Key Responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
Innovation & Idea Incubation Leadership
- Own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of idea incubation from problem discovery and hypothesis framing to prototyping, validation, and graduation or termination.
- Establish repeatable incubation frameworks using design thinking, Lean Startup, and experiment‑driven development.
- Champion a culture of experimentation, learning velocity, and evidence‑based decision‑making in high‑ambiguity environments.
- Ensure early‑stage experimentation incorporates domain realities from Buildings, Security, and Industrial contexts, avoiding innovation that cannot transition to real deployments.
Technical & Architectural Leadership
- Provide technical direction across incubated initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and production‑ready.
- Guide teams in selecting and applying emerging technologies including cloud‑native platforms, SaaS, AI/ML, GenAI, IoT, and edge computing.
- Ensure architectural decisions explicitly address non‑functional requirements such as availability, scalability, security, compliance, and operational resilience.
- Partner with Architecture and SRE leaders to ensure smooth transition of incubated solutions into enterprise‑scale delivery models and long‑lived product platforms.
Domain‑Driven Engineering Leadership
- Ensure engineering teams deeply understand and design for domain‑specific constraints and requirements, including:
- Buildings (commercial buildings, campuses, multi‑site operations, 24×7 uptime expectations)
- Security (cybersecurity, privacy, regulatory compliance, secure‑by‑design principles)
- Industrial / OT (manufacturing, process industries, legacy systems, safety‑critical environments)
- Drive domain‑driven design practices so incubated solutions reflect real operational workflows, asset models, and system boundaries.
- Validate that domain requirements are explicitly captured and tested during incubation, not deferred to later product teams.
Buildings Domain Knowledge
- Has led engineering innovation for software platforms that integrate with Building Management Systems (BMS) such as HVAC, lighting, energy, fire, and life‑safety systems.
- Ensure incubated solutions support multi‑site and multi‑tenant building deployments and can scale reliably beyond pilot environments.
- Drive interoperability across heterogeneous OT devices, protocols, and vendor ecosystems common in building environments.
- Ensure experimentation and pilots account for continuous operations and minimal disruption expectations in live buildings.
Security & Privacy Knowledge
- Own security‑by‑design and privacy‑by‑design accountability across all incubated software initiatives.
- Ensure security requirements align with industrial and OT security standards (e.g., ANSI/ISA‑62443) and enterprise security policies.
- Require and oversee:
- Threat modeling and secure architecture reviews
- Strong authentication, authorization, and role‑based access control
- Secure handling of credentials, secrets, and certificates
- Audit logging and traceability for security‑relevant actions
- Ensure compliance with data protection and privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR) and completion of required Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) prior to graduation of incubated solutions.
- Partner closely with Security, Legal, and Compliance teams to ensure incubated ideas are viable in regulated environments.
Industrial & OT Engineering Knowledge
- Led incubation of software solutions for industrial and OT‑centric environments, including manufacturing, energy, and process industries.
- Ensure platforms can integrate with industrial control systems (ICS) such as SCADA, PLCs, edge devices, and legacy systems.
- Drive architectures that support deterministic performance, high‑frequency telemetry, and near‑real‑time decision support where required.
- Balance innovation speed with production continuity, safety, and reliability expectations in live industrial environments.
- Ensure solutions are designed for long asset lifecycles, staged rollouts, and controlled upgrade windows typical of industrial customers.
Organization & Talent Leadership
- Build, mentor, and retain high‑performing engineering leaders and senior technologists.
- Develop engineering managers and tech leads capable of balancing experimentation speed with technical rigor and domain responsibility.
- Foster an inclusive, high‑accountability culture emphasizing ownership, craftsmanship, and engineering judgment.
Business & Stakeholder Partnership
- Collaborate with Product, UX, Data, OT, and Business leaders to align incubated ideas with strategic priorities and domain realities.
- Translate technical and domain insights into compelling narratives for senior leadership.
- Serve as a trusted advisor on innovation strategy, platform evolution, and technology investment decisions.
Execution & Governance
- Define success metrics for incubation including validated learning, domain readiness, and transition viability.
- Ensure disciplined execution through lightweight governance, clear decision points, and risk transparency.
- Own budget, capacity planning, and vendor strategy for innovation initiatives.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 15+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles.
- Proven track record leading innovation labs, incubators, or advanced development teams.
- Strong technical depth in modern software architectures and distributed systems.
- Demonstrated success moving ideas from concept to validated product or scaled platform in complex, real‑world domains.
Preferred Experience & Skills
- Experience with Buildings, Industrial, SaaS, or platform‑based businesses.
- Exposure to OT environments, cybersecurity, or regulated systems.
- Experience with AI/ML, GenAI, data platforms, IoT, or edge ecosystems.
- Familiarity with Lean Startup and design thinking methodologies.
- Exceptional ability to operate under ambiguity and drive clarity through experimentation.
- Strong storytelling, influence, and executive communication skills.
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.
