Director of Product Management (Developer Platforms - Brightlayer AI)

We're looking for a bold, technically fluent Director of Product Management, Developer Platforms to shape the future of AI-driven software in the data center and distributed infrastructure space. In this role, you will lead the evolution of our Brightlayer AI developer ecosystem -building analytics capabilities and SDKs that power next-generation applications across modern data centers, edge environments, and hybrid multi-cloud architectures.This is a highly visible role that sits at the intersection of AI innovation, software platforms, and connected hardware. You will shape how developers and customers interact with our ecosystem-unlocking new use cases, accelerating time-to-value, and strengthening our competitive position.This is not a traditional product role. You'll be at the forefront of where software meets physical infrastructure, enabling developers to unlock intelligence from mission-critical systems through scalable, secure, and high-performance digital platforms.

What you will drive:

• Define the vision for Brightlayer's developer platform-creating SDKs, APIs, and analytics services that developers rely on to build data-driven applications in complex infrastructure environments

• Accelerate developer adoption by delivering world-class, open, and extensible tools aligned with modern open-source and cloud-native practices

• Deliver real-time , actionable analytics across data center, on-prem, edge, and multi-cloud systems-turning operational data into intelligence

• Partner across engineering, platform architecture, AI/data science , and UX to bring high-performance, production-grade capabilities to life

• Engage directly with customers and hyperscale/data center operators, understanding their challenges and ensuring our platform solves real-world problems at scale

• Push the boundaries of AI + infrastructure convergence, integrating advanced analytics with connected hardware systems to create differentiated, end-to-end solutions

What you will bring:

• Platform SDK ownership: Define and manage the SDK roadmap aligned with our platform strategy, ensuring seamless integration with APIs, telemetry systems, and orchestration tools to translate platform capabilities into clear business outcomes.

• Analytics enablement: Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams to expose platform metrics, logs, and events through SDKs, enabling internal teams and external partner/customer developers to build custom dashboards, alerts, analytics tracking and automation.

• Cross-functional leadership: Partner with engineering, product management, and customer success teams to prioritize features, resolve technical challenges, and deliver high-impact releases.

• Customer engagement: Act as the voice of the developer, gathering feedback from enterprise customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to inform product decisions through informed value propositions and use cases.

• Security & compliance : Work with security and compliance teams to ensure SDKs meet enterprise-grade standards for authentication, authorization, and data handling.

• Committee leader : Represent Eaton in open-source projects that are key to the platform, such as OCP sub-committees for RedFish.

• Lifecycle management: Own versioning, release planning, and backward compatibility strategies for SDKs across multiple platforms.

• Market awareness: Stay informed on trends in data center automation, observability, and developer tooling to maintain competitive advantage.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field; advanced degree or certifications in cloud/data center technologies is a plus.

• Minimum of seven (7) years of product management experience, with a focus on SDKs, APIs, or developer platforms in the data center or cloud infrastructure space.

• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience working with cross-functional teams in Agile environments

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience with developer platforms in the data center or cloud infrastructure space

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience with analytics platforms (e.g., Splunk, ELK, Grafana, Prometheus) and telemetry pipelines.

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience using DevOps tools and practices (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD).

* 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.