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Eaton · 2 weeks ago

Senior Specialist IT Product Owner - Scheduling Solution

Raleigh, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Eaton is a company focused on advancing sustainability and efficiency in various sectors. As a Senior Product Owner, you will be responsible for setting the product vision, managing the product roadmap, and ensuring alignment with business objectives while collaborating with stakeholders to enhance scheduling and optimization solutions.

Electric Vehicle

No H1B

Responsibilities

Define and communicate the product vision, roadmap, and epics for advanced scheduling and optimization solutions, leveraging platforms such as Dassault Ortems and Palantir to meet complex manufacturing and supply chain needs

Own the product backlog for scheduling and optimization capabilities, managing and prioritizing user stories, decomposing epics into features, and driving continuous improvement aligned with operational efficiency goals

Plan, manage, and track product funding, ensuring alignment with strategic initiatives in production planning, resource allocation, and throughput optimization. Fully responsible for product budget and profit plan

Develop and maintain product-specific personas and customer journeys focused on planners, schedulers, and operations managers using advanced scheduling tools

Collaborate closely with business stakeholders and end-users to understand constraints, priorities, and KPIs such as schedule adherence, lead time reduction, and resource utilization

Define and communicate goals for product increments and releases, ensuring alignment with agile delivery of scheduling algorithms, constraint-based planning features, and integration capabilities

Support onboarding of internal and external resources, including SMEs in manufacturing operations, supply chain planning, and software integration

Ensure product support, stability, and governance across scheduling platforms, including data integrity, policy compliance, cybersecurity, and system usage

Act as a functional expert in advanced scheduling and optimization, including finite capacity scheduling, multi-site planning, and real-time constraint management

Define and improve product processes such as release schedules and sprint cadences, applying Lean, Agile, and DevSecOps principles to scheduling solution delivery

Understand and support commercial, business, and go-to-market strategies for scheduling solutions, including licensing models, deployment options, and customer success metrics

Champion a Secure Product Development Lifecycle with a strong cybersecurity focus across all engineering and integration activities

Manage contracts and relationships with software vendors (e.g., Dassault Systèmes) and service providers to support the product strategy and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and IT standards

Qualification

Product Owner experienceAdvanced scheduling platformsAgile methodologiesDevSecOps principlesManufacturing experienceSupply chain optimizationAnalytical skillsCollaboration skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

Minimum eight (8) years of experience in roles such as analyst, consultant, or program lead, with a strong focus on technology-driven scheduling and optimization projects in manufacturing, supply chain, or operations

Minimum three (3) years of experience as a Product Owner or equivalent role, preferably overseeing advanced scheduling platforms like Dassault Ortems, Palantir, or similar enterprise-grade optimization tools

Legally authorized to work in the U.S. 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 one of the locations listed in the job description will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation

Preferred

Practical knowledge and hands-on experience in product management and modern product delivery processes, with a focus on deploying advanced scheduling and optimization platforms

Deep familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies, applied to cross-functional teams delivering scheduling solutions in manufacturing or supply chain environments

Working understanding of DevSecOps principles, especially as they relate to secure and scalable deployment of scheduling engines and optimization algorithms

General familiarity with modern software development practices, such as version control and code management, test automation for validating optimization outcomes and system performance, API integration for real-time data exchange between scheduling platforms and ERP/MES systems, modular and scalable solution components and cloud services (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) used to host and scale scheduling solutions

Proven track record of delivering measurable improvements in production efficiency, throughput, and resource utilization through the implementation of advanced scheduling technologies

Experience working with constraint-based scheduling algorithms, finite capacity planning, and real-time production data integration, enabling dynamic and responsive scheduling capabilities