Director Innovation and Technology Job at Eaton Corporation
Eaton Corporation Littleton, CO 80120
Eaton Corporation is seeking a Director Innovation & Technology. Reporting to the VP/GM and functionally to the VP Engineering Americas, the Director sets the strategic priorities and overall direction for the advanced solution development across the service portfolio.
What you’ll do:
Position Overview:
Eaton Corporation is seeking a Director Innovation & Technology for our Electrical Engineering Services and Systems (EESS) Division. This position can be based in Moon Township PA, Littleton CO, Glendale Heights IL, Smyrna GA, Raleigh NC, Houston TX, or any location where EESS has a District Operations Center or business unit headquarters.
Working with the EESS senior leadership team, this person will facilitate setting the technology, skills and product roadmaps, training tools and materials, and technical competence and growth objectives in support of the division’s objectives. This position is critical to ensure that financial, growth, technology and service productivity objectives are met, and that division continues to have the leadership needed to drive continuous improvement and innovation excellence.
As a member of the EESS leadership team, this role is responsible for closely collaborating across EESS to ensure the division upholds engineering functional excellence, customer focus and financial performance. The Director will work closely the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Chief Digital Officer (CDO), and Electrical Sector CTO to ensure definition of scalable solution architectures and the use of tools and processes to operationalize growth through innovation and technology
Essential Responsibilities:
Accountable for EESS’s innovation funnel coordinating across various enterprise organizations within Eaton, as well as with strategic partners and customers- Accountable to uphold technical competencies across all engineering talents as a competitive differentiator
- Ensuring EESS’s strategic growth and profitability objectives are met by overseeing the technical competence needs and advanced solution development across overall service portfolio
- Defining and setting the technical competence dashboard that incorporates engineering capability and capacity across the whole division, and feeds into business operating rhythm and strategic hiring decisions
- Ensuring continual improvement through adoption of modern tools and process that further increase innovation effectiveness and technical upskill
- Further contributing to the culture of excellence including recruiting, assessment of talent, training & development, goal setting, communications, and performance management
- Works with the Americas business unit engineering leaders, Brightlayer teams, Eaton Research Labs, Electrical Sector Centers of Excellence and other technical leaders to advance innovation and leverage synergies across platforms
- Participates in industry organizations and associations and maintains relationships with key customer and industry technical leaders
- Establishes a division power systems solutions strategy and measures to ensure implementation is realized
- Stay current with standards and technology trends and maintain an active role in setting new standards and driving technical change through our industry
- Coordinates work with external development partners to bring cutting edge technology to EESS
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum five (5) years of experience in formally leading cross-functional and regionally distributed teams across a matrixed organization
- At least ten (10) years of experience working across various engineering, advanced technology development, and new product introduction roles with progressive responsibilities
- Extensive knowledge of Power Systems technologies, products, and services
- An undergraduate degree from an accredited institution is required
- An advanced degree is preferred
Preferred Qualifications:
Track record of creating a new value proposition and / or advanced operating efficiencies based on new technology introduction (e.g., evidence-based explorations, agile development, etc.)- Track record of driving growth based strategic road-mapping and accountable program | project development execution
- Track record in talent development and building strong business organizations
- Experience with creating and growing digital services
Skills:
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $168750.0 - $247500.0 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.
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