Senior Business Analyst, EV Charging User Experienc

Location : Torrance, CA

Workstyle : Hybrid

Salary : $72,200 - $108,300

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 which 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!

About this Position :

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 business unit 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.

This position is tasked with contributing to the proposing, developing, testing, and delivering new business models outside of existing revenue streams to expand Honda relationships with customers and deepen the brand bonds between Acura and Honda customers and our company.

This requires extensive understanding of charging user experience, energy products & services, market research, service provider research, and frequent coordination and review of wide-ranging information, along with regular communication with external business partners providers, HM, Product Planning, Service, Quality, Sales, Finance, Legal, and other pertinent business units.

Responsibilities include :

Support the Project leader to conduct research for EVSE business opportunities including extensive market research and competitor research.

Show strong passion and initiative with deep understanding in charging infrastructure, provide clear guidance to Honda companies (RO / GO) for electrification future.

Support the proposal development and obtain approval of a financially sustainable business model. This includes financial and term negotiation and legal agreement execution with selected vendors.

Must propose for final executive approval in a time-sensitive market launch to maximize operational profit.

Support the administration and implementations of approved business lines for successful launch. Must ensure customer facing experience is best-in-class, as well as ensuring quick resolution of launch issues.

Create an operational acceptance criteria to push the assigned projects into a standardized, normal business operation for AHM.

Lead administration of creating, updating and maintaining required documentation for clear operation by the operation team.

Required documentation must clear necessary regulatory, compliance clearances, as well as legal approval.

Communication : Accountable for keeping team members, management, and others in the company informed on the progress and direction of the team's efforts.

SBD has also become a hub of Honda news and information related to environmental activity throughout the company, and we have a lot of job related to sharing and informing that information throughout the company.

Who we are seeking :

Required Work Experience :

• 3 years minimum of related automotive IT or connected service development experience, ideally in planning, telematics, or engineering
• Experience in new product development required
• Experience in EV charging business and technology required
• Experience in developing financial and business models, financial forecasts, negotiating business terms and conditions, contracts, and business administration preferred
• Experience in a coordination role

Required Education :

BA / BS in Engineering, Marketing, Market Research, Business, or equivalent work experience

Desired skills :

• Product development
• Project management
• Proficiency in communication and productivity software (Word, PowerPoint, etc.), project management software (Excel-based Bullet, MS Project, MS Teams, etc.)

Working Conditions :

• Hybrid environment with 40% in office
• Long hours and schedule flexibility is required
• Frequent meetings of 1-2 hours duration
• Regular conference calls and video conferences
• Frequent working outside of normal business hours, particularly late evenings for meetings with other time zones (e.g.

US Eastern time, Japan, early morning for Europe)

• Preparation of proposals for executive approval are frequent and often required on short timelines
• Expectations are very high
• Travel up to 10%. Domestic and international.
• Requires the frequent and routine handling of highly confidential company long term strategies for growth and compliance

Additional Position Factors :

• Workstyle : Hybrid
• Travel : 10%

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!

What differentiates Honda and makes us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards :

• Competitive Base Salary : $72,200 - $108,300
• Pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to, geographic location, work experience, education, etc.
• Annual Bonus
• Industry leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, personal days
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Lifestyle Bonus
• Relocation assistance

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.