Eaton’s Mobility Group is hiring a Director of Business Development & Strategy. This position will ideally be based in Southfield, Michigan. **What you’ll do:** Reporting to the President of Global Strategy and eMobility, the Director of Business Development & Strategy is responsible for assessing, compiling and implementing the enterprise strategy for the Mobility group. The enterprise strategy will achieve $6B in sales by 2030 +20% ROS via leveraging macro trends coupled with Mobility Group capabilities. This director will also lead high-priority projects such partnerships, M&A/JVs, and evaluation of market or product entry/exit options and assessment of adjacent spaces.This role will be a key partner with leaders from Eaton’s Mobility Group; including regions & product lines and Corporate Development & Strategy (CD&S), to identify and execute strategic initiatives. The selected leader will be involved with significant ongoing strategic and financial analysis aimed at assessing the health and competitive positioning of the Mobility group’s global portfolio with a central role supporting the segments strategic planning coupled with articulating the Mobility Group's strategies to internal and external stakeholders. In addition, this position will support continually expanding and actively managing the acquisition pipeline while co-leading opportunities connected to specific mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and minority investment opportunities. **Key Responsibilities:** + Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Global Mobility Business and Eaton's enterprise objectives to establish the current and long term growth prospects for the portfolio. + Create comprehensive strategic plan that aligns with Eaton’s business objectives, industry and regional dynamics, competitive landscape, and customer needs. + Partner with Mobility senior leaders, regions and global product leads to identify growth opportunities and strategic rational for organic/inorganic initiatives. + Align processes, resource planning, and goals with the overall strategy, and coordinate strategy deployment across the organization, including effective communication of business strategy. + Provide business intelligence and expertise to the team, support cross-functional initiatives, and drive continuous improvement and growth by monitoring emerging markets, macroeconomic trends, and technological advancements. + Prioritize M&A targets and monitor their performance. + Support teams in evaluating specific acquisition, divestiture, joint venture, or minority investment opportunities. + Prepare a complete business case with robust strategic and financial analyses. + Coordinate with CD&S to develop common view on qualitative and quantitative deal model and rationale and lead where required by gathering input from business teams, reviewing and revising legal documents, developing and executing negotiation approaches, and resolving open issues that could affect the transaction or valuation. + Participate or lead special, cross-functional initiatives playing a central role in ongoing assessment and analysis of overall market dynamics and product line or reginal performance. + Review and deliver a highly effective (growth and customer oriented) organizational setup which leverages our regional strengths and ensures proximity to our customers. + Define core competencies for key roles in the structure needed for continued future success. **Qualifications:** **Education:** + Bachelor’s degree in business or related field from an accredited university + MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred **Experience** : + Minimum of 12 years of total professional experience with demonstrated work experience in management consulting, business development, investment banking, product management, in-house corporate strategy, and/or corporate development. + 10 years using strategic frameworks and analytical tools, conducting industry market and competitor analyses, and applying financial modeling and valuation methodologies in strategic planning or product management functions to develop robust pipelines of potential acquisition targets and partnerships. + 10 years of progressive leadership experience. Direct and matrix leadership is a strong plus in this role. + A strong business leader with a demonstrated track record of articulating and communicating a vision of operational and commercial excellence; ability to drive innovation inside the business.Legally authorized to work in the United States without Company sponsorship now or in the future. **Skills:** **Position Criteria:** + Conveys complex information and able to develop communication strategies, to persuade significantly diverse audiences. + Ability to drive strategy discussions with multiple stakeholder perspectives to resolve conflicts and drive goal accomplishment + Willingness and acumen to objectively tackle complex high-level operational challenges using a practical combination of traditional and innovative methods. + Strategic (macro) perspective when analyzing trends or planning. + Professional presence with confidence and leadership ability to convey need and vision at all levels of the organization. + Strong collaborative bias towards recognizing and assembling the right team to accomplish the corporate objectives. At Eaton, we strive to provide compensation and benefits that attract, engage, and retain the best talent. This includes competitive pay and a variety of benefit programs for eligible employees. The expected annual salary range for this role is $182000 - $266000 a year. This role 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._ _Eaton announced, on January 26, 2026, the intent to separate its Mobility Group (including both the Vehicle and eMobility segments) into an independent, publicly traded company. We expect to complete the separation by the end of the first quarter of 2027. The compensation and benefits that will initially be offered for this position are based on Eaton's plans, programs and practices. If you are offered and accept this position and are actively employed by the Mobility Group when the spinoff closes, the new company will provide further details to employees concerning compensation and benefits at that time._ We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Eaton believes in second chance employment. 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