Director - IT Technology Platforms

Position Overview:

Eaton Corporation's Corporate IT organization is seeking a Director - IT Technology Platforms. This position will report directly to the VP IT & CTO. This is a hybrid position that can be based in any Eaton facility.

The Director - IT Technology Platforms will build, grow, and develop a global team that is empowered to deliver modern employee experiences through contemporary technology platforms such as Office 365 and Service Now. The team consists of over 40 employees, including leaders-of-people, and contractors that are distributed across Eaton's footprint.

This person will be a significant contributor in defining our employee experience strategy and related technology roadmaps. They will execute our workplace strategy by partnering with key IT and Business stakeholders and ecosystem partners. This person will bring expertise in designing, building, running and modernizing production platforms in a hybrid multi-cloud environment and be responsible for each enterprise platform end to end, including the overall strategy, investment roadmap, business architecture, operations, and management.

As a part of the Infrastructure Services leadership team, this position will have significant leadership and interface responsibilities with the Eaton operational leaders, vendor partners and information technology product teams across the enterprise. This position will also own the key ITSM process for Eaton and ensure effective deployment of the key processes across the enterprise. This position will have direct responsibility for the IT profit plan related to technology platform team.

We are transforming the way we work at Eaton and making significant in-roads as we usher the era of intelligent power management. We're reimagining innovation by adapting digital technologies - connected devices, data models and insights - to transform power management for safer and more sustainable and efficient power use. We are enabling digital factories, creating compelling customer and employee experiences, data driven insights for supply chain, and boosting internal productivity through automation. We are leveraging digital transformation for building a better future for Eaton and our journey includes modernization our IT infrastructure footprint, enterprise platforms and workplace solutions.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Creates a more integrated enterprise-wide delivery approach and implement consistent leading-edge engineering practices and agile DevOps
• Develops Roadmap including investments in tools, technology, and training (onboarding of teams to their platforms)
• Ensures their platform offerings remain innovative and keep pace with changing external market conditions
• Ensure high quality, on-time delivery related to key platform modernization programs employee experience, productivity, and workplace solutions
• Set the strategy to maximize the use and growth of the platforms (O365, Service Now), while returning the required investment for the platform to the business
• Lead the shift to a new agile operating model that extends beyond DevOps and includes all business practices and new ways of working
• Streamline, standardize and automate business processes where possible to reduce cost and increase the speed of new releases
• Collaborate with key business and IT partners across LOBs and functions to align technology and business priorities; negotiate and execute program improvements aligned with business strategy, service quality objectives and financial goals
• Create a more integrated enterprise-wide delivery approach and implement consistent leading-edge engineering practices, including Cloud-native development, platform engineering (reusable componentry for key applications, e.g., chat functionality, authentication, etc.) and agile DevOps
• Responsible for the prioritization of platform work based on key journey customers and/or other internal customers
• Seek to continuously innovate on new capabilities in line with industry trends and identify cost efficiencies
• Develop team capabilities and manage deployment to provide customer-focused design and implementation support
• Ensure functional knowledge is retained through a collaborative and agile work environment
• Invest in the development and acquisition of capabilities to support the long-term growth of the platform

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 15+ years of relevant experience, preferably managing virtually in a global environment
• Experience managing a team of professionals and engineers in technology platforms such as O365 and/ or Service Now
• Knowledge of manufacturing business processes is a plus
• Possess advanced technical depth and knowledge of cloud, database, integrations, network, compute, and storage
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the US on a continuous basis without company sponsorship

Education:

• An undergraduate degree from an accredited institution is required
• An advanced degree is preferred

Compensation:

• Eaton recognizes this role as a critical position within the corporation and will create a compelling package consisting of a base salary, employee incentive compensation, including long term incentive, and complete benefits

Location:

• This is a hybrid position that can be based in any Eaton facility

ABOUT EATON:

Why Work At Eaton:

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2022 Annual Investor Conference:

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What you will get from us

Eaton's mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power - more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It's where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential-and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton's 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we - as individuals and as a company - are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company's operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Job: Information Technology

Region: North America - US/Puerto Rico
Organization: Corporate Sector

Job Level: Director
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: Yes - Hybrid
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time