Director, Global Software Engineering Strategy and Architecture

Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is currently seeking a Director, Global Software Engineering Strategy and Architecture. The opportunity: 
 Software is central to how Eaton creates differentiated value across its products, platforms and businesses. We are seeking a senior software architecture and strategy leader to translate business and technology strategy into clear technical direction across Global Software Engineering. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Global Software Engineering, the Director will work with product, platform, architecture, engineering and business leaders to determine where Eaton should differentiate, invest, accelerate, converge, reuse, partner, acquire or stop. This is a senior technical leadership role with enterprise-wide reach. The Director will shape architecture and platform strategy, guide major technology choices and align near-term decisions with the longer-term direction of Eaton’s software business. The role will operate through influence, technical credibility and architectural direction. It is not a central product organisation, portfolio-reporting function or governance role detached from implementation.   What you’ll do: 
 Translate strategy into technical direction Bring customer, commercial, product, platform, technology and investment perspectives together into a coherent Global Software Engineering strategy. Translate that strategy into architecture principles, platform direction, technology choices and product, platform and engineering roadmaps that guide decisions across the organisation.   Shape portfolio and technology choices Maintain an integrated view across embedded software, edge, cloud, applications, platforms, data, AI and strategic technology initiatives. Develop decision-ready recommendations on where Eaton should invest, accelerate, converge, reuse, partner, acquire, contain or stop. Evaluate choices based on customer value, commercial potential, technical differentiation, investment, dependencies and risk. Assess how external technology trends, open-source technologies, partnerships and broader ecosystems could strengthen Eaton’s competitive position.   Drive architectural coherence and reuse Work with architecture, platform and engineering leaders to establish coherent technical direction across the software portfolio. Identify fragmented architectures, duplicated investment and capability gaps. Define where shared platforms, common capabilities, reusable components and consistent architecture can create measurable value without introducing unnecessary centralisation. Shape integrated architectures connecting physical products, product-generated data, embedded software, connectivity, cloud services and AI-enabled capabilities.   Shape platform and AI strategy Define how platforms can support differentiated products, accelerate engineering and enable reuse across Eaton’s businesses. Help determine where Eaton should build proprietary capability and where it should use open-source technology, external platforms, partnerships or ecosystem capabilities. Guide the application of AI across products, software platforms and engineering, ensuring that investment is aligned with customer value, technical feasibility and the longer-term software strategy.   Keep architecture connected to implementation Ensure that technical direction is reflected in product, platform and technology roadmaps and can become credible delivery commitments. Lead a strategy and architecture capability in which senior architects remain close to working software, prototypes, repositories and important implementation decisions. Architecture must provide practical technical direction, not governance separated from delivery. Success will be reflected in clearer technology choices, more coherent roadmaps, stronger platforms, greater reuse, reduced fragmentation and strategic decisions that translate into working software and customer outcomes.   What you'll bring: 
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