General Manager, Safety & Distributed Power Infrastructure

Eaton's Electrical Sector is seeking a General Manager, Life Safety & Distributed Power Infrastructure (LSDPI). The business is central to how we protect people and property, support resilient power and digital infrastructure, and create value in highly regulated markets.

We are seeking a commercially driven General Manager to lead and grow this sizeable, profitable portfolio. With direct P&L responsibility, the GM will work with product line strategy, marketing, engineering, and commercial leaders to determine where we invest, accelerate, modernise, expand or reshape the portfolio, comprising Emergency Lighting, Fire and Intrusion, North America Fire and Distributed Power Infrastructure (single-phase UPS and white-space products).

This is a senior leadership role with a clear strategic ambition to grow beyond $1bn revenue by 2030. The GM will lead 1500 people through ten direct reports and shape strategy across EMEA and globally, including operations in the United States and China. The role will combine direct leadership of Product Line Management, Marketing, Engineering and Operations with influence across the sales organisation, supply chain and quality.

It carries full accountability for business performance and portfolio direction.

• Lead overall LSDPI strategy and execution, delivering profitable growth and market expansion across EMEA and global product lines.
• Build and execute long-term business plans aligned with divisional and regional priorities, with full P&L responsibility and delivery of financial targets.
• Lead transformation and growth initiatives that strengthen competitive positioning and accelerate business performance.

• Define product strategy, roadmaps and lifecycle plans, making clear choices on where Eaton should invest, accelerate, modernise, localise, expand, contain or stop.
• Identify market trends, customer needs and competitive opportunities, ensuring strong market visibility and effective positioning of the portfolio across EMEA.

• Partner with regional sales leaders and country organisations to strengthen coverage in priority growth countries and achieve growth objectives.
• Drive new product development, localisation, digitalisation and innovation, including the launch and adoption of connected life-safety platforms.
• Expand regulatory-led services and digital solutions that increase lifecycle value, customer retention and recurring revenue.

• Accelerate single-phase UPS growth through channel and broader commercial reach, regionalising global product‑line strategies for EMEA market and customer requirements.
• Leverage project synergies in Buildings and Data Centre segments by strengthening engagement with account teams.
• Deliver on the opportunity to scale the white‑space portfolio.

• Provide strategic leadership to Engineering to support innovation, product development and customer requirements.
• Align Engineering with market needs, technology trends, regulatory requirements and product‑roadmap priorities, fostering innovation and accelerating speed‑to‑market.
• Partner with Sales, Supply Chain and Quality to align commercial, engineering and operational priorities and support world‑class operational performance and customer outcomes.

• Build and lead a high‑performing, internationally distributed leadership team and organisation, with clear accountability for business, portfolio and functional outcomes.
• Develop talent, succession, organisational capability and leadership effectiveness across the division.
• Foster a culture of…