Eaton's Early Talent team has an opportunity available for a Program Manager, Early Talent Programs. This role can work remote anywhere in the US.   

The Manager Early Talent Programs supports Eaton’s growth strategy by ensuring a high-quality, diverse, sustainable pipeline of future leadership talent.  The primary responsibility is to partner with stakeholders to develop and execute early talent strategies in alignment with short and long term talent requirements of the functions and sectors.

This position will be a member of the Early Talent Program Manager team and will be responsible for the management of Early Talent Leadership Development programs, including Human Resources and Supply Chain. The Program Manager is responsible for understanding Early Talent needs, generational trends, and Eaton’s talent strategy and designing appropriate development opportunities.

The span includes, but is not limited to, managing multiple full time Leadership Development programs and partnering with the Campus Manager on the strategy of the programs.   The Program Manager engages functional and sector executive sponsors and stakeholders and related steering committees in strategy and planning and communicates key developments and 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

• Strategy & Headcount Planning – Lead discussions with executive program sponsors and stakeholders as needed to gain input or to inform. Create program strategies in alignment with short and long term talent requirements of the functions and sectors.
• Talent Partnering – Partner with business and functional HR and Talent Management to understand critical pipelines, business strategies, and future skillset and pipeline needs.
• Recruiting – Co-develop recruiting and campus strategies with Campus Managers with the purpose of selecting the right schools, building strong university relationships, promoting Eaton at campus events, interviewing and selecting talent for 2^nd round interviews.
• Selection –Drive consensus discussions to select talent, and work with HR Services and Campus Manager to initiate job offers.  
• Assignment Management - Work with each business group to define challenging LDP assignments, ensuring a broad spectrum of opportunities.
• Performance Coaching – Provide a framework of resources for Early Talent including coaching and feedback on current skills, strengths, development need for their current role, as well as building future leadership capabilities. Coach Assignment Managers on strong goal setting, expectation setting, conducting performance reviews, and on-going performance feedback to participants.
• Continuous Improvement – identify opportunities for continuous improvement in the programs, and work with the OPEX Manager to design and deploy those improvements.
• Budget – provide financial estimates related to Development Programs into profit plan cycle; update and maintain an accurate forecast.
• Training and Development – Work to ensure that all Early Talent has access to development through a training curriculum.
• Create a framework for developing, maintaining, and communicating functional career paths and competencies for specific functions.  Advise on functional competencies, developmental tools, methodologies, and practices.

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

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 $98,400 - $135,300 a year. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution required.
• Minimum of 5 years previous talent program management, leadership or HR work experience. 
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of manager of people or HR experience preferred.
• Ability to recruit, assess & select top talent and coach assignment managers.
• Effective relationship building and interacting with both college recruits and senior leadership.
• Understanding of performance management and having the coaching skills necessary to help drive high performance among university hires.
• Ability to maintain the integrity of the program while managing multiple & sometimes conflicting stakeholder priorities.
• Understanding of how leaders develop.
• Experience with change management processes and projects.
• Ability to create processes, review metrics and measure on-going review of processes for continuous improvement.
• Experience in a matrix organization.

We make what matters work. Everywhere you look—from the technology and machinery that surrounds us, to the critical services and infrastructure that we depend on every day—you’ll find one thing in common. It all relies on power. That’s why Eaton is dedicated to improving people’s lives and the environment with power management technologies that are more reliable, efficient, safe and sustainable. Because this is what matters. We are confident we can deliver on this promise because of the attributes that our employees embody. We’re ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and we’re committed to learning. These values enable us to tackle some of the toughest challenges on the planet, never losing sight of what matters.

Job: Human Resources

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
Does this position offer relocation?: Relocation from within hiring country only
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time