Product Owner - Cloud

Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is currently seeking a Product Owner - Cloud. This role can sit out of any US Eaton location.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $130000 - $190000 a year.  

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. 

What you’ll do:

The EFE Product Owner is responsible for the vision, roadmap, and backlog of the Eaton Federal Enclave (EFE), Eaton’s secure, CMMC-aligned environment supporting regulated U.S. government and defense programs.

This role serves as the primary point of accountability across program leadership, Cloud Engineering, Cybersecurity/GRC, and managed service partners. The Product Owner ensures the EFE delivers secure, compliant, and user-friendly capabilities while maintaining appropriate separation between the federal enclave and Eaton’s commercial environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Roadmap & Backlog Management: Own and prioritize the EFE roadmap and backlog across Azure Government infrastructure, identity and access management, virtual terminals, and collaboration tools. Balance program priorities, compliance requirements, and team capacity while leading quarterly planning activities.
• Site Rollouts & Readiness: Plan and coordinate site onboarding, user training, deployment readiness, and adoption in partnership with program managers and site leaders.
• Compliance & Governance: Partner with GRC and Cybersecurity teams to maintain alignment with CMMC and NIST requirements, including SSP, POA&M, policies, and remediation activities. Ensure changes follow established EFE change-control and leadership approval processes.
• Access & Entitlements: Oversee user account and virtual terminal request processes, including required approvals, contract requirements, and entitlement group assignments.
• Vendor & Managed Service Management: Define and maintain RACI responsibilities, Statements of Work (SOWs), service expectations, and accountability with managed service partners.
• Boundary Protection: Evaluate new tools, technologies, and integrations for data-separation and security risks prior to approval for use within the EFE.
• Stakeholder Communication: Provide clear updates on program status, risks, priorities, and key decisions to IT and business leadership. Represent EFE priorities and requirements during quarterly planning activities.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications (Must Haves):

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in IT Product Ownership and/or Technology Program Management.
• Previous experience with IT vendor management and/or third-party managed services.
• Experience with Jira backlog grooming, prioritization, roadmap development, quarterly planning, and Agile methodologies.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
• This position requires use of information or access to hardware which may be subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e., “Green Card Holder”), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
  No relocation assistance is offered for this position. Only candidates currently residing within a 50-mile radius of the work location (U.S. Eaton location) will be considered. Active-Duty Military are exempt from this geographical limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with government cloud environments and platforms, including Azure Government, OCI Government, and Microsoft 365 GCC High (GCCH).
• Working knowledge of federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks, including NIST, FedRAMP, and CMMC.
• Experience with end-user computing, software packaging, systems hardening, and software/systems delivery.
• Experience with cloud security platforms and technologies, including Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, and software-defined firewalls.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and practices, including Terraform.
• Knowledge of IT operations and cloud infrastructure operations within secure or regulated environments.
• Previous experience supporting a U.S. government agency or government-related environment.

Skills:

Soft skills

Strong Communication and Presentation Skills. Prioritization, Vendor Management, Organization Skills, Backlog Management, Quarterly Planning Exercise

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