Program Manager - Software

Eaton; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 2,700,000 - 4,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a senior Platform Strategy & Delivery Lead in India to steer end-to-end enterprise platform initiatives. You will drive the platform roadmap, coordinate with product managers, architects and engineering leaders, and ensure governance, adoption, and measurable business value across multiple segments.

The role emphasizes reusable platform services, standardized practices, and cross-segment alignment to optimize development efficiency and cost performance.

Qualifications

• BE / BTech / MTech required.
• Total 13+ years in SDLC with at least 3+ years in project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise platform initiatives aligned with business objectives across segments and product organizations.
• Drive platform roadmap execution with milestones, dependencies, success metrics, and adoption targets.
• Prioritize investments in reusable platform capabilities to maximize reuse and reduce duplication.
• Establish governance models for consistent execution, transparency and alignment across teams.
• Facilitate PI and Pre-PI planning to align priorities with adopter needs and outcomes.
• Lead platform adoption across business units and product teams, driving measurable business outcomes.

Skills

Platform development understanding

Program strategy alignment

Program benefits management

Program stakeholder engagement

Program governance

Program lifecycle management

Project management methodologies

Emotional intelligence

Ownership & commitment

Stakeholder partnership

Network performance

Business acumen

Customer centricity

Judgment

Risk management

Learning agility

Education

BE / BTech / MTech

Job description

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of enterprise platform initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives across multiple segments and product organizations.
• Drive platform roadmap execution, defining milestones, dependencies, success metrics, and adoption targets.
• Partner with Product Managers, Architects, and Engineering Leaders to prioritize investments in shared platform capabilities that maximize reuse and reduce duplication.
• Establish governance models that ensure consistent execution, transparency, and alignment across platform and consuming teams.
• Facilitate PI Planning and Pre-PI Planning activities to align platform priorities with adopter needs and business outcomes.

What You’ll Do

Platform Strategy & Delivery Excellence

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of enterprise platform initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives across multiple segments and product organizations.
• Drive platform roadmap execution, defining milestones, dependencies, success metrics, and adoption targets.
• Partner with Product Managers, Architects, and Engineering Leaders to prioritize investments in shared platform capabilities that maximize reuse and reduce duplication.
• Establish governance models that ensure consistent execution, transparency, and alignment across platform and consuming teams.
• Facilitate PI Planning and Pre-PI Planning activities to align platform priorities with adopter needs and business outcomes.

Platform Adoption & Business Value Realization

• Serve as the primary program lead for platform adoption across business units and product teams.
• Develop and execute adoption strategies that accelerate onboarding and utilization of platform capabilities.
• Ensure platform features deliver measurable business outcomes, including reduced development effort, faster time-to-market, improved quality, and lower operating costs.

Reusability & Standardization

• Champion the development and adoption of reusable platform services, frameworks, templates, and engineering assets.
• Drive standardization of development practices, tooling, security controls, deployment pipelines, and operational processes.

Stakeholder & Cross-Segment Alignment

• Build strong partnerships with business leaders, engineering teams, architecture groups, and external partners.
• Align priorities across multiple stakeholder groups while balancing platform objectives with adopter requirements.

Program Risk & Dependency Management

• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate program risks impacting platform delivery or adoption.
• Manage complex inter-team dependencies across products, technologies, and business functions.

Financial & Resource Management

• Manage platform investment plans, budgets, resource forecasting, and vendor engagements.
• Optimize utilization of internal and flex resources to maximize productivity and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• B.E. / B Tech / M Tech
• 13+ years experience in software development life cycle with minimum 3+ years of project management experience

Skills

• Understanding of platform development and adoption.
• Program Strategy Alignment, Program Benefits Management, Program Stakeholder Engagement, Program Governance, Program Life Cycle Management
• Program and Project Management Methodologies & Frameworks
• Emotional Intelligence, Ownership & Commitment, Stakeholder Partnership, Network Performance, Business Acumen, Customer Centricity, Judgment, Risk Management and Learning Agility