Managing Counsel, Mobility Transactions

Toyota; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plans

Retirement plan

Paid holidays

Relocation assistance

Team member discounts

Job summary

Toyota’s Legal One team in Plano, TX is seeking an experienced Managing Counsel to lead complex transactions and provide strategic legal guidance across mobility, manufacturing, and technology matters. The role involves negotiating high-stakes agreements, advising executives, and coordinating global legal risk management.

The ideal candidate will have a JD, 10+ years of legal practice, cross-functional collaboration experience, and willingness to travel internationally.

Qualifications

• J.D. degree and active membership in good standing in the bar of at least one U.S. state/jurisdiction.
• A minimum of 10 years of solid legal practice experience, working preferably in a major law firm and/or a multinational corporation.
• Demonstrated experience in working as part of a cross-functional or culturally diverse team, including across multiple time zones and languages.
• Team player with an ability to work autonomously and manage multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Ability and willingness to travel 15 to 20% of the time both domestically and internationally for genchi genbutsu to understand the genba.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex strategic transactions, including joint ventures, manufacturing, supply, sales, advanced technology matters, and other cross-border commercial transactions.
• Review, draft, negotiate, and manage a high volume of complex commercial agreements, including master services, vehicle development, manufacturing and supply, software and hardware, electrification, advanced technology, strategic investment and commercial collaboration agreements.
• Advise on legal issues, risks, business strategies, and complex agreement structures in an agile business environment, partnering with Toyota Motor North America business leads and executives, affiliates, and its parent company in Japan.
• Advise on and manage trade compliance matters, including import and export controls, customs requirements, economic sanctions, rules/policies and trade programs.
• Stay current on emerging legal issues involving mobility, electrification, autonomous driving, AI, ridesharing, infrastructure, energy management, data connectivity, privacy, cross-border data transactions, and other advanced technology areas, while helping business clients develop practical solutions.
• Support continuous improvement of standard legal processes and agreements as the company grows.
• Manage outside counsel assignments and legal spend.

Skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Team leadership

Travel 15-20%

Contract negotiation

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

Toyota’s Legal One team in Plano, TX is seeking an experienced Managing Counsel to lead complex transactions and provide strategic legal guidance across mobility, manufacturing, and technology matters. The role involves negotiating high-stakes agreements, advising executives, and coordinating global legal risk management.

The ideal candidate will have a JD, 10+ years of legal practice, cross-functional collaboration experience, and willingness to travel internationally.