Agile Transformation Coach

Job Description

Eaton’s Information Technology division is currently seeking an Agile Transformation Coach to join our team. This position is based at any Eaton U.S. facility. The position is eligible for a hybrid work setup.

Position Overview:

Join Eaton’s Information Technology team and help positively impact our business through leading technologies, exciting and challenging enterprise projects, and new platforms. We are transforming to a Product Centric Organization utilizing Agile practices to help us work more incrementally and fluidly, allowing us to respond more quickly to changing business needs. We are currently seeking an Agile Transformation Coach to join our Revenue Generating Value Chains & Platforms. This position can sit at any US Eaton facility.

The Agile Coach will be responsible for providing thought leadership to reimagine capabilities and processes enabling the transformation to an agile digital mindset across information technology and business teams supporting operations for the Revenue Generating Value Chain. As a subject matter expert, the coach will act as a change agent leading the adoption and implementation of Lean and Agile practices and tools. The coach will drive the transformation the ways of working through partnering, influencing, and collaborating with product centric teams to deliver customer focused outcome driven results.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.

In this function you will:

• Proactively lead and drive the adoption of Agile, Lean / Six Sigma and SAFe methodologies across the Value stream
• Continuously evolve and improve Agile processes creating IT efficiencies to accelerate time to value for business outcomes
• Partner with the Revenue generating team to standardize best practices across the value stream
• Participate in the development of tools and best practices
• Occasionally require direct team involvement as ScrumMaster, Product Owner, or Release Train Engineer role as the need arises
• Be measured by transformation, speed, and sustainable metric improvements
• Develop and maintain Eaton Specific Agile playbooks and training materials
• Lead the Agile and Lean / Six Sigma process improvement
• Partner with the change management and product teams to drive the transformation

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 7 years of project management, Agile delivery, or continuous improvement experience.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of the work location will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Agile tools (JIRA and AZURE).
• Experienced SAFe certified training preferred.

Position Criteria:

• Strong project management background including knowledge of various project life cycles SCRUM, waterfall, and hybrid in an IT environment for a diversified manufacturer.
• Good working knowledge and experience with basic tools such as Lean, Six-Sigma, and problem solving/decision making skills
• Strong presentation, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and influence without positional authority.
• Self-motivated, self-directed critical thinker with demonstrated process management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

What you’ll get from us:

We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being. Listed below are programs that are offered globally, but program availabilities may vary by site.

• Flexible work options to help balance work/life demands (at participating Eaton sites)
• Healthcare/retirement savings programs
• Competitive compensation packages to reward skills and performance
• Tuition assistance or financial help for ongoing learning and development
• Health, Dental, Vision & Wellness programs
• Donation matching (U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico)

Eaton provides a competitive total rewards package commensurate with applicable skills, knowledge, and experience and consistent with internal and external market practices. The annual salary range for this role is $110,600 - $162,250 a year.

At Eaton, we know that good benefit plans are important to employees and their families. In addition to a competitive base salary, Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits at a Glance.

Eaton considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call 412-893-3600 or send an email to: [email protected]

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy, helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges, and doing what’s best for our stakeholders and all of society. Founded in 1911, Eaton has been listed on the NYSE for nearly a century. We reported revenues of $19.6 billion in 2021 and serve customers in more than 170 countries.

Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030.

Eaton is committed to having a workforce that is diverse and non-discriminatory at all levels, reflecting the diversity of our customers and the varied environments in which we conduct business around the world. Our success depends on our ability to attract and retain the very best people unlimited by race, color, social or economic status, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any protected status. Eaton follows relevant non-discrimination laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. It is the policy of the Company to make all decisions regarding employment, including hiring, compensation, training, promotions, transfers, or lay-offs, based on the principle of equal employment opportunity as defined above.

Job: Information Technology

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: Corporate Sector

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: Yes – Hybrid
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time