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Director, Government Relations

The Government Relations function at Honeywell is responsible for advising and advocating for legislative and regulatory policies that support Honeywell\'s business objectives, providing sales support for major contract wins with government customers and state-owned enterprises and enabling relevant tax, grant and incentive benefits that lower costs.

Success within the Government Relations function is measured by priority Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) developed each year in coordination with our Strategic Business Units, High Growth Region leadership and Honeywell\'s CEO. These KPIs are updated quarterly, and results are reported to Honeywell\'s senior leadership.

The Director, GR will work directly with the ME&A President and local leaders to implement the ME&A growth strategy and support all Honeywell businesses across the region.

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Key requirements

\xc2\xb7 Create and implement the GR strategy for the ME&A region in support of the region\'s growth strategy.

\xc2\xb7 Build a network for Honeywell with governments in ME&A region on key issues relevant to Honeywell.

\xc2\xb7 Provide ME&A wide GR support for the Honeywell businesses in the region.

\xc2\xb7 Drive engagement and advocacy with regulators on issues and strategies important to Honeywell.

\xc2\xb7 Partner with businesses to develop government relations strategies related to specific product initiatives and/or business imperatives.

\xc2\xb7 Serve as subject matter expert on policies and the impact on Honeywell and our products.

\xc2\xb7 Secure, prepare, manage business, function and senior executive meetings in ME&A including strategic meetings with government officials that support business priorities.

\xc2\xb7 Educate ME&A government officials on Honeywell, including our offerings, presence and desire to grow in the region; using relationships to drive policies, legislation, regulations and decisions toward favorable outcomes.

\xc2\xb7 Drive and manage cross-functional team of attorneys, business leaders, customers, and other government relations team members to develop creative solutions that incorporate government relations into business problem solving.

\xc2\xb7 Manage and participate relationships with consulting firms and associations.

\xc2\xb7 Develop and execute a strategic engagement plan for Honeywell GR, business and functional leaders in the ME&A region to positively impact Honeywell\'s business priorities.

• Review, develop and execute, with GR leadership, the recommended Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the ME&A region, on current business priorities.
• Advocate for adoption of government policies, including legislation and regulations, to drive sales for products and services and avoid costs.
• Develop relationships to drive business growth with government customers.
• Expand and enhance Honeywell\'s profile in the ME&A to enable growth for Honeywell\'s products and services.

Key skills and qualifications

• Bachelor\'s/ Master\'s degree with 12 - 15 years of experience in either a government relations role in a large multi-national company or with one or more government agencies.
• Expert knowledge of ME&A governments, how they function, how to engage and influence.
• Must be proficient in Arabic and English. Other languages are a plus.
• Ability to synthesize complex information from multiple sources, identify and analyze the most relevant points for the specific audience and communicate effectively verbally or through written formats, including power point.
• Excellent internal stakeholder management: able to interact with a high level of credibility with all levels of leadership, including most senior executives within Honeywell, to influence, communicate, educate, and enlist support for critical objectives.
• Excellent external stakeholder management (senior public officials, members of congress). Need to be able to speak effectively and with credibility to all levels of government as a representative of Honeywell.
• Strategic thinker. Ability to take issues and develop an effective strategy that allows us to be successful on those opportunities and then develop plans to execute those strategies to achieve results.
• Demonstrable record of providing clients with advice that blends government relations experience, expert legislative knowledge, and an understanding of, and appreciation for, a client\'s business objectives.
• Acts with urgency, able to prioritize decisions and make decisions quickly and mitigate risk where needed.
• Self-motivated, dedicated team player with a strong sense of ownership and accountability, interested in working to continuously improve the function.
• Highest Integrity, good judgment, and commitment to all laws.
• Able to lead an effective operating system and process to drive results and to measure effectiveness of the group\'s outcomes and continually prioritize to ensure resources are being spent on the most important work.
• Strong intellectual capacity and high personal standards of excellence.
• Personal presence, executive communication skills and credibility necessary to effectively interact with and influence enterprise management, as well as work with a diverse group of highly motivated professionals.
• Ability to set priorities, and the discipline to execute to those priorities, while also actively understanding organizational priorities to contribute or adjust as needed.
• Strong work ethic. Willing to do what it takes to get the right results in the time needed. Willing to go beyond.

Our offer

\xc2\xb7 A culture that fosters inclusion, diversity, and innovation in an international work environment

\xc2\xb7 Market specific training and ongoing personal development.

\xc2\xb7 Experienced leaders to support your professional development.

Equal opportunity statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Additional Information

• Category: Legal
• Location: Emaar Buss.Park; Bld.2, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, DBA ARE
• Exempt

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