
Sr Program Specialist
Required skills
- U.S. Citizen
- project/program management
Nice to have
- EVMS
- IPDS
- defense
- space
- MS Project
- Accolade
Role summary
Honeywell Aerospace is seeking a Senior Program Specialist to manage complex programs, ensuring successful execution from planning to delivery. This role involves overseeing the project lifecycle, managing budgets, forecasting revenue, tracking costs, and executing risk, contract, and change management. The specialist will lead cross-functional teams, resolve manufacturing and supply chain issues, and analyze data to improve program outcomes. This hybrid position requires 3-5 years of project/program management experience and involves 25-30% travel.
s a Senior Program Specialist at Honeywell Aerospace, you will be the primary point of contact and representative for complex programs to ensure their successful execution. You will be responsible for managing program activities, facilitating communication among stakeholders and customers, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
In this role, you will impact program efficiency and effectiveness by providing expert support in program planning, execution, and monitoring, helping to drive successful outcomes and continuous improvement. You will interface with the ICS team to drive hardware deliveries and meet contractual commitments to support customer deadlines.
Location: Clearwater, FL, Tempe AZ, or Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Hybrid: 3 days onsite/2 days remote
Travel: 25-30%
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversee the end-to-end project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, customer satisfaction and adherence to timelines & budget.
- Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and resource allocation.
- Ownership of project budgets, forecasting revenue, tracking costs, identifying opportunities for cost savings and supporting financial reporting.
- Execute risk, contract & change management, issue resolution, project controls, and performance monitoring.
- Drive efforts to resolve manufacturing and/or supply base issues that prevent delivery of hardware following contractual required delivery dates and to increase manufacturing capacity as needed.
- Create and implement risk mitigation strategies to minimize impact on project delivery.
- Utilize project and program management tools for scheduling, reporting, forecasting, and status tracking.
- Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate activities across technical, operational, and customer-facing stakeholders.
- Analyze data and provide actionable insights to improve program outcomes.
- Be prepared to travel 25-30% of the time to meet with clients, stakeholders and project team sites as necessary.
Qualifications
YOU MUST HAVE
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in project/program management or related roles.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen due to contractual requirements
WE VALUE
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related field; equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience will be considered.
- Experience supporting EVMS and IPDS based projects for defense and space customers.
- Familiarity with project and program management tools, including MS Project, Accolade, LEAP, Salesforce, MAT, and AOP/ARR.
- Experience working in a matrix organization, managing multiple stakeholders and ability to lead by influencing.
- PMP, PgMP, CAPM, or comparable project management certification.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment and to manage tasks with minimum supervision.
- Customer satisfaction mindset; focused on meeting contractual requirements and maintaining customer relationships.
U.S. PERSON REQUIREMENTS
Must be a U.S. Citizen due to contractual requirements
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/
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. Posting Date 9/4/26
About us:
Honeywell Aerospace products and services are found on aircraft across commercial aviation, defense and space. We operate through three business areas:
• Electronic Solutions develops the avionics, navigation systems, sensors and electromagnetic defense technology on board 90% of the world's aircraft
• Engines & Power Systems provides the propulsion, auxiliary power and electrical systems that keep those aircraft flying
• Control Systems supplies the thermal and motion control systems that support takeoff, landing and the safety of everyone on board
With approximately 58,000 employees worldwide and net sales of $17.4B in 2025, we are also advancing systems for autonomous and supersonic platforms — bringing the same focus on safety and efficiency to the next era of flight. Explore our businesses: https://www.honeywellaerospace.com
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