Military Program Manager

As the Military Program Manager here at Honeywell, you will play a critical role in driving HR initiatives and projects at Honeywell. You will serve as the connector among business leaders, recruiters, transitioning service members, veterans, installation partners, and military-serving organizations. The role will move the organization from one-off outreach to a sustainable operating model that improves role fit, candidate experience, conversion, onboarding handoffs, retention, and leadership visibility.

You will report directly to our Director of Workforce Development, and you’ll work out of our Charlotte, North Carolina location on a hybrid work schedule.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and execute the enterprise military recruiting and workforce development strategy, translating priority business needs into targeted talent pipelines by role, location, volume, and timing.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with Transition Assistance Program (TAP) offices, installation transition teams, SkillBridge stakeholders, Hiring Our Heroes, military organizations, veteran service organizations, and other strategic partners.
• Position Honeywell Technologies as a preferred employer and partner within the military ecosystem, creating differentiated access to highly qualified transitioning service members, veterans, and military-connected talent.
• Translate Military Occupational Specialties (MOS), Navy and Coast Guard Rates, military skills, credentials, and experience into relevant civilian roles, job requirements, and career pathways.
• Educate business leaders, hiring managers, recruiters, and talent partners on the connections between military roles and civilian opportunities, including transferable skills, military culture, candidate assessment, and effective onboarding support.
• Partner with business and talent acquisition leaders to identify critical and hard-to-fill roles, prioritize outreach, define candidate profiles, and align sourcing activity to workforce plans.
• Plan and execute military and veteran hiring events, installation career fairs, partner events, information sessions, and targeted outreach campaigns, including logistics, communications, internal representation, candidate follow-up, and outcome reporting.
• Design, manage, and continuously improve the end-to-end SkillBridge candidate process, including intake, role matching, stakeholder coordination, placement, conversion, onboarding handoffs, and post-placement follow-up.
• Demonstrate and report success in SkillBridge candidate placement and retention using clearly defined metrics, dashboards, and outcome reviews.
• Establish governance, standard work, playbooks, tracking, and operating rhythms that enable consistent execution across business groups, roles, and locations.
• Engage and coordinate veteran ambassadors, employee resource groups, mentors, and onboarding partners to strengthen candidate trust, hiring-manager readiness, and successful workplace transition.
• Manage military and partner relationships through regular engagement, business reviews, shared objectives, and measurable outcomes that improve pipeline quality and access to top talent.
• Track funnel health and program performance, including sourced prospects, qualified candidates, interviews, placements, conversions, time to placement, retention, partner yield, event outcomes, and business impact.
• Use data, feedback, and lessons learned to improve targeting, partner investments, event strategy, candidate experience, and program scalability.
• Represent Honeywell Technologies professionally at external events and partner engagements and travel to installations, worksites, and recruiting events as required.

YOU MUST HAVE

• 6+ years of military recruiting experience, including direct experience engaging transitioning service members, veterans, military installations, and military talent partners.
• 4+ years of demonstrated program management experience leading complex, cross-functional programs with measurable outcomes.
• Established relationships with TAP offices and a demonstrated ability to build and sustain relationships across the military transition ecosystem.
• Demonstrated expertise matching MOS and Rates to civilian occupations, job requirements, and career paths.
• Experience educating business leaders, hiring managers, and recruiting teams on military-to-civilian skill translation and the connection between military roles and civilian career opportunities.
• Experience planning and executing career fairs, military hiring events, installation outreach, and related recruiting activations.
• Proven success managing and placing SkillBridge candidates, with retention metrics or other measurable outcomes that demonstrate program effectiveness.
• Experience managing military and partner relationships to achieve preferred-partner status and improve access to top military talent.
• Ability to travel 20% or more, including travel to military installations, partner meetings, career fairs, and Honeywell locations.
• Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, facilitation, project planning, problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Prior military service or substantial professional experience working directly with military communities.

WE VALUE

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience building or scaling an enterprise military recruiting, veteran hiring, or workforce development program across multiple businesses or locations.
• Knowledge of SkillBridge program operations, military transition processes, veteran-serving organizations, and military recruiting channels.
• Experience recruiting for skilled trades, engineering, field service, logistics, information technology, operations, or other hard-to-fill roles.
• Experience designing operating models, playbooks, governance routines, dashboards, and executive-level program reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and coordinate business leaders, recruiters, hiring managers, partners, and employee volunteers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Knowledge of HR best practices and industry trends.
• Experience with HR systems and tools.

 

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR HONEYWELL

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. Learn more (https://benefits.honeywell.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. Job Posting Date: October 29, 2026

 

ABOUT HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGIES

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial, and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions, and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy. Learn more (https://www.honeywell.com/us/en)

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status. Learn more (https://www.honeywell.com/us/en/company/inclusion-and-engagement)