Sr Director – HR Transformation

As a Sr Director – HR Transformation here at Honeywell, you will lead the strategic transformation initiatives within the HR function, driving innovative practices that enhance organizational effectiveness.

You will report directly to our Vice President of HR Strategy & Transformation and you’ll work out of our Phoenix, AZ location on a Hybrid work schedule.

Honeywell Aerospace is building the future of HR to match the future of work — and this role is at the center of that transformation. You will architect and drive enterprise initiatives that modernize how we plan, invest in, and optimize our workforce — translating strategy into repeatable operating mechanisms, data-driven insights, and measurable business outcomes.

You will be accountable for shaping and enabling the “people and culture” dimensions of the evolving Aerospace Operating System as we become a standalone publicly traded company, ensuring leaders have clear visibility to workforce drivers (skills, census, labor costs) and the actions required to deliver growth. This includes strengthening the strategic capability of HR partners and delivering HR initiatives directly and through cross-functional project teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and execute HR transformation strategies aligned to Aerospace business priorities and the future Aerospace Operating System (people/culture dimension).
• Identify where to standardize, automate, digitize, or redesign HR work to increase speed, quality, and leader experience.
• Lead/enable a strategic workforce planning approach that aligns workforce capabilities (skills, census, OEF targets) to business goals over a multi-year horizon.
• Translate workforce gaps into actionable “build/borrow/buy (and automate)” talent strategies and workforce shaping plans. Architect advanced analytics and AI‑driven forecasting to model workforce supply/demand, skills adjacencies, labor cost scenarios, and productivity tradeoffs over a multi‑year horizon.
• Ensure workforce planning connects to annual operating planning, including baseline assumptions and forecast cycles. 
• Build mechanisms that improve visibility, consistency, and decision quality in how leaders manage workforce cost and productivity investments.
• Produce executive-ready workforce insights: what’s changing, why it matters, what decisions are required, and what actions will be taken.
• Harness AI and advanced analytics to elevate workforce “storyboards,” enabling leaders to quickly understand what is changing, why it matters, and which decisions are required.
• Build repeatable methods, toolkits, and coaching that improve HR partner proficiency in workforce planning, talent investment tradeoffs, and operating cadence discipline.
• Help strengthen HR program management capability and connected learning strategies where needed.
• Lead major HR innovation and transformation initiatives end-to-end (concept → design → rollout → adoption → sustainment).
• Indirectly manage cross-functional project teams; define scope, milestones, change approach, and measurable outcomes.
• Establish governance and “management operating system” elements (MOS/KPIs/roles/training/sustainment) for initiatives.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to identify opportunities for HR innovation and process improvement.

Critical Interfaces

• Aerospace senior HR leadership team (business and functional)
• Finance (labor cost, productivity, forecasting alignment)
• HR COEs and HR partners across regions/businesses
• Digital/HRS/HCM teams and analytics/storyboard owners

How You’ll Work (Leadership through influence)

• Operate as a high-accountability individual contributor who drives alignment, momentum, and outcomes through peers and senior stakeholders.
• Communicate crisply and courageously; challenge assumptions; push for decisions; and convert ambiguity into clear plans.
• Indirectly lead peers, stakeholders, and across multiple levels and functions.

YOU MUST HAVE

• 12 plus years of experience in HR strategy and transformation, preferably in a aerospace & defense environment. 
• Strong understanding of organizational design and change management principles.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale human capital initiatives that drive cultural and operational change.
• Experience with analytics to inform strategic decision-making and measure the impact of initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders without direct authority; high drive and accountability.
• Familiarity with talent management and employee engagement strategies.

WE VALUE

• Advanced degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience applying advanced analytics, AI, or intelligent automation to inform workforce, talent, or operating decisions.
• Ability to translate AI‑driven insights into clear executive actions and business outcomes.
• Experience in the aerospace & defense industry is a plus.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and drive strategic change.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Excellent analytical skills to assess and improve HR strategies and initiatives.
• Deep understanding of operating system design (cadences, KPIs/MOS, governance, standard work).
• Experience applying a Global Design Model style approach (RACI, process maps, MOS, training, sustainment) and enabling technology/tool requirements.

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR HONEYWELL

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: click here

JOB POSTING TIMELINE

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. 

ABOUT HONEYWELL

Honeywell International Inc. (Nasdaq: HON) invents and commercializes technologies that address some of the worlds most critical challenges around energy, safety, security, air travel, productivity, and global urbanization. We are a leading software-industrial company committed to introducing state-of-the-art technology solutions to improve efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and safety in high growth businesses in broad-based, attractive industrial end spanets. Our products and solutions enable a safer, more comfortable, and more productive world, enhancing the quality of life of people around the globe. Learn more about Honeywell: click here

THE BUSINESS UNIT

Honeywell Aerospace Technologies (AERO) products and services are found on virtually every commercial, defense, and space aircraft in the world. We build aircraft engines, cockpit and cabin electronics, wireless connectivity systems, mechanical components, and more, connecting many of them via our high-speed Wi-Fi offerings. Our solutions create healthier air travel, more fuel-efficient and better-maintained aircraft, more direct and on-time flight arrivals, safer skies and airports, and more comfortable flights, along with several innovations and services that reflect exciting and emerging new transportation methods such as autonomous and supersonic flight. Revenues in 2023 for Honeywell Aerospace Technology were $14B and there are approximately 21,000 employees globally. To learn more, please visit click here.

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. Learn more about inclusion and diversity :click here

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