Manager, Engineering - Originations

Who we are Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world’s most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We’re looking for talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us. An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is an essential part of this world-changing company- delivering on Toyota's vision to move people beyond what's possible. At TFS, you will help create best-in-class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment. Toyota does not offer support or sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this role now or in the future. You must have the right to work in the United States and not require Toyota support or sponsorship for immigration-related employment (e.g., H-1B, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, TN, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, ‘job flexibility benefits’ [also known as I-140 or Adjustment of Status portability], etc.) now or in the future. You should not apply for this role if you will require Toyota to assist with immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future. Who we’re looking for  Toyota Financial Services is seeking an Engineering Operations Manager to enable scale, quality, and predictable delivery across multiple scrum teams. This role is a hybrid Quality Leader, Release Coordinator, and Agile Enablement Lead, responsible for improving engineering outcomes without becoming a bottleneck.  The ideal candidate is someone who understands how modern engineering organizations operate, can influence without authority, and brings structure, transparency, and discipline across quality, delivery, and execution metrics.  What you’ll be doing  As the Engineering Operations Lead, you will own and operate across three critical functions:  1. Quality & Test Automation Leadership  Oversee the test automation strategy and framework used across all scrum teams.  Ensure high‑quality test coverage for:   Frontend (functional, regression, smoke)  Backend services (API, integration, regression)  Establish standards for test quality, reliability, and maintainability.  Continuously assess coverage gaps, flaky tests, and quality risks.  Partner with teams to shift quality left, embedding it into development workflows.  2. Release & DevOps Coordination  Coordinate release planning and execution across teams.  Work closely with DevOps and Platform engineers to ensure smooth deployments.  Improve release predictability, rollback readiness, and production stability.  Drive visibility into release readiness, risks, and dependencies.  Help reduce production incidents through better pre‑release validation and governance.  3. Agile & Delivery Enablement (Scrum / Metrics)  Act as an Agile/Scrum facilitator across teams (not a task manager).  Guide teams on velocity, throughput, and delivery discipline.  Track and report engineering effectiveness metrics, including:   DORA metrics (lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR)  Sprint health and delivery trends  Identify systemic delivery issues and work with leaders to address them.  Help create a high‑trust, high‑performance engineering culture.  What you bring  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.  8+ years of experience in engineering operations, quality engineering, delivery management, or DevOps‑adjacent roles.  Strong experience with test automation frameworks (frontend and backend).  Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, release workflows, and cloud deployments.  Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum practices and modern delivery