Sr HR Director

Honeywell Aerospace • Phoenix, AZ

10d

About The Position

The Senior Director Human Resources will create, lead, and oversee the talent and people strategy for a portion of Honeywell Aerospace’s Electronic Solutions global team, supporting the Chief Technology Officer, the Avionics product portfolio CTO, and that leader’s direct leadership team. The role architects and delivers talent and organizational strategies that support engineering strategy and improve business outcomes. It extends beyond traditional HR partnership, with accountability for organizational design, workforce planning, talent architecture, succession planning, and leadership coaching across the client group. The position requires experience partnering with senior executives and the ability to work independently in a lean HR model, balancing strategic leadership with hands-on problem solving. It reports to the Vice President HR – Electronic Solutions and operates in a highly matrixed, fast-paced, transformation-oriented environment.

The successful candidate provides executive-level HR leadership, advises and coaches senior leaders, and leads organizational design, workforce planning, talent strategies, succession, performance management, and change initiatives. The role uses HR data and analytics to inform decisions, promotes an inclusive, high-performance culture, collaborates with HR partners and enterprise teams, and ensures compliance with employment laws, policies, and ethical standards.

Candidates must be a U.S. person, defined in the posting as a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or person with protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status, due to U.S. export control laws and regulations.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of progressive HR leadership experience, including senior-level HR business partnering.
• Business acumen and experience supporting senior executives in complex, highly collaborative, high-expectation environments.
• Ability to develop long-range strategies and execute them through detailed planning and matrix alignment.
• Executive presence and credibility to operate effectively with highly experienced leaders.
• Capability in organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and performance management.
• Strong change leadership, influence, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to use data and analytics to generate insights, support decisions, and influence leaders.
• Experience leading and developing HR teams in lean, matrixed organizations.
• Must qualify as a U.S. person under U.S. export control laws: a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or person with protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field.
• Experience in large, global, or technology-driven organizations.
• Proactive and results-oriented mindset.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Knowledge of local employment laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and executive-level HR leadership aligned with business priorities and long-term growth objectives.
• Partner with executives as a trusted advisor, influencing, challenging, and coaching them on performance, organization effectiveness, talent, and culture.
• Apply data-driven, market-aware HR solutioning while balancing enterprise standards with business-specific needs.
• Lead organizational design and workforce planning so structures, roles, and capabilities align with current and future business strategy.
• Manage organization effectiveness fundamentals, including census management, headcount governance, role clarity, and span-and-layer effectiveness.
• Assess and manage labor costs, workforce productivity, and efficiency.
• Lead organizational change while accounting for external market dynamics and evolving ways of working.
• Architect and drive talent strategies to attract, develop, retain, and deploy talent aligned to business priorities.
• Lead annual Technical Talent Review processes, including skill mapping and succession planning throughout the engineering organization.
• Ensure succession plans for critical and leadership roles are robust, realistic, and actively maintained.
• Identify emerging and high-potential talent and create development pathways supporting internal mobility and leadership growth.
• Strengthen performance through disciplined performance management, calibration, and differentiation across leadership teams.
• Use HR data and analytics to diagnose issues, inform decisions, and influence leaders; personally pull, analyze, and interpret data as needed.
• Build inclusive relationships that foster trust, transparency, and accountability.
• Influence leaders to engage their teams and promote high performance, a growth mindset, purpose, individual well-being, and inclusion.
• Model transparent coaching and feedback practices to develop leadership capability and organizational effectiveness.
• Partner with HR business partners, Regional HR Partners, Centers of Excellence, and HR Transformation teams to align and execute enterprise initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with employment laws, policies, and ethical standards.

Benefits

• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts.
• Employee assistance program.
• Educational assistance.
• Parental leave.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation, personal, and sick time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed