Honeywell

Director IT - Divestitures & Separations

Honeywell • $150K — $180K *
Charlotte, NC 28269In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Significant experience in leading large-scale IT divestitures and separations.
  • Expertise in standalone operating model design and implementation.
  • Deep understanding of Day 1 and post-close operations.
  • Extensive experience with TSA strategy and execution.
  • Proven leadership in managing complex technology programs and cross-functional teams.
  • Strong financial acumen in budget management and cost modeling.
  • Exceptional negotiation and stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead IT activities in divestiture and separation transactions.
  • Develop and execute IT separation strategies that align with business goals.
  • Guide all phases of the transaction lifecycle, ensuring seamless execution.
  • Establish governance structures and manage risks throughout transactions.
  • Design IT operating models for independent business functions.
  • Assess technology dependencies for achieving operational independence.
  • Define and oversee TSA scope, ensuring effective service delivery.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for broader leadership responsibilities in MADS.
  • Hybrid work schedule based in Charlotte, NC or Atlanta, GA.
Full Job Description
Job Description

This role requires a strategic leader with deep M&A and divestiture experience, strong financial and business acumen, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams through highly complex and time-sensitive transactions. The successful candidate will play a critical role in protecting business continuity, enabling value creation, and delivering successful separation outcomes while partnering closely with Corporate Development, Finance, Legal, HR, business leadership, and external transaction partners.

This position provides an opportunity to expand into broader leadership responsibilities across Honeywell's Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Separations (MADS) organization.

This role will sit in either our Charlotte, NC or Atlanta, GA office o a hybrid schedule.

Responsibilities

Lead Divestiture and Separation Programs
  • Lead all IT activities associated with divestitures, carve-outs, spin-offs, and separation transactions.
  • Develop and execute comprehensive IT separation strategies aligned with transaction objectives and business requirements.
  • Provide leadership throughout the transaction lifecycle, including diligence, planning, execution, Day 1 readiness, TSA management, TSA exit, and post-separation stabilization.
  • Establish governance, manage risks, resolve complex issues, and provide executive-level communications and reporting.

Drive Standalone Operating Model Development
  • Design and implement standalone IT operating models that support independent business operations.
  • Define future-state application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, workplace, and support service strategies.
  • Develop standalone organizational structures, resource models, vendor strategies, and operating budgets.
  • Lead technology dependency assessments and transition planning activities required to achieve operational independence.

Lead TSA Strategy and Execution
  • Define TSA scope, service models, governance structures, and operational processes.
  • Partner with business, finance, legal, and transaction teams to support TSA negotiations and commercial discussions.
  • Oversee TSA enablement activities required to establish service delivery capabilities.
  • Manage TSA operations, service performance, issue resolution, and stakeholder communications throughout the transition period.
  • Develop and execute TSA exit strategies and drive successful transition to standalone operations.

Ensure Day 1 and Operational Readiness
  • Lead Day 1 planning and readiness activities to ensure uninterrupted business operations.
  • Oversee technology separation projects, testing, cutover planning, transition activities, and business continuity efforts.
  • Coordinate global, cross-functional teams across applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, workplace technologies, and data management.
  • Drive delivery of critical transaction milestones while minimizing operational risk and business disruption.

Financial and Commercial Leadership
  • Develop separation business cases, cost estimates, investment requirements, and financial forecasts.
  • Manage separation budgets, TSA financials, stranded cost analysis, and value realization opportunities.
  • Partner with Finance and business leaders to drive informed decisions that balance cost, risk, speed, and business outcomes.
  • Support transaction diligence activities through financial modeling, risk assessments, and technology evaluations.

Leadership and Organizational Development
  • Build, lead, and develop high-performing teams in a dynamic transaction environment.
  • Demonstrate situational leadership while influencing stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, problem-solving, and execution excellence.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across Honeywell and external partners.
  • Support the ongoing evolution and growth of Honeywell's M&A and Separation capabilities.


Qualifications

YOU MUST HAVE
  • Significant experience leading large-scale IT divestitures, carve-outs, spin-offs, and business separations.
  • Demonstrated expertise in standalone operating model design and implementation.
  • Deep understanding of Day 1 readiness, Day 2 operations, and post-close separation execution.
  • Extensive experience with TSA strategy, TSA enablement, TSA operations, governance, and TSA exit execution.
  • Proven experience managing complex technology programs and cross-functional global teams.
  • Strong financial acumen, including business case development, budget management, and separation cost modeling.
  • Proven negotiation, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
  • Experience managing multiple priorities in fast-paced and highly ambiguous environments

WE VALUE
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
  • Experience leading technology aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and separation transactions in a large global enterprise.
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to connect technology decisions to enterprise value creation.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives, external partners, and transaction stakeholders.
  • Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
  • Collaborative leadership style with a strong team-first mindset.
  • Ability to operate effectively in dynamic and rapidly changing environments.
  • Experience working with private equity firms, strategic buyers, and external consulting partners.
  • Knowledge of enterprise applications, ERP platforms, cloud technologies, cybersecurity, data management, and digital transformation initiatives.
  • MBA or advanced degree preferred.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), ITIL, Prosci, or similar professional certifications preferred.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:
  • Strategic thinking and execution excellence
  • Situational leadership
  • Strong negotiation and influencing capabilities
  • Executive presence and communication skills
  • Financial and commercial acumen
  • Analytical problem-solving skills
  • Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management
  • Results orientation and accountability
  • Passion for developing people and building high-performing teams

About Honeywell

Honeywell Aerospace is an American company that manufactures aircraft engines, avionics, auxiliary power units (APUs), and other aviation products. The company’s product portfolio includes space equipment, turbine engines, auxiliary power units, brakes, wheels, synthetic vision, runway safety systems and other avionics. President Barack Obama awarded a Honeywell employee the National Medal of Technology for his contributions to air flight safety technology. The company also owns a number of patents related to NextGen technology, aircraft windshields, turbochargers, and more. Honeywell Aerospace was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Size
99,000 employees
Market Cap
$143.4 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$4.7 billion
Founded
1906
5 Year Trend
-2.6%
Revenue
$32.6 billion
NASDAQ
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