Military Program Manager

Honeywell•Charlotte, NC

7h•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Military Program Manager at Honeywell, you will lead HR initiatives and projects and connect business leaders, recruiters, transitioning service members, veterans, installation partners, and military-serving organizations. You will develop a sustainable enterprise operating model that improves role fit, candidate experience, conversion, onboarding handoffs, retention, and leadership visibility. The role reports directly to the Director of Workforce Development and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, on a hybrid work schedule. Travel of 20% or more is required, including to military installations, partner meetings, career fairs, and Honeywell locations.

Requirements

At least 6 years of military recruiting experience, including direct engagement with transitioning service members, veterans, military installations, and military talent partners.
At least 4 years of program management experience leading complex, cross-functional programs with measurable outcomes.
Established relationships with TAP offices and ability to build and sustain relationships across the military transition ecosystem.
Expertise matching MOS and Rates to civilian occupations, job requirements, and career paths.
Experience educating business leaders, hiring managers, and recruiting teams on military-to-civilian skill translation and civilian career opportunities.
Experience planning and executing career fairs, military hiring events, installation outreach, and related recruiting activations.
Proven success managing and placing SkillBridge candidates, with retention metrics or other measurable outcomes.
Experience managing military and partner relationships to achieve preferred-partner status and improve access to military talent.
Ability to travel 20% or more, including to military installations, partner meetings, career fairs, and Honeywell locations.
Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, facilitation, project planning, problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making skills.
Prior military service or substantial professional experience working directly with military communities.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
Experience building or scaling an enterprise military recruiting, veteran hiring, or workforce development program across multiple businesses or locations.
Knowledge of SkillBridge operations, military transition processes, veteran-serving organizations, and military recruiting channels.
Experience recruiting for skilled trades, engineering, field service, logistics, information technology, operations, or other hard-to-fill roles.
Experience designing operating models, playbooks, governance routines, dashboards, and executive-level program reporting.
Ability to influence without direct authority and coordinate business leaders, recruiters, hiring managers, partners, and employee volunteers.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders at all organizational levels.
Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
Knowledge of HR best practices and industry trends.
Experience with HR systems and tools.

Responsibilities

Own and execute the enterprise military recruiting and workforce development strategy, translating business needs into targeted talent pipelines by role, location, volume, and timing.
Build and maintain relationships with TAP offices, installation transition teams, SkillBridge stakeholders, Hiring Our Heroes, military and veteran organizations, and other strategic partners.
Position Honeywell Technologies as a preferred employer and partner in the military ecosystem.
Translate MOS, Navy and Coast Guard Rates, military skills, credentials, and experience into civilian roles, job requirements, and career pathways.
Educate business leaders, hiring managers, recruiters, and talent partners about military-to-civilian skill translation, military culture, candidate assessment, and onboarding support.
Partner with business and talent acquisition leaders to identify critical and hard-to-fill roles, prioritize outreach, define candidate profiles, and align sourcing to workforce plans.
Plan and execute military and veteran hiring events, installation career fairs, partner events, information sessions, and outreach campaigns, including logistics, communications, internal representation, follow-up, and outcome reporting.
Design, manage, and improve the end-to-end SkillBridge candidate process, including intake, role matching, stakeholder coordination, placement, conversion, onboarding handoffs, and follow-up.
Measure and report SkillBridge placement and retention success using defined metrics, dashboards, and outcome reviews.
Establish governance, standard work, playbooks, tracking, and operating rhythms for consistent execution across business groups, roles, and locations.
Coordinate veteran ambassadors, employee resource groups, mentors, and onboarding partners to support candidate trust, hiring-manager readiness, and workplace transitions.
Manage military and partner relationships through regular engagement, business reviews, shared objectives, and measurable outcomes.
Track funnel health and program performance, including prospects, qualified candidates, interviews, placements, conversions, time to placement, retention, partner yield, event outcomes, and business impact.
Use data, feedback, and lessons learned to improve targeting, partner investments, event strategy, candidate experience, and program scalability.
Represent Honeywell Technologies at external events and partner engagements, and travel to installations, worksites, and recruiting events as required.