Sr M&A Manager Honeywell Process Automation

Honeywell Process Automation is expanding into adjacent technology domains across automation industrial AI digital platforms cybersecurity and energy transition. As the business advances toward its $5B growth ambition inorganic growth will be an important lever for entering emerging markets strengthening capabilities and accelerating strategic expansion.

The Senior Manager M&A will support this agenda through technology space analysis ecosystem mapping target identification financial modeling and build partner or buy assessments. This role sits at the intersection of strategy market intelligence and transaction support helping leadership identify and evaluate high-potential growth opportunities across priority domains.

Technology Space and Market Analysis

• Analyze emerging technology spaces across automation industrial software AI cybersecurity and energy transition markets.
• Identify growth adjacencies and white-space opportunities aligned with Process Automations strategic priorities.
• Assess market attractiveness growth dynamics customer needs and competitive structure within selected domains.
• Support market sizing efforts including TAM SAM and related opportunity modeling where relevant.

Ecosystem Mapping and Competitive Intelligence

• Develop and maintain ecosystem maps of startups scale-ups incumbents and relevant partners across priority technology areas.
• Track venture funding activity emerging technologies competitive moves and other market signals that may shape strategic decisions.
• Synthesize external intelligence into clear implications for Honeywells positioning and inorganic growth priorities.

Target Identification and Screening

• Identify potential acquisition and partnership targets aligned with strategic objectives and capability gaps.
• Screen opportunities based on strategic fit market relevance competitive positioning and financial profile.
• Support engagement with business and product leaders to validate opportunity relevance and potential fit within the portfolio.

Build Partner or Buy Analysis

• Support strategic assessments of whether capabilities should be developed internally accessed through partnerships or acquired through M&A.
• Evaluate tradeoffs related to time to market differentiation scalability and investment requirements.
• Help frame recommendations that balance strategic value with execution feasibility.

Strategic Analysis Financial Modeling and Leadership Briefings

• Prepare technology landscape reports opportunity assessments executive briefings and investment theses for leadership review.
• Translate complex market and technology findings into clear decision-oriented insights.
• Build and maintain financial models to support market sizing target screening valuation framing scenario analysis and business case development for acquisition and partnership opportunities.
• Support strategic and financial analysis for selected acquisition and partnership opportunities including early-stage diligence and preliminary valuation assessment.

Basic Qualifications

• 4 to 7 years of experience in M&A corporate development investment banking strategy consulting or corporate strategy
• Strong market research competitive analysis and strategic problem-solving capabilities
• Strong financial modeling analytical and Excel skills including experience supporting valuation scenario analysis and investment decision-making
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present insights clearly to senior stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Finance Engineering Economics or a related field
• MBA or other advanced degree
• Experience in industrial technology automation software or energy-related markets
• Experience conducting technology landscape ecosystem or adjacency analysis
• Familiarity with M&A related technologies & platforms such as Pitchbook Midaxo Datasite or DealRoom
• Experience building financial models to support M&A screening business cases valuation assessment or strategic investment analysis
• Exposure to commercial due diligence transaction support or post-merger integration planning.
• Ability to translate technical or market complexity into clear business implications and executive-level recommendations

Impact

This role will help build a more structured inorganic growth capability within Process Automation by improving how Honeywell identifies evaluates and prioritizes emerging technology opportunities.

The position supports PAs strategy to expand into high-growth adjacencies and contribute to its $5B growth ambition through sharper market insight stronger opportunity screening and better-informed strategic decisions.