Sr. Director, Product Portfolio Management

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, KPIs, Machine learning techniques, PaaS, Product Management, SaaS, Software Development

Job Description

Honeywell Connected Enterprise (HCE) is the software arm of Honeywell, with strategic focus on digitalization, sustainability and OT Cybersecurity SaaS offerings and solutions. We founded HCE to leverage our domain expertise and help Honeywell transition into a cutting-edge industrial software company. Since our inception over four years ago, HCE established the category of intelligent operations and built a new platform born out of decades of operational data and insights with our flagship offering - Honeywell Forge We are a team of over 3800 innovators across the globe with expertise spanning industrial operations, software engineering, data science, artificial intelligence, and process engineering. We are paving the way for our customers to grow responsibly.

We believe the future is what we make it. As a Honeywell futureshaper, you are a part of something bigger. You can work with highly capable people to make the world a better place and become the best you. After all, we are not imagining the future; we’re building it. Make an Impact, Make Connections and Make the Best You. The future is what you make it.

This role is within Honeywell Connected Industrials (HCI), a Business Enterprise within HCE. It includes the portfolio of software offerings for Industrial Automation.

To learn more, please visit https://www.honeywellforge.ai/

THE POSITION

The Honeywell Offering Management Leader is responsible for defining a portfolio strategy of software products based on industry trends, customer insights, competitive and market intelligence. Based on that strategy, the Leader is responsible for executing that strategy to optimize the offerings, market position, organic growth, and financial return of the product portfolio across the product lifecycle. Offering Managers work closely with cross-functional departments, such as engineering/R&D, manufacturing/sourcing or software development, internal sales and field sales, marketing, as well as Honeywell senior executives to maximize the growth, development and return on investment of the organization’s product portfolio today and in the future.

The Sr. Director of Offering Management for New Product Introductions (NPIs) is a key role responsible for growing and defining new industrial software offerings, including Operations and Production Intelligence, Digital Twins, Workers Competency, and others, for and in conjunction with Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS), and Universal Oil Products (UOP), Compressor Controls Corporation (CCC), Air Products LNG, Safety,

Productivity, Energy, and Thermal solutions. S/he will lead a team who is responsible for defining and developing the right software products, as well as go to market strategies, to help our customers in their digitalization and sustainability initiatives.

This role reports to the Chief Product Officer of HCI and will be based in Houston, TX.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and execute a comprehensive product strategy and portfolio that aligns with our business goals and market opportunities around digitalization, and sustainability.

• Ideate and define new software products to grow the value and revenue across Honeywell’s industrial and sustainability offerings.

• Build and manage a team of product managers, to deliver world-class products.

• Partner with the Sr. Development Directors and their Development teams on New Product Introduction (NPI) investment plans by each product line and monitor outcomes.

• Work closely with sales and marketing teams to identify customer needs and market opportunities.

• Conduct market research and stay up to date with industry trends to inform product development decisions.

• Define and prioritize product features and roadmaps based on customer feedback, market analysis, and business priorities.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure that products are delivered on time and to high quality standards.

• Monitor product performance and customer feedback to continuously improve product offerings.

• Work with the HCI After Market Solutions (AMS) team to define, develop, and implement the right KPIs and SW components to enable HCI’s AMS business.

YOU MUST HAVE

• 15+ years leading Operations, Production, Reliability in verticals such as oil & gas, power & utilities, life sciences, sustainable technologies, etc.

• Experience running a manufacturing plant and deep understanding of operational, productivity, safety, workforce requirements and driving towards a lean, digital native plant.

• 10+ years in digital transformation, enterprise software Product Management, Business Development, Technical Pre-sales, Software Development, Professional Services.

• 5+ years leading a team.

• Experience in SaaS, PaaS, Cloud-based software offerings, as well as a subscription / recurring revenue-based business.

• Understanding of industrial process technologies and industrial software.

• Experience with IoT, data management, application of AI/ML in industrials.

• Inbound and outbound product management experience; Agile product development methodology; gathering and prioritizing customer requirements; competitive analysis; authoring technical white papers; driving requirements through R&D; managing and executing beta/ preview programs; field enablement; working with product marketing on market requirements and segmentation; product packaging; licensing; product collaterals; customer presentations.

• Strong grasp of/focus on usability with experience in driving UI focused products; have worked closely w/ UI design team to drive UI task flows and have preferably participated in usability testing

• Ability to communicate business values to the commercial team and customers.

• Proven track record of successfully defining an entire enterprise-level software product or a major release of a product and delivering it to the market.

• Proven organizational skills; detail oriented; strong project management skills; ability to multi-task and work on several assignments concurrently; able to coordinate people and processes to deliver a product.

• Ability to define a strategic vision and to articulate it in front of a variety of audiences

• Excellent interpersonal skills, proven track record of building strong relationships and establishing credibility with customers, prospects, analysts, sales, R&D, and the management team.

WE VALUE

• BS, MS in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent

• An MBA in General Management, Technology Strategy, or Finance

• The ability to understand customer’s needs and translate them into software solutions

• Ability to influence a wide group of employees in including Leadership, Development, Consulting and Sales

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.