Engineering Manager - Program Manager

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Engineering Manager - Program Manager.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 a year.

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.

What you’ll do:

Eaton’s Power Reliability Division is currently seeking an Engineering Manager - Program Manager to join our team. This position is based at our South Milwaukee, WI facility.

Lead programs. Develop talent. Drive impact.

As the Engineering Manager - Program Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our business by leading a team of Program Managers and driving the successful execution of complex, high-impact initiatives. You'll partner across functions to turn strategy into action, ensure world-class program execution, and build a high-performing team that delivers meaningful business results. This is an opportunity to influence product development, optimize portfolio performance, and champion continuous improvement in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

Essential Responsibilities

• Program & Portfolio Leadership: Lead, coach, develop, and evaluate Program Managers by establishing clear expectations, providing performance feedback, supporting career development, and building organizational program management capability.
• Resource & Capacity Management: Optimize program and portfolio performance by managing team capacity, balancing workloads, identifying resource gaps, and partnering with functional leaders to address business needs.
• Risk & Issue Management: Drive proactive identification, mitigation, and escalation of program risks and issues to ensure successful execution and informed decision-making.
• Communication & Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with business leaders and stakeholders by providing clear portfolio visibility, facilitating alignment, communicating program status, and driving effective decision-making.
• Financial & Business Accountability: Manage program and portfolio financial performance by supporting business case development, forecasting resource and capital requirements, tracking project investments, and ensuring achievement of business objectives.
• Team Leadership: Lead and influence cross-functional teams by fostering accountability, collaboration, and a results-oriented culture that enables successful program execution and organizational effectiveness.
• Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement by implementing best practices, strengthening program management discipline, standardizing processes, and advancing PMO maturity across the organization.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

-Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution

-Minimum five (5) years of program management experience in new product development

-Minimum two (2) years of leadership experience or demonstrated people management capability.

-Eaton will not consider applicants for employment, immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

-Experience managing Program Managers or technical professionals.

-Experience leading cross-functional programs in a matrix organization.

-Knowledge of PROLaunch, ProPM, or equivalent phase gate methodologies.

-PMP certification or equivalent program management training.

-Six Sigma Green/Black belt certification

-Experience with Microsoft Project, Power BI, Jira, or related program management tools.

Skills:

-Strong ability to build relationships, communicate effectively, and influence decisions across all organizational levels.

-Experience driving program management best practices, process standardization, governance, and PMO maturity.

-Ability to build long-term organizational strength through talent assessment, development planning, and succession readiness.

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