Director IT - Divestitures & Separations

• 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.

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., * 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, * 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

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