Leader - Program Management Office (PMO) & Engineering Design
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Where Is The Work:
Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.
What’s In It For You:
Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient environments, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world.
Why consider this role?
Trane Technologies is pleased to offer a unique leadership opportunity for the role of “Leader – Program Management Office (PMO) & Engineering Design” within the India Engineering & Technology Centers (ETCs). This high-impact role provides integrated leadership across key engineering and PMO functions, influencing how engineering teams plan, develop, and deliver products and solutions at scale. The leader will play a critical role in strengthening engineering execution, improving delivery predictability, and building long-term organizational capability while shaping the evolution of engineering and project management practices within a globally connected organization.
Thrive At Work And At Home:
Location: Bangalore, India.
Work Arrangement - Hybrid: This position has been designated as a Hybrid work schedule, with on-site work 4 days each week.
What You Will Do:
In this role, you will provide leadership for the PMO and Engineering Design teams, ensuring strong program governance, engineering execution, and alignment with global product development priorities.
You will lead the PMO organization, including teams operating across waterfall, agile, and PMO analyst verticals, responsible for managing global programs and projects. This role will ensure disciplined execution of key initiatives, including New Product Development (NPD), VAVE, NTP, Quality & Reliability, ETO, and product sustenance programs across business units. You will establish strong program governance, maintain portfolio visibility through clear performance metrics, and lead operational reviews to ensure predictable program delivery and effective risk management.
You will collaborate closely with global engineering and business leaders to strengthen alignment on delivery performance, program priorities, and execution discipline. The role will represent the organization in global PMO leadership forums and contribute to improving program management practices and operational effectiveness across complex product development environments.
Along with leading the PMO, you will provide leadership to Engineering Design teams, strengthening engineering capabilities and supporting the successful delivery of global engineering programs. This includes advancing engineering practices related to CAD-based design workflows, PLM-driven product lifecycle processes, engineering design standards, and manufacturing design practices.
Parts and component management activities will operate within the engineering ecosystem, with focus on strengthening parts lifecycle governance, classification frameworks, attribute standardization, and lifecycle data management within PLM systems to support design efficiency, parts reuse, and product development effectiveness.
You will also help drive strategic initiatives that leverage AI-enabled engineering workflows, AI-assisted program management practices, generative design capabilities, and advanced analytics to improve engineering productivity, strengthen program visibility, and support data-driven decision making.
Equally important, you will foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture, strengthening engagement and cross-functional collaboration while continuing to build strong program management and engineering capabilities within the organization.
What You Will Bring:
We have a Relaunch Program for professionals looking to restart their careers after a break. If you are taking a career break of at least 12 months and meet the work experience requirements, you are welcome to apply.
We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.
Learn about our benefits designed for you to Thrive at work and at home.
We boldly go.
Where Is The Work:
Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.
What’s In It For You:
Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient environments, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world.
Why consider this role?
Trane Technologies is pleased to offer a unique leadership opportunity for the role of “Leader – Program Management Office (PMO) & Engineering Design” within the India Engineering & Technology Centers (ETCs). This high-impact role provides integrated leadership across key engineering and PMO functions, influencing how engineering teams plan, develop, and deliver products and solutions at scale. The leader will play a critical role in strengthening engineering execution, improving delivery predictability, and building long-term organizational capability while shaping the evolution of engineering and project management practices within a globally connected organization.
Thrive At Work And At Home:
- Inclusive Wellbeing Program, with resources to support your and your family’s physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being.
- Comprehensive learning and development solutions, designed to support our people in connecting and growing, including Higher education/Certification reimbursement.
- Sense of belonging & community through our Employee Resource Groups that foster our culture of inclusion.
- Volunteerism: 8 hours of paid time off per calendar year to volunteer with non-profit charitable organizations.
- The Trane Technologies Helping Hands Fund to support employees facing financial challenges due to unforeseen personal hardship.
Location: Bangalore, India.
Work Arrangement - Hybrid: This position has been designated as a Hybrid work schedule, with on-site work 4 days each week.
What You Will Do:
In this role, you will provide leadership for the PMO and Engineering Design teams, ensuring strong program governance, engineering execution, and alignment with global product development priorities.
You will lead the PMO organization, including teams operating across waterfall, agile, and PMO analyst verticals, responsible for managing global programs and projects. This role will ensure disciplined execution of key initiatives, including New Product Development (NPD), VAVE, NTP, Quality & Reliability, ETO, and product sustenance programs across business units. You will establish strong program governance, maintain portfolio visibility through clear performance metrics, and lead operational reviews to ensure predictable program delivery and effective risk management.
You will collaborate closely with global engineering and business leaders to strengthen alignment on delivery performance, program priorities, and execution discipline. The role will represent the organization in global PMO leadership forums and contribute to improving program management practices and operational effectiveness across complex product development environments.
Along with leading the PMO, you will provide leadership to Engineering Design teams, strengthening engineering capabilities and supporting the successful delivery of global engineering programs. This includes advancing engineering practices related to CAD-based design workflows, PLM-driven product lifecycle processes, engineering design standards, and manufacturing design practices.
Parts and component management activities will operate within the engineering ecosystem, with focus on strengthening parts lifecycle governance, classification frameworks, attribute standardization, and lifecycle data management within PLM systems to support design efficiency, parts reuse, and product development effectiveness.
You will also help drive strategic initiatives that leverage AI-enabled engineering workflows, AI-assisted program management practices, generative design capabilities, and advanced analytics to improve engineering productivity, strengthen program visibility, and support data-driven decision making.
Equally important, you will foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture, strengthening engagement and cross-functional collaboration while continuing to build strong program management and engineering capabilities within the organization.
What You Will Bring:
- 20+ years of demonstrated leadership experience in program management and engineering design, with experience leading Program Management Offices and engineering teams within complex product development organizations.
- Proven experience managing global programs and program governance across product development environments, using both waterfall and agile delivery models.
- Strong background in engineering design or product development, with solid understanding of CAD-based engineering workflows, engineering standards, and manufacturing design processes.
- Experience working with PLM-integrated engineering environments and Model-Based Definition frameworks (preferable)
- Understanding of parts lifecycle management, including parts classification, governance, and reuse strategies within product development environments.
- Familiarity with leveraging data analytics and AI/ML capabilities to improve engineering workflows, program visibility, and data-driven decision making.
- Experience working within a Global Capability Center (GCC) or global R&D ecosystem, collaborating with engineering, product management, and business teams across regions.
- Strong stakeholder leadership, strategic execution discipline, and executive communication capability.
- Demonstrated ability to drive productivity improvements, process standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives within engineering and program organizations.
- A strong capability-building mindset, with experience developing high-performing teams and strengthening organizational maturity.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- Project Management certification (PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-ACP or equivalent) preferred.
- Professional certifications related to Engineering Design, Product Lifecycle Management, or Program Management would be an advantage.
We have a Relaunch Program for professionals looking to restart their careers after a break. If you are taking a career break of at least 12 months and meet the work experience requirements, you are welcome to apply.
We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.