R&D Engineering Program Manager - Data Solutions

We're looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success - and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

The R&D Engineering Program Manager - Data Solutions is a high‑impact individual contributor role responsible for leading the execution and governance of multiple concurrent New Product Introduction (NPI) programs across the nVent Systems Protection segment. This role serves as the program owner, ensuring cross‑functional alignment, risk mitigation, and successful product launches that drive business growth. While this role does not have direct reports, it requires strong cross‑functional leadership to align product management, engineering, operations, and executive stakeholders.

The Program Manager will establish and drive program governance, optimize resource allocation, and ensure execution excellence at a program level, balancing priorities across multiple product development initiatives.

• Lead multiple concurrent NPI programs, ensuring alignment with business goals and delivering on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
• Drive program governance, execution frameworks, and risk mitigation to optimize efficiency, decision‑making, and product launch success.

• Act as the primary accountability leader, influencing cross‑functional teams and executives to drive alignment and resolve execution challenges.
• Provide executive‑level updates, risk assessments, and trade‑off recommendations to ensure visibility and stakeholder engagement.

• Develop and implement standardized methodologies, governance models, and execution frameworks to enhance consistency and scalability.
• Ensure adherence to stage‑gate processes, quality assurance, and risk management strategies to mitigate delays and execution risks.

• Identify and proactively mitigate risks, ensuring contingency plans are in place to maintain schedule and budget targets.
• Optimize resource allocation across programs, balancing personnel, budget, and capacity constraints to improve delivery efficiency.

• Track key performance indicators for schedule adherence, budget performance, cost efficiency, and commercialization readiness, holding teams accountable for results.
• Use data‑driven insights and dashboards to align program execution with business and market strategies, driving continuous improvement.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related technical field (PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification preferred).
• Ideally 12+ years of experience in program/project management, with a strong focus on NPI or complex product development programs.
• Proven track record to lead multiple concurrent projects and drive program‑level execution across cross‑functional teams.
• Strong expertise in stage‑gate processes, program governance, and risk management.
• Experience implementing and scaling PMO methodologies, tools, and standard processes.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, executive communication, and decision‑making abilities.
• Experience leading program budgets, aligning program execution with business objectives, and optimizing resource allocation.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% for collaboration and program execution.

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry‑leading brands that are recognized…