Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- IT, Project, System
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Vienna
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you orchestrate the development of electrical solutions for data centers in EMEA, lead interdisciplinary teams, and ensure timely and budget-compliant project executions.
Your role in the team
- The DC for DC EMEA Program Manager is responsible for orchestrating and governing Eaton's end-to-end data center electrical solution portfolio for hyperscale and colocation customers across EMEA.
- This role ensures that product development, system architectures, and customer engagement activities across multiple Eaton divisions are aligned into a coherent, competitive, and execution-ready offering.
- Operating as a senior, technical program leader with strong systems engineering credibility, the Program Manager leads through influence across R&D, product management, engineering, and commercial teams.
- The role owns program execution from concept through launch, ensuring on schedule and on budget delivery, structured customer engagement at each development milestone, and rapid identification and resolution of technical or organizational gaps.
- Establish and lead the DC for DC EMEA program covering Eaton's full data center power value chain, including MVSST, 800VDC Switchboard, DC Remote Power Panel, Solid State Breakers, BESS, Busway, digital power management, and related software and services.
- Define clear program governance, milestones, success criteria, and escalation mechanisms across participating divisions.
- Ensure the program is executed on schedule and within approved budgets, with disciplined tracking of progress, risks, and dependencies.
- Coordinate new product development roadmaps across multiple Eaton divisions to ensure architectural coherence and compatibility for hyperscale and colocation data center applications.
- Work closely with divisional R&D, power systems engineering, and product management teams to align technical assumptions, interfaces, and performance targets.
- Identify portfolio gaps, overlaps, or misalignments impacting customer requirements and drive resolution through structured action plans and executive escalation where required.
- Ensure structured and continuous customer engagement throughout the product and solution development lifecycle, including concept validation, architecture reviews, pilot phases, and launch readiness.
- Act as a senior technical interface for hyperscale and colocation customers in EMEA, ensuring customer feedback is systematically captured and translated into product and program actions.
- Coordinate with regional teams in APAC and the Americas to align customer learnings, program progress, and best practices globally.
- Consolidate inputs from divisions into clear program dashboards, executive summaries, and decision materials for senior leadership.
- Proactively identify technical, organizational, or execution risks and lead cross-functional teams to resolve issues before customer or market impact.
- Drive disciplined follow-up on actions, ensuring accountability and closure across divisional stakeholders.
- Contribute to Eaton's long-term data center strategy by providing insights from customer engagements, competitive dynamics, and technology trends.
- Support continuous improvement of Eaton's data center go-to-market model by strengthening integration between product, engineering, and customer-facing teams.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Power Systems Engineering; Master's degree preferred.
Qualifications
- Strong understanding of data center electrical architectures, including MV and LV distribution, ACBs, UPS systems, energy storage, busway, and redundancy concepts.
- Ability to ensure system-level technical coherence through collaboration with divisional experts rather than hands-on detailed design ownership.
- Credibility-based leadership and the ability to lead through influence in a matrix organization.
- Strong program management discipline and executive communication skills.
- Ability to operate confidently with senior internal leaders and demanding external customers.
- Structured, action-oriented mindset with a strong bias toward execution and issue resolution.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
Experience
- Minimum 10-15 years of experience in power systems, electrical infrastructure, or data center technology environments.
- Proven experience working with hyperscale and/or colocation data center customers.
- Prior experience in R&D, advanced engineering, systems engineering, or complex technical program leadership roles.
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What we offer
- All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.
- All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates' privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.
- 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.
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Eaton GmbH
Wien, Schrems
Eaton is a world leader in the following technology areas: safe electrical systems, hydraulic components and systems, industrial and mobile machinery systems, hydraulics for vehicles, fuel supply and compressed air systems for transportation and military aircraft as well as truck and passenger car engines with maximum power output , low fuel consumption ,and safety.
Description
- Language
- English
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
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Program Manager Direct Current for Data Center EMEA
- Location
- Vienna
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
