Director of Program Management

About the role

The Director of Program Management provides strategic leadership for the program management function across Eaton’s Protection and Control Solutions (PCS) business. This role leads a portfolio of complex new product development, major redesign, and transformation initiatives spanning divisions, product lines, and global locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the program management function for the PCS business, defining vision, operating model, governance, and talent strategy.
• Own the program and portfolio management process, including prioritization, resource allocation, funding recommendations, and roadmap development.
• Drive execution of a portfolio of complex new product development, redesign, and transformation initiatives, ensuring delivery across scope, schedule, cost, quality, and business outcomes.
• Partner cross-functionally with engineering, operations, marketing, supply chain, finance, and senior leadership to align priorities and remove execution barriers.
• Lead portfolio governance and executive review forums, providing clear insights and recommendations to enable effective decision-making.
• Build organizational capability by developing talent, standardizing tools and processes, and implementing best practices to improve consistency and predictability.
• Lead large-scale, global, cross-functional initiatives that drive transformation and measurable business impact in a matrixed environment.
• Monitor portfolio health using dashboards, KPIs, and operating reviews to improve performance and resource decisions.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, minimum 10 years of experience leading complex engineering programs, new product development, and/or portfolio management initiatives in a manufacturing or technology environment, minimum 5 years of people leadership experience, authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.
• Preferred Qualifications: MBA or advanced degree, proven success leading large, cross-functional program portfolios with accountability for prioritization, resource alignment, execution, and business results, deep expertise in program and portfolio management methodologies, governance, and tools, strong executive presence with the ability to influence and communicate across all organizational levels, strong business, technical, and financial acumen; ability to evaluate trade-offs and drive decisions in complex environments, experience building high-performing teams through coaching, talent development, and implementation of standardized processes and metrics, PMP or equivalent program management certification, experience with business intelligence and portfolio management tools (e.g., dashboards, KPIs, executive reporting), experience operating within global engineering or industrial technology organizations, familiarity with agile or hybrid delivery models and enterprise portfolio tools (e.g., Planview, CA PPM, or similar), knowledge of electrical products, power distribution, protection and control systems, or related industrial applications, experience leading transformation, process improvement, or operating model initiatives in a matrixed global organization.