Software Engineering Operations Leader

Eaton India Innovation Center is seeking a Software Engineering Operations Leader in Pune.

What you'll do:

At Eaton India Innovation Center, Center for Software Platforms and products is hiring a Software Engineering Operations Leader to run the SW operations in the CSPP team based out of EIIC , Pune

• The purpose for this new leadership role is to

1. 1. Be a thought leader in Software excellence and DevOps
   2. Drive Execution exclelence through the Program management team
   3. Strategize and execute E2E test for all the SW and Connected Products
   4. Provide thought leadership and drive execution excellence for product cyber security

• You will lead the team by setting priorities and goals, ensuring the achievement of deliverables and other milestones, collaborate with other engineering and product teams in the company, establish a progressive work culture, and improve the way we deliver value to our customers. You have to be athought leader in SW excellence and drive the culture of SW excellence across the organziation. This involves change management at all levels of the Enginnering organization. You will have to drive optimal and innovative ways of execution in DevOps using the best in class tools and techniques. You have to drive program management excellence ensureing the Say do Ratio is gereater than 90% and drive harmonization of practices across the SW organization. You will be resposnible for driving E2E testing right from conceptualization of the test strategy and optimal execution to ensuire we deliver products which are first time right. You will have to drive the Prodcut Cyber security team and should be conversant with the standards applicable for Automotive, Electrical Sector products.
• As a successful candidate for this role will have had significant prior organizational leadership experience. You can connect with your team on a technological level and have an excellent foundation in software engineering . You are driven, team-oriented, with vision and an energizing leadership style to strategic influence and drive change. You have strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to handle multiple concurrent projects and tasks while adapting quickly to changing priorities. You thrive in a growth-oriented organization.
• You are passionate empathetic to customer needs, growing people and the organization. Setting your team and peers up for success through collaboration and feedback is paramount.

• Define and implement comprehensive testing strategies across platforms and products.
• Oversee manual and automated testing, including functional, regression, performance, and UAT.
• Ensure test coverage, quality metrics, and continuous improvement in QA processes.

• Lead the Program Management Office (PMO) for software delivery.
• Establish and lead the Software PMO, defining governance models, delivery frameworks, and best practices tailored to software development.
• Drive planning, execution, and governance of cross-functional software programs.
• Define and track KPIs and metrics such as velocity, burn-down, release cadence, and delivery predictability.
• Lead resource planning, capacity management, and project portfolio prioritization.
• Align program objectives with business priorities and ensure timely, high-quality delivery.

• Collaborate with the product and IT teams to embed security into the SDLC and DevSecOps practices.
• Promote a security-first culture through awareness, training, and champion programs.
• Oversee risk assessments, compliance initiatives, and incident response readiness.

• Champion engineering best practices including clean code, code reviews, and DFMEA
• Drive initiatives to improve developer productivity, code quality, and technical debt management.
• Establish KPIs and dashboards to measure engineering health and performance.
• Promote a culture of craftsmanship, innovation, and technical excellence.
• Drive continuous improvement in software quality, maintainability, and developer productivity.

• Lead the DevOps strategy, including CI/CD pipeline optimization, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automation.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment processes.
• Evaluate and implement DevOps tools and platforms
• Ensure secure, scalable, and compliant DevOps practices.

• Build and lead the SRE function to ensure system reliability, availability, and performance.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Electrical/Electronics Engineering from an accredited institution required.
• 18 to 22 years of design experience software products and/or embedded systems, cloud platforms, Mobile Applications
• Prior experience as organizational leader for a minimum of 5 to 10 years in globally distributed teams
• Experience leading organizations with at least 40 members
• Experience utilizing best practices in software engineering, Agile development methodologies, CI/CD, DevOps, etc.
• Knowledgeable about industry trends, best practices, and change management.
• Working knowledge of Embedded Systems including RTOS and Linux based platforms.
• Track record of demonstrated success in delivery of large-scale software development programs.
• Proven digitally savvy leader experienced in delivering monetized IoT products and services to market.
• Experienced with software features and data entitlement for commercial or industrial IoT products.
• Ability to work within matrixed environments.
• Proven track record of building and managing successful software development teams.
• Expert level working knowledge of open source software and ability to employ open, shared and saleable development principles within an enterprise.
• Capable of developing and advocating digital platforms across a diversified group of business segments.
• Experience and success with developing and commercializing digital technologies.
• Empathizes and actively learns about customer's needs and how they create value.
• Builds relationships outside of engineering teams to understand, influence, and serve as their advocate.
• Demonstrated experience in building organizational capabilities around technology; developments high performing talent and builds succession depth.

• Problem Solving - uses digital technology and processes to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, probes all suitable sources for answers, can see hidden problems, is excellent at unbiased analysis, looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.
• Innovation Leadership - effective in cultivating creative ideas of others, demonstrates good judgment around creative ideas and which suggestions will work, has a sense about managing the creative process of others, can facilitate effective brainstorming, can project how potential ideas may play out in the marketplace.
• Creativity - comes up with many new and unique ideas, easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions, tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Process Management - Good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done, knows how to organize people and activities, Knows what to measure and how to measure it, Can simplify complex processes, Gets more out of fewer resources
• Strategic Agility - sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately, has broad knowledge and perspective; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies & plans.
• Drive for results - can be counted on to exceed goals successfully.
• Motivating others - creates a climate in which people want to do their best; empowers others; is someone people like working for and with.
• Business acumen - knows how business work; knowledgeable in current and possible future technologies; knows the competition.
• Action oriented - enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging.
• Intellectual horsepower - is intelligent; deal with concepts and complexity comfortably; described as intellectually capable, and agile.