Hiring: IT Product Owner - Project Accounting Company: Eaton Location: Beachwood, OH Job Posted Time: 2026-09-13 14:01:15 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, CPT, Kanban, Microservices, Portfolio Management, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Management, Product Strategy, Project Management, SAP, Scrum About the job Experience: •10 years of experience as an analyst, project manager, engineer, BRM, or program lead on highly complex technology projects and programs. •5 years of experience as a Product Owner or equivalent position. •Minimum 5 years of experience as a Product Owner or equivalent position. Required Skills: •Define and champion the enterprise Project Accounting capability vision, roadmap, governance priorities, and epics, demonstrating alignment to business strategy, financial governance, cost transparency, and enterprise transformation outcomes. •Own the enterprise Project Accounting capability backlog and prioritization model, ensuring roadmap decisions balance new capability development, financial tracking and cost-control features, compliance requirements, system health, support, and continuous improvement work. •Set enterprise priorities for capabilities that improve project budgeting, cost forecasting, profitability analysis, and real-time visibility into project spend versus budget. •Plan, manage, and track product funding. Is fully responsible for product budget and profit plan •Develops and maintains product-specific persona and customer journeys •Work closely with business stakeholders and customers, understanding their priorities and defining business outcomes and KPIs for the product in collaboration with those key stakeholders •Communicate goals for product increments and releases. Define goals for team sprints. •Accountable for product support, stability, and governance: including data, policy, cybersecurity, and usage Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution •Minimum of 10 years of experience as an analyst, project manager, engineer, BRM, or program lead on highly complex technology projects and programs. •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. •Relocation is not available. Candidates must currently reside within the United States to be considered. •Advanced degree •Advanced knowledge of financial governance, internal controls, compliance requirements, and data-handling expectations for Project Accounting processes, including SOX, revenue recognition policies, and capital-versus-expense treatment. •Deep Project Accounting domain expertise across SAP Project Systems and Oracle Project Accounting, including Work Breakdown Structures, project lifecycles, financial postings, project budgeting, cost forecasting, profitability analysis, and project spend-versus-budget visibility •Demonstrated capacity to own and influence a cross-platform Project Accounting roadmap. •Strong understanding and deep experience with product management and modern product delivery processes •Practical knowledge of and experience working with Agile, Scrum, and/or Kanban software delivery teams Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!