<div class="container-3Gm1a"><p><span style="">The Strategic Projects Manager is responsible for leading and delivering high‑impact, cross‑functional programmes and projects that directly support the organisation’s regional strategic objectives. The role focuses on translating strategic intent into executable initiatives, ensuring alignment with long‑term business priorities, and delivering sustainable value. A strong leader of teams with a hands on background within Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing or Programming and a strong motivation to deliver would be ideally suited to this vacancy and could really thrive within an organisation such as Eaton. </span></p><p><span style="">The role operates across functions, regions, or business units, working closely with senior leaders, functional owners, and external partners to ensure disciplined execution, effective governance, and measurable outcomes. With the geographical scope of the role will come a requirement to travel internationally and manage projects when they require such attention. Experience with data centre projects would be highly advantageous for this position. </span></p><p><span style="">Unlock Your Potential at Eaton: Where Diversity Drives Innovation. No matter where you come from, your aspirations matter to us. We believe in the power of different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to ignite innovation and drive success. We're in the business of empowering people, and that includes you. Your journey here is not just about a job; it's about a shared vision for a brighter, more sustainable future. </span></p><div><div style="padding: 10px 0px;border: 1px solid transparent;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><h2 style="margin: 0px;">What you’ll do:</h2>
</div><div><p><br>• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of strategic initiatives and transformation projects aligned to corporate or business‑unit strategy.<br>• Translate strategic goals into structured project plans, milestones, and benefit‑realisation frameworks.<br>• Manage multiple, concurrent projects within a strategic portfolio, ensuring prioritisation reflects business value and capacity.<br>• Develop and maintain business cases, project charters, and investment justifications.<br>• Establish appropriate governance structures, including steering committees, escalation pathways, and decision gates.<br>• Monitor progress, risks, dependencies, and benefits realisation; intervene where required to protect outcomes.<br>• Engage senior stakeholders and functional leaders to align expectations, secure resources, and drive accountability.<br>• Act as an integrator across functions (e.g. operations, engineering, finance, supply chain, IT).<br>• Support change management activities, ensuring adoption, communication clarity, and organisational readiness.<br>• Manage project budgets, schedules, and resource plans to ensure efficient use of capital and people.<br>• Track financial performance, savings, cost avoidance, and ROI against approved business cases.<br>• Improve project management standards, tools, and ways of working across the organisation.<br>• Coach or mentor project leads and functional managers on disciplined execution and strategic alignment.<br>• Embed lessons learned and best practice into future programmes. </p></div></div><div style="padding: 10px 0px;border: 1px solid transparent;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Qualifications:</h2>
</div><div><p>Bachelors Degree (2:1) and above in engineering, business, Project Management or a related discipline. </p></div></div><div style="padding: 10px 0px;border: 1px solid transparent;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Skills:</h2>
</div><div><p>Significant experience managing complex, cross‑functional or transformation projects in a matrix organisation.Demonstrated ability to operate at senior‑leader level with credibility and confidence.</p><p>Strong commercial acumen with experience building and owning business cases.</p><p>Project management certification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, PMI, Agile) preferred.</p><p>Strategic thinking and systems perspective. </p><p>Strong execution discipline and prioritisation.</p><p>Stakeholder influence without direct authority.</p><p>Data‑driven decision‑making and problem solving.</p><p>Clear, executive‑level communication.</p><p>Comfort working with ambiguity and change.</p></div></div></div><p><span style="">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. </span></p><p><span style="">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.</span></p></div>
