Program Manager, EV Charging Infrastructure & Energy Transition (EMEA)

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Position Overview
We are seeking a strategic and dynamic leader to join our Energy Transition division.
This role brings program management structure to the strategic initiatives and partnerships within Eaton’s Energy Transition division across EMEA.
The Program Manager leads cross-functional teams to drive New Product Introduction (NPI) projects, deliver on go-to-market strategies, and manage the development of an inter-departmental portfolio — ensuring alignment on joint business objectives for Eaton’s Integrated Solutions (EV Charging Infrastructure and Battery Energy Storage Systems). Serving as a central point of coordination across product, finance, IT, engineering, commercial, and operations functions, the Program Manager ensures a standard, integrated NPI process is implemented consistently.
The position is envisioned as approximately 50% leading new programs and 50% supporting EMEA commercial activities and coordination.
It reports directly to the EVCI Commercial Leader, EMEA, with a functional (dotted-line) reporting relationship to the Energy Transition Manager of Program Management.
The role is available as a remote position across the European Union, with a primary focus on the following countries: United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, the Czech Republic.
Travel rate is up to 20%.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Leadership (≈50%)

• Ensure effective program management tools and processes are utilized, including the use of Eaton’s PROLaunch process and agile methodologies.

• Lead the team through uncertainty and ambiguity by establishing program structure, operating cadence, objectives, and performance measurement.

• Lead portfolio prioritization for interdepartmental efforts, managing portfolio-level financials and business impact.

• Maintain accountability for program scope and successful execution within technical, schedule, cost, and quality commitments.

• Track milestone attainment, program budget, stakeholder alignment, and CTQ deliverables as needed for robust metrics reporting.

• Develop and maintain detailed schedules using Microsoft Project, highlighting interdependencies between teams and holding team members accountable.

• Maintain a robust communications plan, including regular presentations to senior leaders and external stakeholders as the primary program contact; prepare and publish formal program metrics and reports on at least a monthly basis.

• Lead teams in program risk assessment and deployment of sound mitigation strategies; monitor risk and take decisive, early action to resolve any issues.

• Work with functional leaders to secure program resources and escalate any staffing concerns.

• Share PM best practices within the PMO community and mentor other PMs as appropriate.

Commercial Support & Coordination — Integrated Solutions (≈50%)

• Partner with the EMEA EVCI commercial team to coordinate go-to-market execution and cross-functional delivery of Integrated Solutions.

• Bring program discipline to strategic partnerships by coordinating joint roadmaps, deliverables, governance, and commitments with key third parties.

• Support the successful deployment of the first EVCI and BESS projects, ensuring strong coordination across commercial, engineering, supply chain, finance, and external partners.

• Own the transition from sales to execution by translating won opportunities into clear deployment plans, roles, responsibilities, and milestones.

• Act as the central coordination point from project award through customer handover, driving alignment across all stakeholders and managing critical dependencies.

• Track deployment schedules, contractual milestones, project profitability, and change orders to ensure successful project execution.

• Develop, document, and standardize a repeatable order-to-deployment playbook based on lessons learned from early projects.

• Establish scalable processes, governance, templates, and best practices that allow future projects to be delivered through Eaton's standard PMO organization rather than requiring dedicated program management support.

• Continuously capture deployment learnings and feed them back into product development, offers, deployment processes, and customer experience improvements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field from an accredited institution.

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in program and project management, including the application of program governance methodologies, processes, and tools.

• Minimum 2 years of experience leading New Product Development (NPD) / New Product Introduction (NPI) programs within a structured stage-gate environment.

• Experience in one or more of Eaton's Integrated Solutions domains, including power distribution equipment, EV charging infrastructure, and/or battery energy storage systems (BESS).

• Comfortable working within a technical environment and coordinating across engineering, product management, operations, commercial, supply chain, finance, IT, and external partner organizations.

• Able to understand sufficient technical detail to facilitate discussions, identify dependencies, clarify ownership, manage risks, and drive decisions without acting as the technical design authority.

• General understanding of the Energy Transition ecosystem, including EV charging infrastructure, battery energy storage systems, power distribution, grid connection constraints, and customer deployment challenges.

• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex cross-functional discussions that require alignment of technical, commercial, operational, and customer requirements.

• Solid understanding of the diversity of European markets, including local regulations, grid connection processes, certification requirements, customer expectations, and deployment considerations.

• Ability to translate technical and commercial inputs into clear program plans, milestones, risks, mitigation actions, and executive-level communications.

• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in environments characterized by ambiguity, complexity, and evolving priorities.

• Strong communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to deliver executive status updates, facilitate stakeholder alignment, resolve conflicts, and communicate effectively with customers and senior leadership.

• Proven ability to achieve objectives through collaboration, influence, and cross-functional teamwork.

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to process discipline.

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making capabilities.

• Strong business acumen with the ability to balance strategic objectives and operational execution.

Why Eaton?

• Contribute to a globally strategic Energy Transition business shaping the future of electrification

• Collaborate with industry-leading partners and global teams to deliver solutions that make a real difference

• Benefit from a competitive compensation and benefits package

• Work on challenging, high-impact projects within a collaborative and supportive team environment

• Enjoy flexible working solutions that support balance and performance

• Grow your career with a company that champions internal mobility and encourages advancement

• Develop continuously through long-term investment in learning, including access to Eaton University

• Be part of a purpose-driven organization where reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability guide everything we do

• Thrive in a culture that prioritizes wellbeing, with tools and support designed to empower you to take care of your health and safety

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