Technical Product Owner

Toyota Motors - Plano, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Plano, TX

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Technical Product Owner at Toyota will play a crucial role in the Marketing Technology & Analytics department, focusing on converging multiple marketing technologies and customer data science initiatives into product-focused programs. This position involves managing the entire product lifecycle, collaborating with engineering teams, and ensuring alignment with business goals while maximizing the use of consumer data assets to support marketing initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the entire product lifecycle from vision and strategy through design, development, release, and iteration.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and cross-domain stakeholders to gather technical requirements and prioritize features that meet business needs.
• Lead roadmap and backlog refinement by applying agile methodologies, ensuring timely delivery of high-value features that meet both technical and business objectives.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and resource needs for data project initiatives.
• Monitor progress, milestones, and deliverables across multiple product developments.
• Effectively communicate product vision and progress to technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership, translating complex technical concepts into business impact.
• Act as a bridge builder across technology, product, and business teams.
• Establish clear metrics to track product performance, demonstrate business value and prove out ROI.
• Foster strong vendor and partner relationships, ensuring successful delivery of key product capabilities and data needs.

Requirements

• 5+ years proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver complex products in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• 5+ years deep understanding of cloud technologies and modern software development practices, with a strong ability to solve technical challenges.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create and present concepts, influence/persuade partners, and make recommendations to management.
• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with marketing technology and an understanding of marketing data.
• Experience working in the automotive and/or manufacturing industry.
• Demonstrated experience in managing large-scale, mission-critical data solutions for enterprises.

Benefits

• Health savings account
• Paid holidays
• Health insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Flextime
• 401(k) matching