Disaster Recovery Product Owner

Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is currently seeking a Disaster Recovery Product Owner. This is a Hybrid-Remote role and can be based out of our location in Beachwood,OH or Pittsburgh, PA. Relocation benefits are available from within the United States! The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 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:This position is responsible for increasing the Enterprise Disaster Recovery maturity by creating, prioritizing, and managing the product backlog. The Product Owner will own Disaster Recovery for Infrastructure Services as an enterprise product capability across Eaton’s hybrid cloud, on prem, and SaaS environments, in accordance with policy and governance defined by Cyber Security. This role is accountable for defining the DR product strategy and roadmap, translating business resilience requirements into prioritized product outcomes, planning and executing DR tests across the enterprise, and ensuring DR capabilities (architecture, tooling, testing, data, and remediation) deliver measurable value to the enterprise.The Product Owner partners closely with DR Policy and Governance, Architecture, Delivery, and product teams to evolve a scalable, testable, and auditable DR capability aligned with Eaton’s resilience, risk, and regulatory objectives.Job ResponsibilitiesPRODUCT STRATEGY & VISION- Own the enterprise DR product vision and strategy spanning on prem, hybrid, and multi cloud environments. - Partner with Cyber to define what “good” looks like for DR maturity at Eaton by tier, platform, and business criticality. - Translate business continuity, risk, regulatory, and executive resilience requirements into clear DR product outcomes. - Maintain the long term DR product roadmap, balancing foundational capability, risk reduction, automation, and innovation.- Develops and maintains product-specific persona and customer journeys- Support establishment of product processes (e.g., release schedule) and support process improvement activities across product processes (Lean, Agile, Scrum, DevSecOps, etc.)BACKLOG & PRIORITIZATION- Own and prioritize the enterprise product backlog, decomposing work into epics and user stories - DR capabilities and features (runbooks, automation, tooling, metrics - Resiliancy Management Platform (data integrations, reporting capabilities, feature functionality) - Testing and assurance capabilities - Test coordination, data collection, reporting, evidence requirements, and after-action reports- Make tradeoff decisions between speed, scope, risk reduction, and technical debt- Ensure backlog alignment with DR Program execution plans and remediation demandsCROSS-TEAM LEADERSHIP & ALIGNMENT- Act as the single accountable product owner across Cyber Security, DR Architecture and Delivery, DR Tooling & Data, DR Testing & Assurance, and DR Projects and remeidation work- Partner with application, infrastructure, cloud, security, and BCM leaders to ensure DR requirements are embedded early in designs, align recovery strategies with platform capabilities, and standardize expectations across lines of business- Serve as the escalation point for priority conflicts impacting enterprise recoverability- Provide oversight and direction to team managing the technical and operational functions within DR- Support the onboarding of internal and external resourcesENABLEMENT & CONTINUIOUS IMPROVEMENT- Champion standardization and reuse through reference architectures, templates, and automation patterns.- Influence adoption of automation-first and “testability by design” principles.- Drive continuous feedback loops from tests, incidents, and audits into backlog refinement.- Evaluate emerging technologies and approaches (e.g., advanced orchestration, chaos testing, continuous verification) for product fit.Qualifications:Basic (Required) Qualifications:Bachelors degree from an accredited institution5+ years of experience in product ownership, product management, or program leadership within enterprise IT.1+ year of experience directly supporting disaster recovery, resilience, business continuity, or large-scale infrastructure/cloud platforms.Candidate must be a United States CitizenMust be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now and within the futureTechnical KnowledgeDemonstrable understanding of product management and modern product delivery processes.General understanding of DevSecOps principles.General familiarity with modern software development principles, including code management, test automation, APIs, microservices, and cloud services.Experience with Agile development and use of Jira.Understanding of disaster recovery concepts, including RTO/RPO, tiering, runbooks, dependency mapping, failover/failback, hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, and enterprise platforms.Proven ability to own a complex product across multiple teams without direct authority and drive alignment across architecture, delivery, testing, and operations.Skills:Strong written and verbal communication skills are vital for this role.Excellent executive communication skills, with comfort presenting roadmaps, trade-offs, and risk posture.Familiarity with design thinking methodologies.Ability to create and manage product roadmaps.Clear understanding of lean principles with respect to product and portfolio management.Comfortable working directly with business leaders, cyber partners, and customer product teams.Experience working with diverse global cultures, organizations, and teams.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. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at View phone number on click.appcast.io to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.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.Hiring Manager:Erin SpinelliRecruiter:Kevin MitchellHR Business Partner:Jessica Dawn James NelsonFunction:Information TechnologyWork Type:HybridCareer Category:ExpertJob ID:71107Referral Program:Global ProgramLocation:Beachwood, Ohio, USA, 44122, Moon Township, Pennsylvania, USA, 15108Department:Information Technology