Organizational Effectiveness Sr. Principal Specialist

Location: Torrance, CA
Workstyle: Hybrid
Salary: $107,600 - $161,400
 

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: 

We are seeking a forward-thinking and strategic-minded Organizational Effectiveness Specialist to lead our efforts in optimizing organizational design, elevating the employee experience, driving employee engagement strategies, and unifying culture, transformation, and change to tangible products, events, or business outcomes. This role will be instrumental in shaping our organization for long-term success. The ideal candidate will understand the larger impacts of organizational structure upon employee experience and engagement with the knowledge and experience to align the right people to the right work at the right time. The following are key areas of focus for the role:

• Organizational Design / Design Thinking
• Culture and Change
• Transformation
• Employee Engagement
• Org/Team Effectiveness 

Responsibilities include:

• Define and develop forward-looking organization design strategies/playbooks that address workforce assessments, SWOT analysis, structures, spans/layers, etc. to ensure that organizational design supports scalability, agility, and innovation.
• Define and develop strategies/playbooks to create an exceptional employee experience that attracts, retains, and develops top talent.
• Identify integrations points and develop initiatives that incorporate the company's values, mission, and culture into every aspect of the employee journey.
• Design and develop playbooks that address employee listening strategies to capture critical insights and opportunities for improvement including not limited to candidate experience, onboarding, 90-day, engagement, pulse, and employee exit surveys etc.
• Partners and influences (in collaboration with BHR) key stakeholders on culture, transformation, and change management strategy recommendations based on data-driven insights with alignment to business outcomes.

Who we are seeking:

Required Work Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in strategic organizational development, with a focus on organization design, design thinking, culture, transformation, change management, employee experience, and engagement
• 3+ years of large project management
• Experience in manufacturing, technology or automotive lines of business considered a plus

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field 
• Advanced degree and change management certification, highly preferred

Desired skills:

• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and translate organizational goals into actionable development initiatives
• Proficient in using advanced assessment tools, analytics, and metrics to drive strategic organizational decisions
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and inspire at all levels of the organization

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid
• Moderate travel and fluctuating levels of discretionary time
• Managing multiple concurrent tasks, meeting numerous deadlines, addressing many internal staff requests
• Challenge of navigating a complex and evolving organization

Additional Position Factors:

• Workstyle:        Hybrid
• Travel:               25%

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: $107,600 - $161,400
  • Pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to, geographic location, work experience, education, etc.
• Annual Bonus
• Manager Lease Car Program (No Cost - Car, Maintenance, and Insurance included)
• 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

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.