The role

As Head of Connected Solutions & IoT, you will lead a large multidisciplinary organisation through managers across Europe. Your task is to create clear ownership, a common technology roadmap and an organisation that can deliver connected products and services across teams and locations.

The role spans technology, organisation and business value. You will create direction across connected products, embedded systems, connectivity, platforms and data, while ensuring that technical choices support customer and business needs. You will work closely with leaders in R&D, Product Management, Supply and other parts of the organisation. 

The role includes:

• Shape and implement the connected solutions and IoT technology strategy and roadmap, and bring distributed resources together around common priorities, architecture and ways of working.
• Lead, support and develop managers and teams, creating clear ownership across R&D, products, platforms, data and the wider business.
• Guide architectural choices, dependencies, cybersecurity considerations and technical trade-offs, connecting technology with customer value.
• Identify capability gaps, develop the organisation for future needs and represent TMHE’s connected solutions direction internally and externally.
• Ensure strong systems engineering practices across connected products, embedded systems, connectivity, software, cloud platforms and data services.
• Ensure appropriate cybersecurity, verification and validation practices across the connected solutions and IoT portfolio, including functional safety where relevant to connected product functions.

The position is based at Toyota Material Handling Europe’s headquarters

in Mjölby, Sweden. Regular on-site presence and travel to other TMHE locations are part of the role. You report to the Senior Vice President, R&D.

Is this you?

To succeed in this role, you have at least 10 years of senior leadership experience from connected products, IoT, software, digital product development, R&D or a closely related technical environment. You have led a multidisciplinary engineering or R&D organisation through multiple managers and can demonstrate how you have developed and implemented a technology strategy or roadmap. Your technical understanding allows you to engage credibly at architecture and product level while maintaining a strategic perspective. 

We expect you to bring:

• At least 10 years of senior leadership experience from connected products, IoT, software, digital product development, R&D or a closely related technical environment.
• Experience leading a multidisciplinary engineering or R&D organisation through multiple managers, with proven ability to develop and implement a technology strategy or roadmap.
• Strong technical understanding at both architecture/product level and strategic level.
• A master’s degree in engineering, computer science, software engineering, electronics or another relevant technical discipline. 
• Fluent English; Swedish is preferred, or a genuine willingness to learn.
• Experience of bringing together distributed teams or functions is highly relevant. 

A background from industrial IoT, connected vehicles or equipment, telematics, embedded systems, cloud platforms, material handling or industrial software is advantageous.

Experience of establishing or leading R&D capabilities across countries is also valuable, but not a requirement. 

In this recruitment, great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities. We are looking for a clear, concise and accountable leader who builds trust and creates direction. You are collaborative, structured and pragmatic, with the ability to listen and secure alignment before moving into action. You move confidently between technical detail, customer value and strategic discussions. Humility, sound judgement and resilience will help you succeed in Toyota’s long-term and collaborative culture.

Further questions?

In this process, Toyota Material Handling Europe is working with Level Executive. To apply, please click the Apply button. If you have questions, please contact recruitment consultant Jenny Heffler jenny.heffler@levelexecutive.se at Level Executive on +46 8 120 50 400.

Keywords: Connected Solutions, IoT, R&D Leadership, Engineering Leadership, Industrial IoT, Connected Products, Embedded Systems, Connectivity, Cloud Platforms, Data, Technology Strategy, Systems Engineering, Systems Architecture, Cybersecurity, Verification and Validation, Industrial Software, Mjölby.