At Eaton we are modernizing the way we use data and our global teams to accelerate our digital transformation. Across our Global IT organization, we are transforming the way we work. Our teams are leveraging agile, lean six sigma and building a product centric organization that allows our IT product teams to adapt and respond more quickly to changing business needs. Join our Information Technology team to drive critical business outcomes as an IT Product Owner leading transformative change across our organization, global data processes, and platforms.

Within our Integrations Data Management organization, we are currently seeking an IT Product Owner to drive all aspects of our supplier master data domain—partnering closely with key business stakeholders to drive our next generation Master Data Management (MDM) strategy that enable productivity, accelerate decision making and drive growth. This position will be based out of one of our major Eaton locations in the US, including Beachwood, OH (preferred), Moon Township, PA, Raleigh, NC, Charlotte, NC, Menomonee Falls, WI, Galesburg, MI, Southfield, MI, Houston, TX, or Chicago, IL. Only local candidates within 50 miles of one of these locations can be considered. Expected travel is around 25%.

What you’ll do:

As an IT Product Owner, you will be responsible for working across Eaton’s global IT organization, partnering closely with business executive and product teams to deploy a supplier MDM strategy tied to business priorities and outcomes. As a Product owner will be responsible for managing the global product backlog—across both our Electrical and Industrial sectors – to ensure the most critical outcomes/deliverables are actioned upon appropriately leveraging agile and lean principles to deliver maximum results. The role will require a successful candidate build strong relationships across business groups and IT partnering closely with each to ensure product outcomes are prioritized, resourced and dependencies are effectively managed. As a part of our Chief Data Officer’s Integration and Data Management team you are a trusted advisor and valued member of the CDO’s extended staff and will be responsible for Eaton’s Supplier MDM strategy, product roadmap and key business outcomes the product team intends to deliver.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with business executives and business process owners to create the enterprise product vision and roadmap for Supplier MDM.

• Define user stories and collaborates with the global product team to effectively prioritize deliverables, features and functionality all tied back to business outcomes.

• Create processes for gathering, managing, and executing the product backlog.

• Drive Next Generation MDM principles, processes, and technologies across Eaton.

• Outline Next Generation Supplier MDM data strategy, product roadmap, key business outcomes and communicate effectively across a global business product team.

• Spearhead key change management aspects across the Supplier MDM Product in partnership with global business process owners to drive engagement, awareness and deliver key outcomes.

• Support execution on a comprehensive Information and Data value stream strategy.

• Deliver Information and Data via DevOps standards.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution required.

• A minimum of 6 years of data/application management experience—with an emphasis on Master Data Management processes and technologies.

• Minimum 3 years of Product Owner/MDM Project Management experience

• Demonstrated understanding of Master Data Management principles and next generation technologies in the market supplier/partner data domains.

• No relocation is provided for this position. Candidates must reside within a 50-mile radius of any Eaton location in the United States to be considered for this opportunity.

• Candidate must be authorized to work in the United States on a continuous basis without company sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Supplier MDM technology landscape, Reltio MDM, Kafka, Snowflake, Cloudera, Alation, SAP S4

• Experience and demonstrated understanding of global supply chain function in a multinational organization

• Previous experience partnering closely with an enterprise architecture organization to lead and facilitate future state workshops and drive enterprise strategy.

• Working knowledge of Oracle's Master Data Management EBS Suite--focused partner/supplier domains a plus.

• Relationship management experience specifically working across business functions and resources to deliver priority items.

• Experience managing program delivery within an agile framework and under a product management foundation.

• Experience working with a mixture of third party and cloud native technologies and ecosystems, including AWS, MS Azure, Snowflake.

Skills:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Solid working knowledge of scrum/agile principles and using those in practice.

• Experience with data governance principles, data quality and data integration concepts, germane to MDM.

• Proven record delivering global MDM change initiatives across a global company.

• Strong analytical, organizational, time management, facilitation, and process management skills.

• Establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at senior levels of an organization and demonstrated experience managing vendors.

• Influencing global teams and managing global consulting resources.

• Ability to lead team through diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing solutions to resolve problems—both technical and functional.

• Managing multi-million-dollar budgets across business divisions.

• Driving global change management initiatives.

• Reporting to executive leadership – CIO, VP Marketing Sales, President/GM business divisions.

At Eaton, we strive to provide compensation and benefits that attract, engage, and retain the best talent. This includes competitive pay and a variety of benefit programs for eligible employees. The expected annual salary range for this role is $136500.03 - $200200.04 a year. This role 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.

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