Job Description

The Senior Manager, IT Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of Eaton's Product Engineering and R&D technology solutions by defining priorities, managing the product backlog, and leading product delivery teams. This role serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams, ensuring products and solutions meet business objectives and customer needs.

The Senior Manager will develop and execute product roadmaps, manage priorities, and partner closely with engineering, business, and IT leaders to deliver scalable, secure, and innovative solutions. The role combines product leadership, people leadership, stakeholder management, and technology delivery responsibilities.

As a leader within Eaton's Information Technology organization, this position manages Product Owners, analysts, engineers, and other IT professionals while driving continuous improvement, modernization, and adoption of Agile product delivery practices.

Essential Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and communicate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Product Engineering and R&D solutions.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand priorities, challenges, and desired business outcomes.
• Translate business needs into product plans, epics, features, and user stories.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog to maximize business value.

Product Delivery

• Lead product lifecycle activities from ideation through deployment and ongoing support.
• Guide Agile delivery teams to execute roadmap priorities and deliver business outcomes.
• Balance new functionality, technical debt reduction, system stability, cybersecurity, and support needs.
• Define release priorities and support sprint planning activities.
• Drive adoption of Agile, Lean, Scrum, and DevSecOps practices.

Business Partnership

• Collaborate with business leaders, engineering teams, and customers to define requirements, KPIs, and success metrics.
• Act as the voice of the customer throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain product-specific customer personas and user journeys.
• Communicate product priorities, progress, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders.

Engineering Application Modernization

• Support the modernization of legacy engineering applications and digital platforms.
• Drive improvements in engineering data quality, governance, and business processes.
• Promote secure product development lifecycle practices and cybersecurity requirements.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture and technology standards.

People Leadership

• Manage and develop a team of Product Owners, analysts, engineers, and other IT professionals.
• Provide coaching, performance feedback, and career development support.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Support onboarding and development of internal and external resources.

Financial & Vendor Management

• Manage product budgets and technology investments within assigned areas.
• Monitor resource allocation and spending to ensure alignment with priorities.
• Partner with vendors to support product capabilities and roadmaps.
• Support contract management and vendor performance reviews.

Product Governance & Support

• Ensure products remain stable, secure, compliant, and well-supported.
• Establish and track product performance metrics and operational KPIs.
• Support governance related to data, cybersecurity, compliance, and system usage.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for assigned engineering technology solutions.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $165000 - $242000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Information Technology, Engineering Systems, Product Management, Business Relationship Management, or Program Management.
• Minimum of 3 years of people leadership experience.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree, MBA, or advanced technical degree.
• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Product Line Owner, or Product Management Leader.
• Experience with Enovia or Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE platforms.
• Experience leading digital transformation or modernization initiatives within Product Engineering or R&D environments.
• Experience supporting engineering capabilities including PLM, CAD, simulation, product configuration, engineering change management, and engineering data governance.
• Experience managing globally distributed Agile delivery teams.
• Experience with cloud-based architectures, APIs, enterprise integrations, and modern software development practices.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps and secure software development lifecycle practices.
• Experience managing technology budgets, vendor relationships, and software contracts.
• Agile certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), or equivalent.

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