IT Team Manager Dealer

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!

The Dealer Applications Unit manages mission‑critical systems providing essential connectivity and operational support for all Honda dealers, Independent Service Repair facilities, and field associates across all business lines. As a key member, the Team Manager leads the team responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of dealer and field application platforms, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, compliance, operational excellence, and platform innovation.

• Strategic Leadership:
  Present IT strategy and updates to executives and senior leadership. Collaborate with business, IT teams, and partners to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support fast, modern, and cost‑effective technology solutions and services.
• Team Management:
  Provide leadership, direction, mentoring, and supervision for team members. Ensure the success of projects, enhancements, and support, including budget and QCD (Quality, Cost, and Delivery).
• Project and Support Oversight:
  Ensure all projects, enhancements, and portfolio support follow IT methodologies. Serve as the initial point of escalation for issues, reporting to the Unit Manager as needed.
• Technical Leadership:
  Act as Solutions Architect on multiple projects, leading technical work streams and partnering with architects and review boards to obtain approvals. Build vision, technology roadmaps, and planning artifacts.
• Governance and Compliance:
  Provide governance and oversight for all team activities. Define and implement IT policies, procedures, and best practices. Ensure compliance with enterprise and industry standards, security, data privacy, SOX, and PII regulations. Support audits.
• Innovation and Improvement:
  Work with management, vendors, and partners to identify opportunities for business innovation and technology improvements. Develop relationships to ensure business requirements are met.
• Budget Management:
  Assist and contribute to budgetary processes. Ensure budgets are adhered to and allocated correctly.
• Talent Acquisition:
  Conduct interviews for candidates and assist with vendor/third‑party agreements.

The ideal candidate is a proactive leader who drives innovation, fosters teamwork, demonstrates strong service orientation, and delivers results in a dynamic IT environment.

• Vision & Strategy:
  Collaborate with Unit Manager to shape direction and vision for IT, Division, Department, and Unit.
• Communicate business and IT strategies to the team.
• Maintain a strategic perspective on business and technology in IT planning.
• QCD, TQM, PDCA.
• Recommend and implement continuous improvement for processes and operations, following TQM and PDCA methodologies.
• Achieve unit and project budget targets; ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Ensure IT assets comply with governance, risk, and compliance standards, including PII and other best practices.
• Lead audit requirements for the unit.
• Build and maintain high‑performing IT teams.
• Foster associate development through teaching, coaching, mentoring, and effective performance management.
• Motivate and engage the team to achieve goals and objectives.
• Achieve the goals for the Team:
• Deliver…