Program Manager

Pentair is seeking a Program Manager for its Brookfield, WI location to lead strategic initiatives in the Residential Water Treatment business. The role involves managing complex projects, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring timely delivery within budget. Candidates should have strong leadership and project management skills, with a Bachelor's degree and preferably PMP certification. The position requires up to 25% domestic and international travel.
Job Description:

At Pentair, you will work alongside passionate problem-solvers who are committed to the future of our planet. We put our purpose into practice, helping people sustainably move, improve, and enjoy water, life's most essential resource. From our residential and commercial water solutions to industrial water management and everything in between, our 9,750 global employees serve customers in more than 150 countries, working to help improve lives and the environment around the world.

We have an opportunity for a Program Manager to join our Bishop Woods, WI team. You will manage the discovery, definition, development, and deployment of the most critical strategic initiatives for Pentair’s Residential Water Treatment business to meet business and customer needs. This person will utilize their strong mix of leadership, technical and soft skills to drive execution of projects and deliver business results while fostering a positive team environment that focuses on communication and collaboration with all other company functions. Additionally, the Senior Project Manager will enable others in the organization to lead projects by developing, utilizing, and sharing excellence project management practices. This is a great opportunity for an ambitious, goal-oriented person to be part of our Project Management Office (PMO).

You will:
• Manage large scale, complex, and/or global cross-functional programs with a sense of urgency.
• Translate business strategies into an executable scope of work while managing the expectations of multiple stakeholders. Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Navigate through ambiguity, propose solutions, and drive to decisions.
• Create project schedules in collaboration with other functions including, but not limited to engineering, product management, marketing, operations, supply chain, and finance. Align schedules with external parties such as consultants or suppliers.
• Have a deep understanding of projects and timelines. Identify and prioritize project deliverables with an understanding of dependencies, the critical path, and key milestones.
• Coordinate project activities with cross-functional team members to ensure project goals and requirements are met on schedule and within budget. Holds self and project team accountable to commitments.
• Effective critical thinking skills with the ability to identify opportunities, anticipate challenges and gaps.
• Identify and mitigate risks proactively. Acts when issues arise. Approaches challenges with optimism.
• Measure, evaluate, and adjust plans in order to meet organizational goals. Prepare project status reports in order to keep management and other stakeholders informed and gain approval as needed.
• Communicate with executive leadership clearly and concisely.
• Enable others in the organization to lead projects by developing, utilizing, and sharing project management excellence best practices including documenting lessons learned.
• Responsibilities may require in person project oversight and/or collaboration with suppliers, consultants, and/or other Pentair global facilities. Therefore, domestic, and international travel may be required according to business needs (up to 25% travel).

Key Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree required. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
• 10+ years of project management experience leading through transformational change as well as a variety of growth and productivity projects. Demonstrated knowledge of the new product development process.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. English must, Spanish preferred.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional project teams through influence without direct supervisory responsibility.

Compensation:

For this full-time position working at this location, the anticipated annualized base pay range will be from $95500 - $177300 / year. At Pentair, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the pay range. Pentair considers various factors in determining actual compensation for this position at the expected location. Actual compensation will be commensurate with a demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, work location, and other relevant business or organizational needs.

This position may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as, annual incentive bonus.

Benefits:

As a Pentair employee, you would enjoy a wide array of benefit options to help keep you and your family healthy and protected, health benefits, a generous 401(k), employee stock purchase program, disability benefits, life insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, parental leave, caregiver leave, tuition reimbursement, plus paid time off and wellness programs to encourage a healthy work/life balance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.