Honeywell

Senior Sales Director for the UAS & UAM

Honeywell$150K — $180K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in aerospace, defense, UAS, UAM, or high-technology aviation markets.
  • Proven track record of managing complex customer relationships and leading full sales cycles.
  • Strong skills in developing and executing pursuit plans, including strategies for winning down to the proposal level.
  • Extensive experience in negotiating contracts and shaping account strategies.
  • Excellent communication and influence skills with a senior level presence.
  • Ability to provide technical and commercial responses that stand out in competitive offerings.
  • Flexibility to travel 25%-50% and to work onsite in Phoenix.

Responsibilities

  • Drive growth initiatives across UAS and UAM markets.
  • Identify and pursue opportunities in commercial, dual-use, and defense segments.
  • Lead sales efforts across multiple product areas including autonomy and avionics.
  • Support existing UAM programs while expanding into emerging UAS platforms.
  • Oversee deal processes involving reviews with business and engineering teams.
  • Achieve sales targets and enhance customer acquisition metrics.
  • Cultivate and manage relationships with key OEM customers to facilitate growth.

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 and educational assistance available.
  • Generous parental leave and 12 paid holidays.
  • Paid time off for vacation, personal, and sick time.
Full Job Description
Honeywell Aerospace is seeking a high-impact Senior Sales Director for the UAS & UAM customer Business Team to serve as a strategic focal point for leading business development and customer sales with several strategic OEM customers. In this high visibility role, you will own account, pursuit strategy, value articulation to drive growth across Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) programs while collaborating cross-functionally to ensure alignment with Honeywell Aerospace's autonomy, avionics, actuation, power systems, thermal management, navigation, and integrated systems portfolios. Operating as a senior customer facing leader within the UAS/UAM business, this position will play a key role in enabling the broader organization's UAS growth ambitions while sustaining critical UAM customer relationships. Responsibilities Key Responsibilities • Drive Growth Across UAS & UAM Markets • Identify and pursue opportunities within UAS programs across commercial, dual-use, and defense segments. • Lead sales of Honeywell Aerospace's portfolio of products across autonomy, avionics, control systems, navigation, sensing, power systems, actuation, thermal management, and integrated platform solutions. • Ensure seamless support for existing UAM programs while expanding Honeywell Aerospace's reach into emerging UAS platforms. • Direct deal gates, including deal review with business, engineering, and legal • Establish and deliver on sales targets, customer acquisition goals, and market share objectives as defined by leadership Lead Strategic Account Ownership • Independently own account leadership for multiple high-value OEM customers, contributing directly to Honeywell Aerospace's UAS growth ambitions • Drive full opportunity lifecycle including requirements shaping, pursuit strategy, proposals, negotiations, contracting, and long-term relationship management. • Build strong executive-level relationships with OEMs, operators, integrators, and platform developers. Execute Structured Sales Processes • Develop and maintain disciplined pipeline processes, funnel management, and account planning approaches consistent with team standards. • Deliver accurate sales forecasting, and opportunity qualification for leadership review. • Apply strong analytical and strategic skills to assess market trends, competitor moves, and ecosystem developments. • Support quarterly MOS business reviews, present pipeline health, forecast accuracy trends, highlights and challenges and critical pursuit gates • Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence • Partner closely with offering management, engineering, and program teams • Bring structured Voice of Customer (VoC) insights into Honeywell Aerospace to help shape product roadmaps and long-term technology investments. • Navigate complex internal discussions to ensure delivery performance, resource alignment, and cross-organizational coordination to support customers. • Customer Experience & Program Support • Ensure exceptional customer engagement through proactive communication, responsiveness, and alignment with the program team. • Act as the customer-facing business interface for program reviews and negotiations • Industry Representation & Leadership • Represent Honeywell Aerospace at industry events, marketing and technical forums, association meetings, and regulatory discussions. • Communicate Honeywell Aerospace's technology and solution roadmap confidently and effectively to diverse audiences. • Sales Team Enablement & Mentorship • Support the development of junior sellers and account managers as the UAS/UAM commercial organization grows. • Provide informal leadership, coaching, and best practices that strengthen overall team capability and execution maturity. Qualifications You Must Have • Significant experience in aerospace, defense, UAS, UAM, or high-technology aviation markets. • Proven success owning complex customer relationships and leading full capture sales life cycles, from early engagement through contract award. • Develop, maintain, and execute the pursuit plan, including win strategies, internal resource and bid and proposal funding alignment. • Drive internal Schedule Executive Approvals, involving financial and business case reviews and required phase gate exits to support the commercial offers to prospective customers. • Strong experience negotiating contracts, shaping account strategies, and driving major pursuits. • Excellent communication, executive presence, and cross-functional influence skills. • Lead development of Honeywell Aerospace's technical and commercial responses, ensuring differentiated and competitive offerings. • Ability to drive price-to-win recommendations and competitive discriminators in Partnership with Product Offering, Engineering and Finance teams • Ability to operate independently at senior levels within customer organizations. • Ability to travel extensively (25%-50%) and work onsite in Phoenix. We Value • Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Aviation, or a related field; advanced degree preferred. • Experience in and familiarity with UAS, autonomy, avionics, navigation systems, perception sensors, or advanced aircraft systems. • Strong understanding of aerospace systems integration, aircraft platform decision cycles, and supplier selection dynamics supported by analytical and strategic capability with the ability to translate customer and market input into actionable plans. • Entrepreneurial mindset with high bias for action in emerging, fast-developing ecosystems. • Ability to build trust quickly and sustain strong relationships in highly technical customer environments. • Familiarity with FAA, EASA, or other regulatory frameworks, and compliance management • Demonstrated ability to lead teams through change, drive organizational transformation, and champion new business models in emerging markets • Repeated interactions with export-control processes • Understanding compliance workflow bottlenecks Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status or have the ability to obtain an export authorization. BENEFITS Beyond a performance-driven salary, you'll work alongside dedicated experts on technology that's advancing aviation. As a Honeywell Aerospace employee, you're eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes: • 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 and educational assistance • Parental leave and 12 paid holidays • Paid time off for vacation, personal and sick time Explore your benefits: https://honeywellaerospacebenefits.com/ 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 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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