Program Manager – Digitalization Programs, Middle East Region

Honeywell International Inc; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Honeywell International Inc. seeks a Program Manager to lead regional digitalization programs across the Middle East, driving outcomes, commercial targets, and operational excellence.

You will govern complex multi-country efforts in digital transformation, connected operations, and data analytics, coordinating with diverse teams and senior stakeholders. The role requires strong leadership in a matrix environment and a proven ability to deliver measurable business value through digital programs,

Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-country ME programs in oil, gas, utilities or infrastructure.
• Strong governance, risk, change, and executive reporting capabilities.
• Proven ability to manage revenue, margins and cash in large programs.
• Excellent English communication; Arabic desirable.
• Experience in matrix organizations with cross-functional teams.
• Proven track record delivering measurable business value through digital programs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of regional digitalization programs, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, customer satisfaction, revenue and gross margin.
• Establish robust program governance with steering committees and dashboards.
• Lead cross-functional teams across PM, engineering, product, software, cybersecurity, data, cloud, services, and finance.
• Drive standardized lifecycle practices, phase gates, cadences, documentation and reporting.
• Translate customer objectives into digital program outcomes and value realization roadmaps.
• Support revenue forecasting, billing milestones, cash collection and change orders.
• Identify and mitigate delivery risks related to scope, data readiness, cybersecurity, and vendors.
• Escalate to regional executives and align stakeholders on delivery performance.
• Collaborate with sales, product, engineering, and services to meet commitments and growth priorities.
• Promote adoption of PM tools, dashboards, analytics and reporting for visibility and execution discipline.
• Ensure compliance with PM standards, quality, safety, cybersecurity and regional requirements.
• Build and coach regional PM talent; foster accountability and continuous improvement.
• Capture lessons learned and institutionalize best practices for future delivery.
• Represent regional PM in reviews, executive meetings and strategic planning.

Skills

Digital transformation

Program leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Job description

The Program Manager will lead the successful delivery of digitalization programs across the Middle East region, ensuring that complex, multi-country programs achieve customer outcomes, commercial targets, operational excellence, and strategic growth objectives. The role will provide program leadership across digital transformation, connected operations, industrial software, data analytics, cloud-enabled solutions, cybersecurity-enabled delivery, and integration programs for customers in process industries, energy, utilities, infrastructure, and other strategic sectors.

The incumbent will act as the regional focal point for program governance, stakeholder alignment, risk management, financial performance, customer escalation, and adoption of digital delivery best practices. The role requires strong leadership in a matrix environment, the ability to influence senior internal and customer stakeholders, and a proven track record of delivering measurable business value through digital programs.

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world's most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector's transition from automation to autonomy.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end delivery of regional digitalization programs, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, customer satisfaction, revenue, and gross margin performance.
• Establish and maintain robust program governance, including steering committees, executive reviews, program health dashboards, escalation paths, risk registers, action tracking, and decision logs.
• Lead cross-functional teams across project management, engineering, product, software, cybersecurity, data, cloud, services, commercial, legal, finance, and partner organizations.
• Drive predictable execution across multiple countries and customer sites by standardizing program lifecycle practices, phase gates, delivery cadences, documentation, and reporting.
• Translate customer business objectives into clear digital program outcomes, success measures, adoption plans, and value realization roadmaps.
• Support revenue forecasting accuracy, billing milestones, cash collection, change order management, and financial reviews in alignment with operating plans.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate delivery risks related to scope, technology integration, data readiness, cybersecurity, resources, vendors, localization, regulatory requirements, and customer dependencies.
• Serve as the first level of management escalation for strategic customers in the region on program delivery, execution issues, and stakeholder alignment.
• Partner with sales, customer success, product, engineering, and services teams to ensure digital solutions are delivered in line with customer commitments and regional growth priorities.
• Drive adoption of program management tools, digital workflows, dashboards, analytics, and reporting mechanisms to improve visibility, predictability, and execution discipline.
• Ensure compliance with internal project management standards, quality processes, safety expectations, commercial policies, cybersecurity practices, and applicable regional requirements.
• Build, coach, and develop project and program management talent across the region, encouraging a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
• Capture lessons learned from major programs and institutionalize best practices to improve future delivery performance and scalability.
• Represent the regional program management function in business reviews, customer executive meetings, internal governance forums, and strategic planning discussions.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in program management, project management, digital transformation, industrial automation, software delivery, or technology-enabled services.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-country programs in the Middle East region, preferably across oil and gas, refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, utilities, energy, manufacturing, or infrastructure sectors.
• Strong understanding of digitalization programs, including industrial software, connected operations, data platforms, analytics, cloud-enabled solutions, system integration, cybersecurity considerations, and operational technology environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage revenue, margin, cash, budget, resource planning, forecasting, commercial risk, and customer commitments.
• Excellent knowledge of program governance, project controls, change management, risk management, stakeholder communications, and executive reporting.
• Experience working in matrix organizations and leading cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong customer-facing presence with the ability to engage senior executives, operational leaders, technical teams, and commercial stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic language capability is desirable.
• High level of energy, resilience, ownership, and comfort working under pressure in a fast-paced regional environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, influencing, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Familiarity with Agile, hybrid, and traditional project delivery methodologies; PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum, or equivalent certification is desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related discipline.
• Advanced degree in Business Management, Engineering Management, Digital Transformation, or Technology Management is desirable.
• Professional certification in project or program management, such as PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or Scrum, is preferred.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We donot discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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