Leading/Managing the Fire, Intrusion and Notification R&D specialist team, comprising of Fire Devices and Systems product architects and regulatory specialists across all locations
- Leading/Managing the Fire, Intrusion and Notification R&D specialist team, comprising of Fire Devices and Systems product architects and regulatory specialists across all locations (Cwmbran, Riom, Longbranch, Sarasota, Mitcheldean, Doncaster) of Life Safety.
- Responsible for defining and deploying product line technology roadmaps in alignment with product line strategy and product roadmaps
- Working closely with product management, business development and commercial teams to ensure market and customer alignment
- Consulting common engineering teams [Life safety common engineering teams, Eaton CoEs, extended engineering teams at Pune and Prague) on product line specific requirements, customer feedback, and product enhancements
- Review all projects to ensure products are designed in accordance with customer and market requirements as well as within target cost to achieve budget and profit plan
- Accountable to ensure sustenance of existing products to keep a competitive position
- Responsible to define the VAVE pipeline for the product line to ensure cost competitiveness of the product line
- Working closely with project managers to keep a close watch on timelines committed to market
- Driving fair project prioritisation to ensure resources are well balanced across product lines of Life Safety
- Ensure current and future conformity of the Fire, Intrusion and Notification portfolio with relevant regulations, standards, norms and legislation
- Work closely with testing and qualification teams to assure quality of products
- Foster the culture of innovation and publication with point of view
- Ensure compliance with cyber security and environmental requirements
- Responsible for IP protection related to Fire product line
- Supervise (dotted) engineering teams present within the same site
- Establish and maintain an active and effective collaboration with other engineering leaders within Life Safety and within EATON.
- Update and review regularly the resource allocation to the product line specific projects
- Encourage the teams to follow common processes of product development/Prolaunch across all developments
