Director IT, Strategic Initiatives

Honeywell International, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 177,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Match

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Educational Assistance

Job summary

Honeywell is seeking a Director IT, Strategic Initiatives to serve as a trusted advisor to the PT CIO and lead strategic planning, governance, budgeting, and execution across the PT IT organization. The role emphasizes translating enterprise priorities into a three-to-five-year IT strategy, annual operating plans, and investment priorities to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Responsibilities include leading CIO operating rhythm, managing budgets and benefits oversight, driving application

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years in IT strategy, CIO Office, governance, or program leadership.
• Demonstrated experience leading CIO-level strategic planning, operating rhythms, budgeting, governance, and executive reporting.
• Experience enabling IT for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, separations, or joint ventures, including due diligence and integration.
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams in a global, multi-layered organization.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to translate actions into outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor and operational extension of the PT CIO.
• Drive CIO operating rhythm: AOP, strap, staff meetings, operating reviews, executive communications.
• Support budgeting/forecasting, including CapEx/OpEx planning and spend visibility.
• Lead ongoing application rationalization and technical landscape assessments.
• Translate enterprise and SBG strategies into actionable IT priorities and plans.
• Identify cross-functional issues and surface risks with options and recommendations.
• Coordinate with Corporate Development, Finance, Enterprise IT on tech due diligence and integration.
• Partner with IT Integration Leader for IT due diligence, integration, separation activities.
• Translate deal theses into IT metrics and execution plans aligned to synergy and growth.
• Ensure alignment of applications, data, infrastructure, OT, and cybersecurity with PT strategies.
• Provide visibility into synergy realization, cost, risk, and execution health.
• Refine and use standardized M&A IT playbook, governance mechanisms.

Skills

IT strategy leadership

CIO-level planning

M&A experience

Global cross-functional influence

Financial acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Director IT, Strategic Initiatives will serve as a trusted advisor and operational extension of Honeywell’s Process Technology (PT) Chief Information Officer, strengthening strategic planning, governance, financial management, executive decision support, and disciplined execution across the PT IT organization. This leader will translate enterprise and SBG priorities into a clear three-to-five-year IT strategy, annual operating plans, investment priorities, metrics, and operating mechanisms that ensure IT delivers measurable business outcomes.

The role will lead the CIO operating rhythm, portfolio governance, budget and benefits oversight, application rationalization, executive communications, and cross-functional issue resolution. In addition, this leader will bring strong M&A expertise and partner closely with the PT IT M&A Integration Leader to support technology due diligence, integration, separation, and value realization across acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other inorganic growth initiatives. This leader will report to the Sr. Director of Business Transformation and IT Strategy and work closely with the PT CIO and other executive stakeholders.

Office of the CIO Strategy & Operations

• Act as a trusted advisor and operational extension of the PT CIO, helping ensure strategic priorities are clearly defined, communicated, and executed.

• Drive elements of the CIO operating rhythm, including AOP, Strap, staff meetings, operating reviews, business reviews, and executive communications.

• Support annual CIO budgeting and forecasting processes, including defining budget ownership vs. tracking, managing CapEx/OpEx planning and spend visibility, and overseeing benefits realization.

• Lead ongoing application rationalization and technical landscape assessments to maintain an up-to-date view of the PT IT environment, identify simplification opportunities, and inform priorities and investment decisions.

• Translate enterprise and SBG strategies into actionable IT priorities, operating plans, and follow‑through mechanisms.

• Identify and surface cross‑functional issues and risks impacting execution, with structured options and recommendations.

M&A Technology Enablement & Value Realization

• Coordinate with Corporate Development, Finance, Enterprise IT, and PT functional leaders to support assessment of technology risks, synergies, and integration complexity for inorganic and repositioning opportunities.

• Partner closely with the PT IT Integration Leader to support IT due diligence, integration, and separation activities across PT transactions.

• Assist in translating deal theses and value cases into metrics and structured IT execution plans aligned to synergy capture, growth objectives, and risk management.

• Ensure alignment of applications, data, infrastructure, OT, and cybersecurity approaches with PT strategies and Enterprise IT standards.

• Provide clear, fact‑based visibility into synergy realization, cost, risk, and execution health for PT and enterprise leadership.

• Support the refinement and ongoing use of a standardized M&A IT playbook, tools, and governance mechanisms aligned to Honeywell operating principles.

• Assist with the management of a portfolio of concurrent M&A and PT transformation initiatives, focusing on prioritization, value realization, dependency management, and execution discipline.

• Establish and maintain KPIs, dashboards, and reporting to track and elevate execution health, value delivery, and risk trends.

• Enable effective cross‑functional coordination across PT businesses, Enterprise IT domains, and external partners.

• Support IT governance structures that provide decision clarity, accountability, and execution discipline across PT SBG.

• Enable fact‑based executive decision‑making through structured insights, analytics, and synthesized recommendations.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of the PT IT operating model, including ways of working, performance management, and talent alignment. Governance & Operating Model Excellence

• Support IT governance structures that provide decision clarity, accountability, and execution discipline across PT SBG.

• Enable fact‑based executive decision‑making through structured insights, analytics, and synthesized recommendations.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of the PT IT operating model, including ways of working, performance management, and talent alignment.

YOU MUST HAVE

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT strategy, Office of the CIO, portfolio governance, business transformation, or program leadership roles.

• Demonstrated experience leading CIO-level strategic planning, operating rhythms, financial management, governance, executive reporting, and cross-functional execution.

• Significant experience supporting IT enablement for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, separations, or joint ventures, including due diligence, integration planning, and value realization.

• Experience influencing cross-functional teams at a global, multi-layered corporation or entity

• Strong financial acumen and ability to translate actions to outcomes

WE VALUE

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field.

• Experience serving as a trusted advisor to a CIO or senior technology executive.

• Ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders at all levels.

• Excellent executive communication, synthesis, and interpersonal skills.

• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, investment prioritization, and benefits realization.

• Strong analytical and data-driven decision‑making skills.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast‑paced environment.

• Experience with portfolio management, application rationalization, operating model design, or organizational transformation.

• Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, Lean, or comparable continuous improvement certification.

The annual base salary range for this position in Illinois is $177,000 - $220,000. This position is incentive plan eligible. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Honeywell considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.

In addition to a competitive salary, leading‑edge work, and developing solutions side‑by‑side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. For more information visit: Benefits at Honeywell (https://benefits.honeywell.com/)

The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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.

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.