--- title: 'Business Consultant for Woven Inventor Garage Laboratory at Woven by Toyota' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/business-consultant-for-woven-inventor-garage-laboratory-woven-by-toyota-susono-qk2s3hw0en23' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-20' --- # Business Consultant for Woven Inventor Garage Laboratory at Woven by Toyota - **Company:** Woven by Toyota - **Location:** Susono, Japan - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-19 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/woven-by-toyota/b6e03990-b1a3-4e02-ac8e-42e98ab40966 ## Job description ## About Woven by Toyota Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation — expanding what “mobility” means and how it serves society. Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we’re working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all. ========================================================================= ## 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. For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/ WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? Woven City and the Inventor Lab aim to provide the environments to accelerate services that are important for users, the city and society with mobility expansion. The team will support and consult with inventors to enrich their experiment in Woven City through the life cycle of Plan, Build and Test for their innovation. The team will understand inventor’s goals and help inventor success through arranging support resources and programs in Inventor Laboratory. We’re looking for a Business Consultant who has rich experiences in consultant business or solution consultant with facing customers. You will report to the lead of the function and the workplace is hybrid (office/remote). ## 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. For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/ WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? Woven City and the Inventor Lab aim to provide the environments to accelerate services that are important for users, the city and society with mobility expansion. The team will support and consult with inventors to enrich their experiment in Woven City through the life cycle of Plan, Build and Test for their innovation. The team will understand inventor’s goals and help inventor success through arranging support resources and programs in Inventor Laboratory. We’re looking for a Business Consultant who has rich experiences in consultant business or solution consultant with facing customers. You will report to the lead of the function and the workplace is hybrid (office/remote). ## RESPONSIBILITIES - Responsible for Inventor success with inventor Lab and Woven City - Play the role of consultant for inventors in Woven City and wide to help inventor success - Clarify Inventor’s needs through communication with the Inventors to support the solution for inventor’s goals - Set a course of consultant role to define requirements of the Inventor Laboratory business based on customer needs including unmet needs and collaborate with product teams to strengthen the competitive solutions ## MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor’s degree in relevant field - 4+ years to take the lead of consultants or business development for multiple industries - Communicate with cross-functional internal stakeholders to move forward with initiatives and pace making of the initiatives - Passion to move forward in a situation without a definitive answer - Communication skills with customers and multiple stakeholders - Proficiency in Native level Japanese/ in Business level English - Location will be in Susono or commute to Susono ## NICE TO HAVES - 2+ years of account management experience including arranging with technical side - Startup or new business development experience - Knowledge of data or AI utilization and business - Experience working within a cloud environment (e.g. GCP, AWS) - Strong negotiation and consensus building skills - Experience in catching up on knowledge in areas outside of own expertise ========================================================================= Important Points ・All interviews will be arranged via Google Meet, unless otherwise stated. ・The same job descriptions are available in both English and Japanese; therefore, we kindly ask that you apply to only one version. ・We kindly request that you submit your resume in English, if possible. However, Japanese resumes are also acceptable. Please note that, depending on the English proficiency requirements of the role, we may request an English version of your resume later in the process. ## WHAT WE OFFER ・Competitive Salary - Based on experience ・Work Hours - Flexible working time ・Paid Holiday - 20 days per year (prorated) ・Sick Leave - 6 days per year (prorated) ・Holiday - Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other days defined by our company ・Japanese Social Insurance - Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance ・Housing Allowance ・Retirement Benefits ・Rental Cars Support ・In-house Training Program (software study/language study) Our Commitment ・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. ・Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details. ## About Woven by Toyota ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Woven by Toyota is a wholly owned Toyota subsidiary that develops software-driven mobility technologies, including an automotive software platform, automated driving systems, and the Woven City test course. - **Entity Type**: Private (wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation) - **Headquarters**: Tokyo, Japan (US offices in Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA; Ann Arbor, MI; Brooklyn, NY) - **Founded**: April 2023 (predecessor company Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, Inc. was established in March 2018) - **Founders**: Not applicable (subsidiary; the company was formed from Toyota’s internal R&D unit) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Automotive software, mobility technology, automated driving, cloud infrastructure - **Target customers**: B2B primarily – automotive OEMs, Toyota Group companies, and mobility ecosystem partners - **Mission**: “To challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation.” - **Purpose**: Drive the future of movement and enhance well-being for all ## Products & Services - **[Arene](https://woven.toyota/en/)**: A state-of-the-art software platform that unifies and accelerates automotive software development (SaaS/platform). - **[Automated Driving](https://woven.toyota/en/)**: AI- and data-driven automated driving technologies designed to pursue zero traffic accidents (software/hardware). - **[Woven City](https://woven.toyota/en/)**: A test course for mobility where Weavers and Inventors co-create new mobility products and services (physical testbed). - **[Cloud & AI Infrastructure](https://woven.toyota/en/)**: Foundational infrastructure for cross-company collaboration, providing tools, resources, and workflows for internal and partner teams (internal platform). ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (wholly owned subsidiary; not independently valued) - **Key Metric**: ~2,500 employees (as of 2026) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: 100% owned by Toyota Motor Corporation; collaborates with Toyota Group companies and external mobility partners. - **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth from predecessor (TRI-AD) to ~2,500; expansion of Woven City and Arene platform; multiple US office locations (Palo Alto, Seattle, Ann Arbor, Brooklyn). ## Competitive Advantages - **Toyota Group backing**: Access to decades of automotive craftsmanship, safety standards, and global manufacturing scale. - **Human-centric innovation**: Focus on safety, quality, and responsible innovation as core differentiators. - **Unique testbed**: Woven City provides a real-world environment to validate mobility technologies. - **Cross-functional culture**: “Kakezan” (multiplication) – combining diverse strengths across global teams. ## Strategic Focus - **Current priorities**: Scaling the Arene platform, advancing automated driving capabilities, and operationalizing Woven City as a co-creation hub. - **Direction**: Transforming Toyota from an automaker into a mobility company; achieving zero traffic accidents and expanding the definition of mobility. ## Why Work Here - **Culture highlights**: Guided by “The 7 Threads” values – Drive Change for Others, Start the Momentum, Embrace Kakezan, etc. Emphasis on trust, mutual respect, and thoughtful debate. - **Remote/hybrid policy**: Hybrid options, no core hours, practices designed for global teams across time zones. - **Notable perks**: Mobility support (relocation assistance, cross-cultural guidance), opportunities to collaborate with engineers across the Toyota Group, hands-on cross-functional teamwork. - **Engineering culture**: Global by design (Japan, US, UK); open communication and shared ownership; focus on quality and speed. ## Sources 1. [woven.toyota – Careers](https://woven.toyota/en/careers/) 2. [woven.toyota – Company Profile](https://woven.toyota/en/company/profile/) 3. [woven.toyota – Homepage](https://woven.toyota/en/) 4. [woven.toyota – Company Overview](https://www.woven.toyota/en/company/) 5. 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