Principal Counsel

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 Purpose

This role provides high quality, proactive legal services, negotiating, drafting, and advising on Honda contracts that have a substantial impact on Honda’s manufacturing operations and potential liabilities. This includes advising on contracts for direct parts, raw materials, & dealer service parts contracts, capital production equipment and other facility and production related contracts, supply chain contracts, service agreements, and logistics contracts. The role will provide timely and cost-effective basis for moderate to highly complex matters. The role will primarily focus on support related to Honda Aircraft Company, LLC in Greensboro, NC, but may also include support for a variety of Honda companies throughout the North American Region. This role will research and draft agreements, policies, and procedures, perform legal research on state and federal laws, retain and supervise outside counsel where applicable, provide legal education/training to various Honda entities, manage risks by identifying countermeasures, and undertake projects to proactively identify issues and take steps to implement countermeasures.

Key Accountabilities

• Direct and Indirect Commercial Support: Provide high quality advice and negotiation, in a timely and cost-effective manner, to enable Honda Companies and/or divisions to meet legal obligations and reduce risk for moderate to complex commercial transactions. This includes negotiating and managing high value/critical contracts for direct automotive parts, raw materials, & dealer service parts contracts, capital production equipment & other facility and production related contracts, as well as supply chain contracts, service agreements, and logistics contracts. Support and lead special projects and other commercial and law initiatives. Advise business teams on commercial disputes involving suppliers and work with team to resolve disputes for applicable Honda entities. Manage applicable outside counsel and fees, to reach the best long-term solution for Honda in moderate to complex matters.
• Knowledge management: Follow changes in all relevant international, federal and state laws and regulations, and exchange and share legal knowledge within the applicable Honda entity/division/department, as well as train Honda business and law associates in legal best practices, to improve the awareness, quality and effectiveness of the legal function.
• Projects: Participate in the planning, execution, and leadership of assigned projects with a regional focus.
  
  

Qualifications, Experience, And Skills

• Juris Doctorate Degree from an Accredited Law School
• Admittance to state bar in a state in the U.S., and will be either admitted to the North Carolina bar or eligible to qualify for in-house practice in North Carolina
• At least 10 years of in-house, law firm, or other equivalent legal experience, good knowledge of the areas of Contracts and Commercial legal practice areas. Aviation experience is preferred but not required
• Excellent skills in communication, problem solving, client satisfaction, building relationships, coaching, decision-making, risk analysis, flexibility/adaptability, patience, listening, good writing, risk taking, focusing on achieving results and supporting others to achieve results, and legal technical knowledge
  
  

What differentiates Honda and makes us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Manager Lease Car Program (No Cost - Car, Maintenance, and Insurance included)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)
  
  

Career Growth

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued learning
• Training and Development Programs
  
  

Additional Offerings

• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs
  
  

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.