and delivering measurable business outcomes.
You will combine deep technical acumen with program leadership to drive clarity, simplify complexity, and ship reliably. You anticipate and remove systemic roadblocks, make data-informed tradeoffs, and align stakeholders around crisp decisions. You will uplevel how we plan, execute, measure, and continuously improve at the enterprise level.
Key Responsibilities
What You’ll Be Doing
- Program Leadership: Define multi-quarter technical roadmaps, align to business OKRs, manage dependencies, and oversee scope, timeline, resourcing, and budget.
- Technical Delivery: Partner with engineering and architecture teams to shape solutions, de-risk early, and lead cross-functional delivery (App, Platform, Data/ML, Security, Infrastructure, CX).
- Operating Mechanisms: Establish intake, prioritization, and capacity planning processes; implement metrics and dashboards for schedule health, quality, cost, and outcomes.
- Risk & Compliance: Identify systemic risks and mitigation plans; ensure adherence to enterprise controls, audit, and compliance standards (SOX, PCI, privacy).
- Stakeholder Alignment: Facilitate decision-making, provide executive-ready updates, and escalate responsibly with solution paths.
- Strategy Influence: Inform product strategy with technical insights, promote platform-first thinking, and drive adoption through training and documentation.
- Coaching & Scaling: Mentor TPMs, PMs, and engineers; lead communities of practice and raise the bar on execution excellence.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 15 years in technical program/project management, including 10 years leading large-scale, cross-functional programs.
- 8 years of hands-on software development or deep technical engagement with engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of the product lifecycle and customer experience along with a proven track record of delivering platform or product programs from inception to scaled adoption.
- Expertise in agile at scale, program governance, risk management, and stage gating.
- Experience defining and operationalizing KPIs/SLAs/SLOs, using metrics to drive decisions and outcomes.
- Knowledge of secure-by-design and compliance-aware delivery practices.
- Exceptional communication skills with executive presence; able to align diverse stakeholders and present to senior executives.
- Experience in financial services, banking, insurance, or regulated environments.
- Background leading platform programs: SDKs, CX frameworks, API gateways, identity, observability, or developer platforms.
- Public cloud experience (AWS, GCP); familiarity with cloud-native architectures, data platforms, and DevSecOps.
- Experience with ML/GenAI program delivery (model lifecycle, data governance, responsible AI).
- Prior engineering leadership or management experience in product-centric companies.
- Enterprise-scale vendor management and contract/SOW structuring for outcomes.
During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities.
A Few Highlights Include
- 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.
- 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, childcare, schools, and more.
- Tax advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA).
Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10 different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members’ efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong.
Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Have a question, need assistance with your application or do you require any special accommodations? Please send an email to talent.acquisition@toyota.com .
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
