Developing and executing product and business strategy in a world of rapid technological and social change requires a highly capable, highly knowledgeable, and highly engaged team. American Honda's Sustainability & Business Development (SBD) business unit (BU) is tasked with navigating the business and technology application path for Honda's future renewable energy, resource circulation and innovative business initiative products, services, and businesses. Our focus is to establish an ecosystem of hardware, software, and renewable energy that achieves these goals by focusing on real-world user experience. By providing solutions to users that are intuitive, generate value for users in terms of time savings, money savings, and enriching their lives we can expand and deepen our relationship with each customer. The team will focus on building and sustaining Honda's core brand values and enhancing brand image and competitiveness in the marketplace by innovating, incubating, selecting, developing, applying, and operating new businesses, features, products, and services with responsibility for their profitability, competitiveness, and customer satisfaction for Honda in North America.
The Business Model Development team, through practical business development activities, will establish a lifecycle business that will be the foundation of Honda's future business and will have a long-lasting relationship with customers. This team's mission is to plan and carry out the tasks of developing new business offerings comprised of new services and products that increase the value of the customer's experience during the period they own the car. The business addresses value-added products and services throughout the vehicle's lifecycle - from the purchase of a new car to the time the car is scrapped.
The Business Program Lead will be the project manager for new Proof of Concept (PoC) activities to validate business development themes or hypotheses. The role will work with leadership and business development teams to develop PoC plans including desired business and technical outcomes and learnings, assemble cross-functional teams, and employ internal and external technologies to achieve the project's goals. He / She ensures all required tasks are executed and periodically reports on program status. Analyzes and documents lessons learned from PoC programs and recommends next steps to leadership and business development teams.
Responsibilities include:
Program lead ensures all assigned programs are operating at to meet program objectives. Proactively identifies and addresses issues in active programs. Works with cross-functional teams to stay on schedule and budget. Continually asks what success looks like for PoC projects and manages projects to meet objectives and learnings. Employs agile techniques to move quickly, incorporate learnings and pivot as necessary.
Utilizing the understanding of business team needs, market environment, and Honda capabilities, leads the creation and management of PoC projects to provide answers to key technical and business questions. Defines resource needs and works with management to gain commitment across the organization.
Regularly reports the status of all POC projects to stakeholders including lessons learned and hypothesis updates as they are found. Upon completion of project, analyses results, summarizes and presents key learnings, recommends next steps, and archives project results.
Follows project management and agile best practices and tool usage. Proposes improvements in process to incorporate continued improvement of PoC projects and their results.
OT necessary to complete task deadline for Quality Reporting
Travel may be necessary for training & meeting with other manufacturing facilities
Who we are seeking:
Required Education:
BA/BS in engineering OR Business
Required Work Experience:
5+ years of deep understanding of customer technology and connected customer solutions
5+ years of experience with cross-functional teams including technical and business teams
Desired Skills:
Strong proficiency with MS Office is required, especially PowerPoint and Excel.
Strong presenter and confident interacting with all levels of management.
Excellent teamwork skills for both NA and GO offices and associates.
Driver's license required and ability to operate a diverse assortment of automobiles. Proficiency with manual transmission preferred but not required.
Function in an Agile project team as a Product Owner / LPL, Scrum Master / ALPL, or Person-In-Charge of a Functional Area for a project.
Excellent research, technical writing, communication and presentation skills
Strong program/project management experience and ability to lead business and technology programs, PMP certification a plus
Ability to think big picture and out of the box
Honda or automotive industry-specific knowledge across all product lines (preferred
At Honda, you will play a key role in our journey to become a company that society wants to exist now, and in the future. Your endless curiosity will drive innovation and your courageous spirit will challenge the status quo. We believe having a workforce made up of diverse thinkers and innovators makes us a better Honda. Respect for each other and respect for diversity each and every day drives our associates to contribute at the highest level and work effectively in a team environment. We make the dream of mobility a reality with our innovative and high-quality products. Together, we Bring the Future to our customers, associates, and communities. We are Honda!
Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.