Government Relations Director

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Reporting to the Head of Defense, Global Government Relations, this role serves as one of the company's principal strategists on matters related to Department of the Army, including acquisition policy, program funding, and military budget formulation. Top candidates will have extensive experience in the U.S. Army, with excellent understanding and relationships spanning the Department of War, Legislative and Executive Branch agencies. This role requires an accomplished senior leader with expertise in acquisition policy, PPBE, and Army futures.  Expert knowledge of the federal budget and annual congressional appropriations and defense authorization processes is required.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison for the military services in the Pentagon; and as required, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other Executive Branch agencies
• Foster new relationships and expand upon existing relationships with senior military leaders and Senior Executive Services (SES) members in the Pentagon to further the awareness of Honeywell Aerospace
• Secure reprogramming requests to support out-of-cycle funding to support Honeywell Aerospace products and services to meet emerging and urgent military requirements
• Develop and support strategic campaigns that leverage Honeywell Aerospace products and services to support current and emerging military requirements
• Work directly with the Honeywell Aerospace government relations to shape, develop, and support execution of Honeywell Aerospace defense and space strategic priorities from the Pentagon to Congress
• Analyze the Department's strategic documents, budget requests, operational requirements, unfunded requirement lists, and contract requirements to inform the business in bid decisions, development of cost strategies, and phase reviews to best position HON offerings 
• Secure reprogramming requests to support out-of-cycle funding to support Honeywell Aerospace products and services to meet emerging and urgent military requirements
• Perform ongoing assessments of military requirements, determine market trends, and develop strategies to align Honeywell Aerospace capabilities and discriminators with the military customers