Jobs in Japan
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Jobs in Japan
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
Vetted companies only. Apply from overseas.
WayveAre you ready to shape the future of mobility with us? We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that. The Technical Program Management team sits within Engineering Operations & Technical Program Management. Our TPMs are force multipliers, helping teams move faster, more effectively and with purpose. In Japan, you’ll be the only TPM on the ground, bridging Wayve’s global R&D with local delivery. As a Technical Program Manager for Robotaxi, you’ll own the programs that bring our robotaxi service to life, from vehicle and fleet readiness to on-the-ground launch and scaling in market. Based in Yokohama, you’ll work across autonomy, vehicle software, hardware, operations, safety and local partners to turn Wayve’s AI Driver into a safe, reliable robotaxi service, keeping complex, multi-team, cross-geography delivery predictable in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment. As the only TPM in Japan, you’ll also help support local vehicle hardware and software programs as needed. You’ll own the lifecycle of robotaxi programs, from vehicle and fleet readiness to launch and in-market scaling, improving delivery through structured execution and coordination. You’ll track and manage dependencies, risks and trade-offs across autonomy, vehicle, operations and safety, and escalate early with clear options. You’ll keep engineering, fleet operations, safety and local partner teams aligned, bridging Wayve’s global R&D with local delivery in Japan. You’ll provide hands-on program support for robotaxi launch and in-market operations, on the ground in Yokohama, and support local vehicle hardware and software programs as needed. You’ll run planning, stand-ups, reviews and retros that keep multi-team delivery predictable and reliable, communicate progress and risk to engineers, partners and senior leaders, tailoring updates to each audience, and improve tooling, processes and ways of working, sharing patterns across the TPM org.
- 5+ years leading complex, multi-team programs (or a strong record at this level); able to lead high-complexity work across teams and get things done. - Technically strong across software and hardware; credible with engineers across autonomy, vehicle software, and vehicle hardware, and able to reason about how the AI Driver runs as a robotaxi service on real vehicles and support vehicle hardware/software programs, without writing production code. - Effective in ambiguous, safety-critical environments; adapts under pressure and brings structure without slowing delivery. - Skilled at planning, prioritising, and managing risk and dependencies across teams. - Exceptional communication and collaboration skills; able to keep distributed teams aligned across time zones, communicate clearly, proactively and in writing, and influence without authority across stakeholders. - Comfortable working across geographies and cultures, and hands-on with vehicles and operations in Japan. - Comfortable flexing beyond robotaxi to support vehicle hardware and software programs as the only TPM in-country. - Comfortable defining and using metrics to steer delivery and decisions. - Open to feedback and always looking to improve. - Able to reason about how the parts of a complex system fit together, and how a change in one area ripples into others. - Product-minded, focused on outcomes and the people programs serve; prioritises by impact and defines what good looks like, not just tracks activity.
- Robotaxi / AV operations, fleet, mobility, ride-hailing, or automotive experience; experience launching or scaling a service in market. - Exposure to ML, autonomy, or other compute-heavy / safety-critical domains; experience working across global and local teams. Japanese language skills and/or based in (or willing to relocate to) Yokohama / Tokyo. - An engineering or computer science degree, or experience working as an engineer.
- Salaries benchmarked against the market annually. - Meaningful equity, sharing in the ownership and long term success of Wayve. - Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable. - Hybrid working, core hours and the chance to work hands on in vehicle workshops and labs. - Learning and development budgets with support for training, conferences and growth. - Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, team socials and more.
