EATON

Team Leader, Southeast PMO

EATON$110K — $162K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
  • Minimum seven (7) years in electrical industry sales, marketing, engineering, project management, or operations.
  • Valid and unrestricted driver's license required.
  • Candidates must currently reside within a 50-mile radius of specified locations to be considered.
  • No immigration sponsorship will be provided for this position.

Responsibilities

  • Communicate and reinforce PMO vision and strategic initiatives organization-wide.
  • Ensure high-quality project execution and compliance with business standards.
  • Lead process improvements and recommend solutions based on business analysis.
  • Develop, coach, and train project managers and district project managers.
  • Support resource alignment and workload planning for project management teams.
  • Collaborate with product lines and service teams for project delivery.
  • Build relationships with sales engineers and product lines to drive project success.

Benefits

  • Health and Welfare benefits.
  • Retirement benefits.
  • Programs for paid and unpaid time away from work.
  • Comprehensive benefits programs vary by eligibility, location, and hire date.
Full Job Description
Eaton's ES AMER NAS division is currently seeking a Team Leader, Southeast PMO. This is a hybrid role located in our Arden, NC; Charlotte, NC; Deerfield Beach, FL; Louisville, KY; Nashville, TN; Orlando, FL; Pelham, AL; Raleigh, NC; Smyrna, GA; or Tampa, FL facility.

What you'll do:

This project management leader position provides operational leadership for the Southeast region PMO while directly supporting the successful execution of complex commercial projects. The role guides and develops project managers, strengthens PMO processes, tools, and standards, and partners closely with Sales, Project Engineering, Manufacturing Product Lines, and Engineering Services to ensure alignment with customer requirements and business objectives. This position balances people leadership, process improvement, and project execution to drive quality, productivity, and profitable growth across the organization.

In this leadership role, the project management leader creates value by establishing commercial project order management as a key differentiator and ensuring consistent execution. The position also leads the training and onboarding for project managers and district project managers, integrating team members into PMO processes and standards.

In this function you will:
  • Communicate and reinforce the PMO vision, strategic direction, and key initiatives across the organization.
  • Ensure a high standard of quality, consistency, and customer focus in project execution across the Regional PMO. Ensure compliance with established processes, procedures, and business standards to achieve organizational goals.
  • Lead process improvements, deploy new initiatives, and recommend solutions based on business analysis and customer trends.
  • Lead the onboarding, development, coaching, and continuous training of project managers and district project managers.
  • Partner with the PMO Manager to support annual revenue targets and overall business performance. Support workload planning, goal setting, and resource alignment for district project managers and project managers.
  • Collaborate with product lines and service teams to ensure effective, timely, and customer-aligned project delivery.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with sales engineers, managers, product lines, and service partners to drive growth and successful project execution.
  • Support recruiting efforts and talent planning to sustain organizational capability and growth. Attract, hire, develop, and retain high-performing project management talent.
  • Strengthen technical, digital tool, and project management capabilities across the Regional project management team.
  • Apply project management methodologies and risk mitigation strategies to reduce potential project risk throughout the full project lifecycle.


Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
  • Minimum seven (7) years electrical industry sales, marketing, engineering, project management, or operations experience
  • Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver's license
  • Relocation is not available. Candidates must currently reside within a 50 mile radius of Arden, NC; Charlotte, NC; Deerfield Beach, FL; Louisville, KY; Nashville, TN; Orlando, FL; Pelham, AL; Raleigh, NC; Smyrna, GA; or Tampa, FL to be considered.
  • Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or Project Management
  • 10+ years of electrical industry sales, operations, engineering or project management experience
  • Product line marketing and/or operational experience
  • Manager of people experience
  • PMP Certification
  • End-to-end project management
  • Financial and commercial acumen
  • Use of dashboards, analytics, and trend data to drive decisions and interventions
  • Enterprise systems awareness, including SAP S/4
  • Cross-functional execution models, including pre and post-sale alignment
  • Change adoption and system rollout leadership in large, matrixed organizations
  • Knowledge on plant front-end scheduling, engineering, and manufacturing process and equipment cycle times


Skills:

Position Criteria:

  • Sets clear direction and expectations
  • Leads through influence, not authority
  • Holds others accountable with consistency and fairness
  • Exercises sound judgment under pressure
  • Communicates clearly, directly, and with purpose
  • Balances customer focus with business discipline
  • Navigates complexity in a matrixed organization
  • Builds trust through follow-through and integrity
  • Coaches leaders to think critically and act decisively
  • Addresses conflict and performance gaps early
  • Adapts quickly to change and ambiguity
  • Models inclusive, ethical leadership at all times


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.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $110000 - $162000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

About EATON

Eaton Corporation plc is a multinational power management company with 2020 sales of $17.9 billion, founded in the US. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power more efficiently, safely, and sustainably. Eaton operates through three main business segments: Electrical Products, Electrical Systems and Services, and Hydraulics. The Electrical Products segment designs, manufactures, markets, and sells electrical components, such as circuit breakers, switches, and electrical protection and control devices. The Electrical Systems and Services segment offers electrical power distribution and assemblies, as well as engineering services and automation and control solutions. The Hydraulics segment provides products such as pumps, motors, valves, cylinders, and filtration products. Eaton has a global presence with operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and other regions.
Learn more about EATON
Size
85,947 employees
Market Cap
$62.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.4 billion
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
-0.1%
Revenue
$17.8 billion
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