Sr. Director Program Management – Boeing Commercial

Job Description

As a Senior Program Director here at Honeywell, you will be responsible for leading a Large Commercial Airframe (OEM) customer business team (CBT) and day-to-day business activities. You will have the responsibility and be Customer Facing for this Large Customer. You will lead a team of customer program leaders that manage production / sustainment contracts and lead customer funded development programs. You will ensure that the business portfolio meets its Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for all financial metrics. You will play a critical role in driving the execution and strategic growth of the business by developing and executing comprehensive customer business plans to maximize customer satisfaction. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver value-added solutions to the customer.

You will be responsible for most of the Boeing OEM customer relationships. You are responsible for overall proposal strategy and negotiations in the portfolio. You will have oversight of all platform development program execution and ensure the contract cost, schedule and technical requirements are met. Your team will ensure that all orders are successfully entered and that the organization meets the customer’s production requirements. You will be familiar with customer aircraft platforms, Honeywell content, and capabilities. In doing so, you will understand the business and competitive environment and will be able to identify and develop platform growth strategies and business opportunities.

As a people leader at Honeywell, you will play a critical role in developing and supporting our employees to help them perform at their best and drive change across the company. You will continuously work to build a strong, diverse team by recruiting talent, identifying and developing successors, driving retention and engagement, and fostering an inclusive culture. By guiding and mentoring your team, you will foster a culture of excellence to enable business growth.

You will report directly to the Vice President of the Boeing Customer Business Team and you'll work out of a major Honeywell Aerospace site on a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

• Meeting with, negotiating, and influencing top Boeing executives
• Establish communications with both internal and external stakeholders at the Senior Executive levels
• Execution of contractual requirements for all aircraft platforms and maintaining customer satisfaction
• Lead and develop a team of customer business managers.
• Execution of all proposal and contract negotiations for all aircraft platform follow-on contracts
• Drive continuous improvement of quality and delivery performance to customer
• Drive on time execution for all customer deliverables
• Establish and lead SIOP activities to ensure alignment with customer business requirements
• Collaborate with counterparts in other business segments to identify cross-business or cross-platform opportunities and best practices
• Provide input to product line business owners for technology development activities and product line strategies concerning the needs / feedback from the customer
• Resolve complex customer issues while building customer trust
• Support engagements with customer to shape product offerings, develop new business, and maintain awareness of market trends
• Influence and collaborate across functional boundaries between Finance, Supply Chain (ISC), and Engineering
• Provide team level guidance and coaching
• Ability to travel up to 25%
  
  

Qualifications

YOU MUST HAVE

• Minimum 10-15 years of proven experience in program management
• Minimum of 5 years experience working with or for commercial OEMs
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading commercial programs/contracts
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a customer facing role
• Financial acumen in communicating performance and in managing to Annual Operating Plan (AOP) targets
• Strong executive presence and executive communication skills
• Must be a US Citizen
• Strong management skills with the ability to lead diverse teams and drive portfolio success
  
  

WE VALUE

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or business
• Demonstrated leadership of a professional team
• Supply Chain experience in large OEM or tier 1 supplier
• Graduate degrees in engineering or business (MBA)
• Active security clearance
• Lean/Six Sigma experience, certification
• PMI experience, certification
• Demonstrated ability to develop and foster strong customer relationships
• Breadth of experience across multiple programs, products, and customers
• Strong systems, technical, product and program knowledge and experience in the assigned area
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results through influence in a cross functional, matrixed, team environment
• Strategic thinking with the ability to develop, implement and document business plans
• Strong leadership and negotiation skills
  
  

“Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.”