Senior Project Manager, Commercial Operations

nVent • Saint Louis Park, MN

1d • $105,000 - $195,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. As nVent continues to grow globally, we're investing in how we work across our commercial teams to support that growth. We're seeking a Senior Project Manager, Commercial Operations to help advance key sales and commercial initiatives across regions, businesses, and functions. In this highly visible role, you'll help turn bold ideas into meaningful progress and influence how our commercial organization works and grows. This is a full-time, direct-hire position with a hybrid work schedule of 4 days/week on-site in St. Louis Park, MN.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s (B.A. or B.S.) degree required.
• Ideally 7+ years of project or program management experience. Project experience with commercial operations, sales operations, or sales transformation initiatives is required.
• Experience working within a global, matrixed organization, collaborating across functions, regions, and levels without direct authority.
• Experience managing projects that impact geographically dispersed B2B or B2B2C sales and/or customer service organizations across multiple teams, functions, or channels.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple concurrent initiatives, navigate risks and dependencies, and maintain accountability through implementation.
• Experience using project management tools or systems to coordinate work, track progress and financials, and report to senior leaders.
• Ability to travel up to 25%, including internationally, for trips that may last several days to one week.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple complex commercial operations and sales transformation projects from initial planning through implementation.
• Work across a broad range of initiatives, including sales enablement, customer care, CRM and digital tools, channel transformation, AI adoption, organizational integration, and potential acquisitions.
• Establish clear project objectives, ownership, roles, timelines, success measures, dependencies, financial tracking, and communication plans.
• Connect global partners across Sales, Sales Operations, Customer Care, Sales Enablement, Marketing, Product Management, Finance, IT, HR, Supply Chain, and other functions to move shared priorities forward.
• Maintain momentum by tracking commitments, resolving obstacles, facilitating decisions, and surfacing risks, delays, or financial concerns.
• Give leaders clear insight into project progress through consistent operating rhythms, project tracking, concise updates, and decision-ready recommendations.
• Guide teams through changes in processes, tools, and ways of working by planning pilots, capturing feedback, preparing resources, and supporting adoption.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior