HR Innovation And Digital Enablement Leader

Eaton's corporate HR Enablement & Innovation team is seeking a Leader over HR Innovation and Digital Enablement. This position can be based remotely within the US or at an Eaton location in the US. Minimal travel is expected (~10%). Eaton is a company of over 95,000 employees and a HR team of around 1,400 people globally.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $146000 - $215000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

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.

The HR Innovation & Digital Enablement Leader is responsible for the HR Automation and AI roadmap and successfully driving the adoption and integration of initiatives within HR. This includes identifying the top needle moving opportunities in HR, defining business impacts, developing business cases, pitching ideas and securing investment, and overseeing the execution, adoption, and successful value capture. By staying abreast of industry trends, this leader will provide thought leadership on AI-related HR projects, including improvements, upgrades, and new functionalities, fostering transformative and productivity-boosting AI strategies to deliver significant value within the HR landscape. The leader will partner closely with IT, HR COEs, and external vendors to operationalize AI solutions.

What you'll do:

This leader will collaborate with various HR stakeholders to identify opportunities on how AI can impact how talent is recruited, onboarded, developed, rewarded, trained, retained and supported. The role is responsible for deploying solutions ensuring compliance with data privacy and security regulations and continuously monitoring and improving the performance of AI systems. Additionally, this HR Innovation & Digital Enablement Leader will aim to enhance employee engagement through personalized AI-powered tools and platforms. The leader partners with stakeholders understand business priorities, improve performance, ensure customer needs are embedded into product directions and realize expected benefits and value.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with HR teams to identify areas for AI integration: Work closely with HR COE to understand their needs and challenges and propose AI solutions that can address these issues effectively
• Partner with HR OpEx and HR Services (HRS): Team up with HR OpEx and HRS to identify key areas where AI can enhance operational efficiency and improve service delivery. By leveraging AI technologies, the teams can develop innovative solutions to streamline HR processes, enhance data-driven decision-making, and improve employee experiences
• Develop and implement AI-driven solutions to automate HR processes: Partner with IT, COE and vendors on solution design, integration, and deployment while ensuring measurable HR value and change adoption
• Analyze HR data to provide actionable insights and recommendations: Use data analytics tools to interpret HR metrics, identify trends, and suggest improvements to HR strategies and operations
• Enhance employee experience through AI-powered tools and platforms: Deploy AI solutions to streamline employee interactions, including chatbots for HR inquiries, tailored learning and development initiatives, and AI-driven feedback systems. Utilize AI-generated insights to craft personalized employee journeys, thereby enhancing engagement, productivity, and well-being across all HR touchpoints
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of AI systems: Regularly assess the effectiveness of AI solutions, identify areas for improvement, and ensure that the systems are functioning as intended
• Ensure compliance with data privacy and security regulations: Maintain strict adherence to data protection laws, bias mitigation, and company policies, ensuring that all AI applications handle employee data securely and ethically
• Provide support to HR staff on AI technologies: Educate HR team members on the use and benefits of AI tools and offer ongoing support to help them integrate these technologies into their daily workflows
• Conduct research on emerging AI trends and technologies: Staying updated on the latest advancements in AI, such as generative AI, agentic AI, reinforcement learning, and AI ethics, and exploring how they can be applied to enhance HR functions
• Create reports and presentations on HR AI initiatives and outcomes: Compile data and insights from projects into comprehensive reports and presentations for stakeholders, demonstrating the impact and value of AI in HR

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in HR technology, HR data analytics, data science, or business intelligence
• Proven track record of success with artificial intelligence AI initiatives, including machine learning, Gen AI, etc
• 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.

Preferred:

• Master's degree or other advanced degree strongly preferred
• Experience within an innovation or AI-focused consulting environment

Dimensions:

• This role requires a broad knowledge of information technology capabilities and characteristics, software languages and applications, data base technology, communications hardware/software, standards and procedures and data security techniques
• Experience implementing, managing, and supporting HR systems and support. Exposure to HCM cloud systems and/or large-scale system integration
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use data to drive decision making
• Good knowledge of project management disciplines and agile principles, methodologies, and practices, such as Scrum and Kanban
• Excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills to work effectively with HR teams, IT departments, and other stakeholders, and to explain and document technical requirements on complex AI concepts in a clear and understandable manner
• Strong team-oriented interpersonal skills including facilitation and negotiation, ability to lead and influence others, and the ability to effectively interface and work with a wide variety of people
• Ability to coordinate and/or lead many activities on a medium to large-scale projects
• Knowledge of emerging AI trends and technologies and its potential applications in HR, such as automating repetitive tasks, providing data-driven insights, and improving decision-making

Requires a broad knowledge of:

• Information technology capabilities and characteristics
• Software languages and applications
• Database technology
• Communications hardware and software
• Standards and procedures
• Data security techniques

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.

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 8/14/26.

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