Program Manager- Software

Eaton Corporation; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation is seeking an experienced Program Manager located in Pune District, Maharashtra, to lead and deliver enterprise-grade software platforms and applications. The ideal candidate will have over 13 years in software development, with significant project management experience.

This role involves coordinating teams, ensuring smooth execution of projects while maintaining quality and adherence to budgets. The focus is on stakeholder management, risk management, and continuous improvement. Join Eaton to contribute to impactful software solutions.

Qualifications

• 13+ years experience in software development life cycle.
• Minimum 3+ years of project management experience.
• Strong understanding of program/project methodologies and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver enterprise-grade software platforms.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams for product delivery.
• Monitor budget, schedule and compliance across initiatives.

Skills

Platform development and adoption

Program Strategy Alignment

Program Benefits Management

Emotional Intelligence

Stakeholder Partnership

Risk Management

Education

B.E. / B Tech / M Tech

Job description

What you’ll do:

We are looking for an experienced Program Manager to lead, scale, and deliver enterprise-grade software platforms and applications. The ideal candidate will have deep hands‑on experience managing complex, cross‑functional programs, driving platform strategy, and ensuring the successful execution of large‑scale initiatives.

You will act as a bridge between engineering, product, architecture, and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment, delivery excellence, and business impact.

Further, the leader is expected to:

As Senior PM he/she will be responsible for coordinating sector, departmental or cross‑functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products. Monitors development from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget/spending. Organizes cross‑functional activities, ensuring development is on schedule and within budget constraints. Keeps abreast of technical developments through literature, technical contacts, and industry competition. Ensures compliance with product lifecycle and development procedures and processes as well as all applicable quality and regulatory requirements. In a nutshell he/she needs to drive the activities below:

1. Execution excellence
2. Stakeholder Management
3. Alignment with adopters and making the release plan
4. Program Risk and Issue management
5. Profit plan and Flex resource management
6. Defining, tracking and reporting project status and metrics
7. Continuous improvement

As senior Program manager he/she will be responsible for FIJI / AEP deliverables from EIIC.

Execution Excellence With Strategic Execution:

Partner with Product & Engineering team to define and execute end-to-end delivery of enterprise software platforms and application programs. Define program roadmap, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics. Manages cross-functional activities[Dev, security...] ensuring deliveries against plan.

Drive PRE-PI planning along with PM, PO, SM and Architects resulting in effective PI planning. Work with EM, SM and PO to reduce the defect debt. Owns the Project Budget/profit plan, work with EMs to determine # of dev/test resources.

Customer Centricity & Stakeholder Partnership:

Building partnerships and acting as Single point of contact from platform to adopters, coordinates and focused on delivering new or upgrading existing features. Clearly outlining expected deliverables and interdependencies towards adopter teams and with agreed timelines. Support QA team in setup and driving in-context testing with adopter teams. Drive Speed of adoption, ultimate utilization of platform features into adopters. Looks for ways to add value beyond adopters' immediate requests and initiates actions. Provide clear and regular communication on program status, risks, and outcomes.

Program Risk and Issue Management:

Tracks, follow up and solve dependencies as per the plan. Proactively assessing and responding to risks during the PI execution. Owns analyzing, and resolving issues that arise during a project by applying problem solving methodologies. Communicate the delays on schedule due to unplanned events and mitigation plans.

Continuous Improvement:

Leading and coordinating program activities and resources across the program scope to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Work with SM, EM to increase the velocity of the team. Resolve complex problems through structured analysis and stakeholder collaboration.

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