Job Description: Position Summary: Pentair is currently seeking a Sr. Project Manager within the Transformation Portfolio to utilize their strong mix of leadership, technical and soft skills to manage projects in consumer pool products that may include new product development, product improvements, transformation, value engineering, strategic sourcing, warranty reduction, sales/marketing software/process improvements, site relocation, M&A, or other initiatives. In this role, the Sr. Project Manager will plan, direct and coordinate project activities in order to ensure project goals are accomplished within the approved scope, schedule, and budget. This person will foster a positive team environment that focuses on communication and collaboration with all other company functions - product management, marketing, operations, finance, supply chain, sales, quality and customers. This is a great opportunity for a creative, curious, solution-minded person to be part of our Project Management Team. We are customer centric, developing new innovative products, and require an enthusiastic/dedicated Project Manager to help us realize our strategic initiatives. Interested candidates who meet the requirements below, are encouraged to apply today! Duties and Responsibilities: * Kaizen events, and post-launch activities intended to support a smooth transition into production * Project activities may include facilitation of development or brainstorming Kaizen events, chair project meetings, update task, budget, and resource progress on weekly schedule updates, and logs issues, risks, Lessons learned, and documents contingency plans for all projects. * Project Manager will lead with a steady focus on scope control, schedule updates, budget tracking, and risk management throughout the life of the project. * Responsible for managing medium- to large-scale and/or moderately complex departmental and crossfunctional development projects. * Collaborates with engineering, product management, operations, supply chain, finance, marketing, IT and all other stakeholders to identify and prioritize critical project milestones and deliverables. * Identifies and schedules, project deliverables, milestones, and daily task activities with tenacious follow-up to ensure deliverables are delivered on-time * Leads weekly cross-functional project meetings and maintain minutes/notes/action items * Continuously gathers feedback from all project team members to track progress and mitigate risk * Identifies project related issues and risks, documents all risks in the risk database, and escalates to sponsor's and management early to facilitate mitigation before they effect critical path * Maintains awareness of progress and risks for assigned projects, confers with key personnel to resolve issues, and drives corrective actions * Confers with project personnel to resolve problems. Not directly responsible for technical details, is expected to have sufficient knowledge and awareness to recognize when technical problems may exist and to identity and initiate corrective actions. * Coordinates project activities with cross-functional team members to ensure project goals and requirements are met on schedule and within budget * Prepares project status reports and facilitates both technical and non-technical meetings and project reviews to keep stakeholders up-to-date and able to support risk/issue mitigation requests * Develops and maintains technical and project documentation, including project/process deliverables * Documents all risks, issues, and lessons learned for continuous improvement Skills and Experience Requirements: * B.S. degree in Engineering, or other technical discipline, from an accredited institution (MBA or advanced technical degree is a plus). * Project Management education; Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is desirable. * 5+ years leading cross-functional project teams without direct supervisory responsibilities. * Highly detail oriented, organized, and organizationally agile individual preferred with innate/natural relationship building communication skills. * Knowledge of product development process (stage-gate, predictive, agile and hybrid methods) * Knowledge and experience in consumer product development * Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Travel Need for flexible domestic (and minimal international) travel according to business necessity as responsibilities may require project oversight with other Pentair global facilities (10% - 25% travel). Diversity and Inclusion: With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day. Race, gender, ethnicity, country of origin, age, personal style, sexual orientation, physical ability, religion, life experiences and many more factors contribute to this diversity. We take ongoing action to improve the diversity of our workforce by: Ensuring leadership involvement and ownership Attracting and retaining diverse talent at all levels Fostering a globally aware, inclusive culture Ensuring our practices are fair and non-discriminatory Pentair is an Equal Opportunity Employer. With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day. Race, gender, ethnicity, country of origin, age, personal style, sexual orientation, physical ability, religion, life experiences and many more factors contribute to this diversity.