Portfolio Success Manager

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🕒 February 20

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Woven Planet

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2021

🚗 Transport

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

⚡ Energy

Transport • Artificial Intelligence • Energy

Woven by Toyota is a company at the forefront of Toyota's transformation, pioneering advancements in the movement of people, goods, information, and energy. With a focus on creating a more connected, intelligent, and empowered world through human-centered innovation, Woven by Toyota challenges the status quo and drives the future of mobility. Its areas of focus include enabling high-quality automotive software through the ARENE OS, developing safer and smarter mobility services with AD/ADAS technologies, constructing a futuristic city as a test course for mobility in WOVEN CITY, and investing in mobility startups via WOVEN CAPITAL.

📋 Description

• Advocate for portfolio companies within Toyota, connecting them with relevant stakeholders, potential customers, and business development opportunities. • Drive collaboration between portfolio companies and Toyota business units, including initial facilitation, problem solving, and/or active cross-functional project management. • Cultivate and maintain relationships with Toyota executives and business/technical teams, as well as with the leadership of the portfolio companies, fostering trust, collaboration, and long-term partnerships. • Collaborate with various Toyota business units teams to understand their current innovation efforts, strategic priorities, and areas for external collaboration, including supporting business development functions as needed. • Conduct in-depth market research, analyze industry trends, perform competitive analysis, and synthesize stakeholder insights to inform investment decisions, advise Toyota teams, and portfolio company strategies. • Identify and present relevant startup investment opportunities to Toyota business units, highlighting potential synergies, and value creation, and pilot opportunities. • Engage subject matter experts within Toyota to gather feedback on presented opportunities, foster discussions, and identify potential partnerships and pilots. • Track key performance indicators (KPIs) of portfolio companies, monitor progress toward strategic goals, and report findings to both the portfolio companies and internal stakeholders. • Own and execute projects end-to-end, demonstrating strong initiative, adaptability, and a commitment to delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in business development, corporate development, or management consulting, demonstrating strong commercial acumen and strategic judgment. Prior experience in venture capital or high-growth startups is a plus. • Familiarity with the automotive, industrial, or manufacturing sector is a plus. • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence diverse stakeholders, from startup leadership to senior executives. • Strong business acumen with experience evaluating priorities, impact, trade-offs, and risks. • Demonstrated understanding of the startup lifecycle and the challenges faced by early and growth-stage companies. • Strong analytical abilities, including market research, financial modeling, competitive analysis and the capacity to synthesize complex information into actionable insights and reports. • Proven execution skills, with a track record of taking full ownership of projects, driving them to successful completion, and adapting to evolving priorities in a dynamic setting. • Entrepreneurial mindset, proactive approach, high adaptability, and a passion for supporting groundbreaking innovation in a collaborative ecosystem .

🏖️ Benefits

• A competitive compensation package. • Exposure to the dynamic startup and venture capital community, as well as corporate innovation teams across the Toyota ecosystem. • The opportunity to make a significant impact on the success of innovative startups and shape the future of industries alongside a leading global corporation. • A collaborative and supportive work environment within a dynamic and growing venture capital firm.