This role combines product ownership, stakeholder management, and technical understanding to create innovative vehicle access solutions. The Product Owner will define customer-focused digital services, align internal and external stakeholders, and ensure successful delivery throughout the product lifecycle. Interested? Apply now!

Toyota is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global company, founded in 1937. Today, Toyota sells vehicles in 170 countries and employs over 350,000 people worldwide.
At Toyota Motor Europe (TME), with our headquarters based in Brussels, Belgium, around 2,700 colleagues from more than 60 nationalities work together across Europe. We are responsible for the wholesale marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts and accessories, and we support Toyota’s European R&D, manufacturing, and engineering operations.
We are on an exciting journey as we continue to evolve into a mobility company. Our goal is to create even more value and happiness for our customers through a wide range of mobility solutions.

Team/division description

Within Connected Technologies, you will contribute to the development of next-generation vehicle access, authentication, authorization, and user identity solutions. The team works across vehicles, mobile applications, cloud platforms, and ecosystem partners to deliver seamless, secure, and customer-centric experiences that enable customers to access, manage, share, and start their vehicles throughout the vehicle lifecycle.

Are you looking for an exciting and unique opportunity to redefine how customers interact with their vehicles?

Your responsibilities

• Define product vision and roadmap based on market trends, customer insights, and technology evolution.
• Drive vehicle access, authentication, authorization, and vehicle start solutions (Example: Digital key) across vehicle launch and lifecycle management (LCM).
• Build and defend business cases (value, cost, risks) using data-driven insights.
• Translate business needs into clear use cases, functional requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Define customer journeys and product requirements for vehicle access and identity management solutions across in-vehicle, mobile, cloud, and ecosystem touchpoints.
• Align and influence engineering, architecture, cybersecurity, legal, regional teams, and external partners.
• Review and challenge technical solutions to ensure feasibility, security, safety, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
• Track development progress, dependencies, risks, and delivery milestones.
• Support product launches with functional expertise and documentation.
• Act as the bridge between business, development, architecture, and partner ecosystems.

• Your profile

   

  Experience

  • Experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Program Manager, or similar role.
  • Up to 5 years experience in automotive, connected services, digital products, or embedded software environments.
  • Experience working with multiple stakeholders, suppliers, and technical teams.
  • Agile mindset with experience using Jira, Confluence, and collaboration tools.

   

  Knowledge & Skills

  • Strong planning, organisation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to manage priorities, risks, and dependencies in complex environments.
  • Understanding of vehicle access solutions, connected services, and customer-facing digital products.
  • Awareness of vehicle E/E architecture, connectivity technologies, and software development lifecycles.
  • Understanding of vehicle access, user authentication, authorization, identity management, credential provisioning, and related customer journeys.
  • Awareness of connected ecosystem technologies such as mobile applications, cloud services, Bluetooth, NFC, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), and emerging access technologies such us Digital Key.
  • Understanding of cybersecurity, privacy, quality, and regulatory requirements.
  • Ability to assess technical trade-offs, risks, and performance metrics.
  • Awareness of automotive HMI/UX principles and customer experience considerations.
  • Valid automobile driving licence for the EU

  Leadership Behaviours

  • Take ownership and drive execution in complex environments.
  • Build alignment across business, technical, and partner organisations.
  • Apply a fact-based and analytical approach to problem solving and decision making.
  • Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Focus on delivering customer value while balancing business and technical constraints.

   

   

   

  You have a Toyota DNA, this means you:

   

  • Have a customer first mindset
  • Wish to develop and are ready to persevere in order to reach challenging targets
  • Seek facts before making recommendations or decisions
  • Have strong planning and organizing skills
  • Are a flexible team player with a natural positive attitude and the desire to work respectfully with people with a hands on mentality.
  • You are pro-active and solution oriented in nature with a “getting things done” mindset

   

  Place of employment: Toyota Motor Europe NV - Technical Centre (Zaventem)

   

  Starting date: Immediately

   

We offer a dynamic multicultural work environment with broad opportunities to learn every day and exciting career pathways that help you explore different disciplines or areas of expertise.

Your benefits:

• Competitive salary package based on your experience, including a bonus plan depending on individual and/or company results;
• Flexible reward plan that will allow you to personalise part of your reward plan and balance it in line with your priorities by opting for extra insurance, more mobility options (bike lease), extra holidays and more;
• Meal and eco vouchers;
• Insurance package (medical, life, disability, pension);
• Extra paid holidays (Toyota days, seniority days…) above the legal holidays. More can be added through our flexible reward package;
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working (homeworking, 20 days from abroad);
• Interesting car lease formulas and discount when buying a Toyota or Lexus;
• Various company discounts – Exceptional terms and prices on products and services from your favourite brands and retailers;
• Company restaurant – Warm dishes, salads and desserts daily, including Japanese and traditional Belgian specialties, as well as a vegan/vegetarian option;
• Sport facilities – Tennis, squash, volleyball, football and softball pitches are available at various Toyota sites;
• Team building activities and other personnel related events;
• Programs to support your physical and social well-being.

At Toyota Motor Europe, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone. Our recruitment decisions are based on everyone’s skills, experience, and the requirements of the role.
We welcome people of all backgrounds, including different nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, ages, religions, ethnicities, abilities, and other personal characteristics. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment. We believe that our individual experiences and diverse perspectives are a key strength, helping us learn from one another and grow together.
Together, we can make a positive impact and go beyond the ordinary.
If you need any adjustments or specific support during the recruitment or interview process, for any reason, we encourage you to let your recruiter know. We are happy to help create a process that works for you.