IT Growth Site Deployments Program Manager

Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is currently seeking a IT Growth Site Deployments Program Manager. This position offers a hybrid work schedule and may be based in Arden, NC; El Paso, TX; Greenwood, SC; Raleigh, NC; Beachwood, OH; or Sumter, SC.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $130000 - $190000 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.

What you’ll do:

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced IT Growth Site Deployments Program Manager to lead technology and digital deployments across Eaton’s Key Strategic Growth (KSG) sites. This role translates business priorities and capability roadmaps into integrated site deployment plans from readiness through cutover and stabilization.

The Program Manager will coordinate across site leadership, Continuous Improvement (CI), Digital and IT, Operations, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, solution teams, BRMs, and external partners. This role owns deployment execution, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, and governance.

This individual contributor will drive adoption, solve delivery challenges, and establish repeatable deployment practices that can scale across sites. Travel up to 25% is required based on deployment needs.

What You’ll Do

• Lead complex technology and digital deployments across assigned KSG manufacturing sites from planning through stabilization.

• Own integrated deployment plans, including scope, milestones, resources, budget, risks, dependencies, readiness, cutover, and sustainment.

• Translate approved roadmaps and capability plans into actionable site-level deployment plans with clear ownership and outcomes.

• Partner with CI, Digital and IT, Operations, site leadership, BRMs, and capability teams to coordinate execution and align commitments

• Assess readiness across people, process, data, infrastructure, technology, training, and support; identify barriers and drive resolution.

• Manage program funding, forecasts, resources, vendors, risks, issues, and dependencies while providing clear leadership reporting.

• Track deployment outcomes, adoption, and operational performance in partnership with site and business owners.

• Ensure deployments align with architecture, cybersecurity, and enterprise standards while creating repeatable practices that can scale across sites.

• Apply Lean and continuous improvement methods to simplify delivery and resolve issues at the source.

• Use data, automation, and approved AI tools to improve planning, analysis, risk identification, decision-making, and reporting. Expected Outcomes and Success Measures

• Deployments achieve defined scope, schedule, budget, adoption, and business objectives.

• Sites demonstrate readiness and sustained adoption of deployed capabilities.

• Risks, dependencies, and resource constraints are identified and addressed early.

• Deployment practices are standardized and scalable across prioritized sites.

• Program performance, financials, risks, and outcomes are clearly communicated to business and IT leadership.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.

• Minimum of 7 years of experience leading moderate to highly complex technology projects or programs.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing integrated project or program plans that include schedules, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, and resources.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience delivering technology or digital capabilities within manufacturing, industrial, operations, or similarly complex operating environments.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience coordinating multi-site deployments or the deployment of repeatable technology solutions across multiple locations.

• Must currently reside within a 50-mile radius of Arden, NC; El Paso, TX; Greenwood, SC; Raleigh, NC; Beachwood, OH; or Sumter, SC.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

• Must be able and willing to travel up to 25% to assigned manufacturing and business sites.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering technology or digital capabilities within manufacturing or operations environments.

• Experience scaling proven technology or digital solutions across multiple manufacturing sites.

• Working knowledge of enterprise applications, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, integrations, and operational support dependencies.

• Strong knowledge of program management principles, methodologies, and tools.

• Experience managing program funding, forecasts, resource plans, and vendor commitments.

• Experience partnering across IT, Digital, Operations, Continuous Improvement, site leadership, and other matrixed functions.

• Continuous improvement experience using methodologies such as A3, DMAIC, value-stream mapping, Lean/EBS, or root-cause problem solving.

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or comparable continuous improvement certification.

• PMP, PgMP, Agile, or comparable project/program management certification.

• Experience using modern AI productivity tools to accelerate analysis, planning, documentation, and delivery.

• Experience supporting technology deployments involving enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure, and integration requirements.

Skills:

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical information into clear business terms.

• Ability to organize complex work already in motion and make thoughtful adjustments that accelerate outcomes.

• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, establish accountability, and coordinate cross-functional teams within a matrixed organization.

• Strong judgment, structured problem-solving, conflict resolution, and a pragmatic, results-driven approach.

• Business and financial acumen with an understanding of how technology deployments affect safety, quality, capacity, speed, customer commitments, and growth.

• Continuous improvement and digital mindset with a willingness to engage directly with site and frontline teams, understand work at the point of execution, resolve issues at the source, and create repeatable solutions.

• Ability to use data, digital capabilities, automation, and approved AI tools responsibly to improve execution and decision-making.

• Ability to work effectively across diverse, global teams, cultures, and organizations.

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