Sr. Product Lead at American Honda Motor Co Inc

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one.  We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. 

 At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success.  We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Location

Torrance, CA

Job Purpose

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Product Lead (PL) to join our growing team. As a PL, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our solutions, from ideation to launch and beyond. You will be responsible for understanding the needs of our users, translating those needs into product requirements, and working closely with engineering and design teams to deliver high-quality products.

Key Accountabilities

• Oversee the entire Product lifecycle from project initiation to feature delivery. Requirements, specifications, solutions, design, develop, test, and deploy. Manage post-deployment phases and project closure.
• Collaborate closely with Managed Service teams (project mgmt., technical, testers, etc.) to ensure that features are delivered to Project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Work closely with Honda stakeholders including Product Owners, UX, Quality, Security & Governance, and Operations team members to prioritize, align tasks and address project risks.
• Responsible for managing overall planning, tracking, change control, and reporting aspects of the project. 
• Champion the Customer experience and ensure that products are easy to use and delightful to interact with.
• Ensure clear communication between the project team and stakeholders, while offering daily guidance to the team and regular project status updates to management.
   

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

• Engineering or Computer Science (BS or MS)
• 5-7 years of experience as a Product/Project Manager or similar experience with a proven track record of success.
• Proven track record of delivering products/projects from inception through delivery to post launch.
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies 
• Strong understanding of user experience (UX) principles and design methodology
• Experience working with Agile teams
• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills
• Expert at Jira/Confluence 
• Experience with project Budgeting

Workstyle

• 40% - Normal office conditions – desk job with laptop, meetings, conference calls
• 10% - Travel – Ohio, Japan, Silicon Valley, Partner offices as required
• 100% - Joy of Creating

Benefits and Total Rewards

 What differentiates Honda and makes us an employer of choice?
 
Total Rewards:

• Competitive base salary
• Overtime compensation
• Annual Bonus
• Associate lease car program with a cost
• Industry leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, personal days
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution

 Career Growth:

• Advancement opportunities
• Career mobility 
• Education reimbursement for continued learning
• Training and Development programs

 
Additional Offerings:

• Wellbeing program
• Community service and engagement programs
• Product programs
• Free drinks onsite

 
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.

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.