Growth Sites - Digital Manufacturing IT Program Manager

This position can sit out of one of the following locations: Beachwood OH, Galesburg MI, Houston TX, Menomonee Falls WI, Moon Township PA, or Raleigh NC. The expected annual salary range is $146,000 - $219,000 a year, including eligibility for a variable incentive program.

About the role

We are seeking an expert-level Senior Program Manager to translate business or functional vision into plans and guide their execution. This role sits within IT Operations & Enterprise PMO, providing the operating backbone for how we organize work to support Eaton's Key Growth Sites. The Senior Program Manager owns the end-to-end Digital Manufacturing value stream (Production → MES → Quality → Performance) across these sites, driving one roadmap, one KPI set, and one outcome story by scaling proven solutions site to site rather than running each site as standalone project work.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement program plans and strategies that align with organizational goals.
• Lead and manage complex program activities, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Collaborate with the CI, digital, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and alignment of program initiatives.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of program strategies and make necessary adjustments.
• Provide support and guidance to team members to help them achieve program objectives.
• Communicate program initiatives and their impact to all stakeholders effectively.
• Drive one outcome story across the Production → MES → Quality → Performance roadmap, milestones, and KPI performance across all growth sites.
• Partner with CI and Digital (IT) delivery teams to organize the work to deliver the manufacturing digital backbone — MES (Ignition), shop-floor connectivity, quality systems, and performance analytics (Palantir).
• Leverage key resource teams such as Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, and Integrated Ops to drive outcomes.
• Plan the forward-deployment of capabilities in partnership with capability owners and BRMs.
• Ensure teams create repeatable standard work to scale to prioritized growth sites; manage cross-site sequencing and dependencies.
• Partner in the operating model — BRMs own funding, business prioritization, and benefit realization; CI designs process improvements; site leads deploy and sustain. You own coordination, delivery, KPI attainment, and dependencies between them.
• Track business value and benefit realization (roadmap readiness, OEE, first-pass yield, throughput); communicate via monthly steering committees and report progress and risk on joint business and IT leadership cadence.

Skills

• Advanced Leadership: Exceptional leadership skills to manage complex program activities and guide program teams.
• Strategic Planning: Expertise in developing and executing strategic program plans.
• Change Management: Proficiency in managing organizational change and ensuring smooth transitions.
• Conflict Resolution: Strong skills in resolving conflicts and addressing challenges during program execution.
• Innovation: Ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement within program initiatives.
• Influence: Ability to influence and persuade stakeholders to support program objectives.
• Decision-Making: Strong decision-making skills to make informed choices impacting program success.
• Work Organization: Ability to organize work in motion and make thoughtful changes to accelerate outcomes.
• Matrixed Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization.

Expected Outcomes and Success Metrics

• Successful implementation of complex program initiatives, meeting defined objectives and timelines.
• High stakeholder satisfaction through effective communication and prompt issue resolution.
• Seamless integration and alignment of program initiatives with CI, digital, and operations teams.
• Continuous improvement of program strategies to enhance outcomes.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in program management or a related role.
• Strong understanding of program management principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Must currently reside within 50 miles of Beachwood OH, Galesburg MI, Houston TX, Menomonee Falls WI, Moon Township PA, or Raleigh NC.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now and in the future.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
• Certification in program management (e.g., PMP, PgMP).
• Growth Sites Value-stream Knowledge: Manufacturing/operations IT delivery; digital-manufacturing value-stream understanding (production → MES → quality → performance).
• Familiarity with MES (Ignition or equivalent), shop-floor connectivity, quality systems, and analytics platforms (Palantir/Foundry).
• Continuous-improvement fluency — A3/DMAIC, value-stream mapping, lean/EBS, root-cause problem solving.
• Tech-savvy and AI-first — efficient with modern AI productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, Claude) to accelerate analysis, documentation, and delivery.
• Demonstrated multi-site deployment and scaling of a proven solution across plants.

Benefits

Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Specific programs and options available may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.