Principal Engineer - Microsoft 365 Platform Engineering

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Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like  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.

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Toyota is looking for team members who are passionate about technology and interested in joining a collaborative and highly motivated team as Principal Engineer
- Microsoft 365 Platform Engineering
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The primary responsibility of this role is to architect, manage, and optimize Microsoft M365 modern enterprise collaboration, AI capabilities, and digital productivity platforms. You’ll drive strategic initiatives, ensure robust system standards, and champion user adoption and experience across digital tools. The person in this role will join the End User Experience & On Prem Infrastructure team to empower users with seamless technology and robust on-prem infrastructure for enhanced productivity and collaboration.

• Lead the development and implementation of comprehensive strategic roadmaps for productivity and collaboration platforms—including Microsoft M365 and AI capabilities, by aligning technology initiatives with evolving business objectives, ensuring each platform supports organizational priorities and drives measurable outcomes.
• Deliver projects from initial planning through successful completion by coordinating cross-functional teams, managing timelines and resources, proactively addressing risks, and ensuring all key milestones and business objectives are achieved efficiently.
• Thoroughly document current and future system standards and processes, while regularly creating and updating detailed system architecture diagrams to ensure clarity, scalability, and effective communication across teams.
• Proactively lead ongoing improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing user experience, driving cost efficiencies, and optimizing system performance by consistently leveraging key KPIs to deliver measurable, impactful results across the organization.
• Manage change processes in alignment with ITIL best practices by coordinating stakeholder engagement, communications, and risk mitigation strategies to ensure smooth transitions and no disruption to business operations.
• Serve as a Product Owner for the Productivity Tools Scrum team by providing leadership, supporting agile delivery processes, and ensuring ongoing team effectiveness and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Develop compelling, data-driven business cases that clearly articulate the value and ROI of proposed product or service enhancements, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and facilitating consensus among stakeholders and leadership for informed decision‑making.
• Support initiatives to improve user adoption of digital products and services by developing targeted training programs and comprehensive communication strategies that empower users and drive engagement.
• Continuously evaluate new product feature releases, thoroughly assess their organizational and platform impacts, and proactively partner with Cybersecurity teams to identify and mitigate data security and protection vulnerabilities, ensuring a secure and resilient digital environment.

• 7+ years of hands‑on technical delivery and daily operations management experience with Microsoft M365 platforms, including Copilot, Copilot Studio, Agent development/deployment, SharePoint and One Drive, overseeing daily operations, feature deployments, and system optimizations in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated success in managing M365 applications and leading the full lifecycle delivery of new products and major feature launches, from planning through deployment and post‑launch optimization.
• Demonstrated expertise in leading and executing change management initiatives for Microsoft 365 ensuring seamless transitions, user adoption, and no disruption to business operations.
• Experience overseeing license management for cloud‑based productivity platforms,…