Director Portfolio Management - Utilities

About the role

As a Director of Portfolio Management – Utilities at Honeywell Technologies, you will play a critical role in shaping and executing the portfolio strategy for Honeywell’s Utilities business. You will drive profitable growth by aligning Honeywell Technologies’ offerings with utility market needs across electric, gas, and water segments, while enabling customer outcomes through advanced metering, grid modernization, software, services, cybersecurity, and behind-the-meter solutions.

This position reports directly to the Honeywell Technologies General Manager – Utilities and is based in Houston, TX, Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC, or Raleigh, NC on a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Utilities portfolio strategy, including portfolio expansion, new product introductions, lifecycle management, and investment prioritization to drive growth, profitability, and market leadership.
• Lead market intelligence efforts, including voice of customer, competitive analysis, technology trends, and regulatory developments, to identify growth opportunities, portfolio gaps, and strategic priorities across electric, gas, and water utilities.
• Define and drive product roadmaps, pricing strategies, go-to-market plans, and value propositions in partnership with engineering, marketing, sales, operations, and commercial teams.
• Monitor portfolio performance, including revenue, margin, market share, customer adoption, and recurring revenue growth, and implement actions to optimize business results and customer outcomes.
• Partner with sales and business leaders to support strategic customer engagements, major pursuits, and cross-Honeywell Technologies opportunities, ensuring portfolio alignment with customer and market needs.
• Serve as the portfolio leader and trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing strategic recommendations on investments, competitive positioning, growth initiatives, and long-term portfolio direction.

Requirements

You Must Have

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in portfolio management, offering management, product management, strategy, business management, sales, or program management.
• Experience in the utilities industry or a related industrial, infrastructure, energy, software, automation, or technology-driven sector.
• Proven track record of driving portfolio growth, market expansion, customer acquisition, and financial performance.
• Strong business acumen with experience analyzing revenue, margin, profitability, market share, pipeline, and investment trade-offs.

Qualifications

We Value

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, Technology, or a related field.
• MBA or Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, Technology, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategies, translate them into executable plans, and drive results across cross-functional teams.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, including experience engaging with senior leaders and customers.
• Strong knowledge of utility market trends, customers, regulatory dynamics, and technology needs across electric, gas, and water utilities.
• Experience building or scaling a business, launching new offerings, or expanding into new market segments.
• Strong sales, portfolio management, product marketing, and go-to-market acumen, particularly in new or evolving market spaces.
• Experience deploying and operating financial, sales, or portfolio management operating systems.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, manage change, simplify complexity, and make fact-based decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a demonstrated record of exceeding growth and performance objectives.
• Executive-level written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in a global organization with matrixed teams and complex stakeholder relationships.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Comprehensive benefits package including:
  • Employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance.
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability.
  • 401(k) match.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Educational Assistance.
  • Parental Leave.
  • Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave).
  • 12 Paid Holidays.

About Us

Honeywell helps organizations solve the world's most complex challenges in automation, the future of aviation, and energy transition. As a trusted partner, we provide actionable solutions and innovation through our Aerospace Technologies, Building Automation, Energy and Sustainability Solutions, and Industrial Automation business segments – powered by our Honeywell Forge software – that help make the world smarter, safer, and more sustainable.