Sr. Project Manager

Xylem•Morrisville, NC

About The Position

Xylem, a Fortune 500 global water solutions company, is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex, integrated product development initiatives within the Solutions Team. This role requires a leader with a blend of modern software development expertise, business acumen, and commercial focus. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for driving execution excellence and achieving business outcomes, ensuring product and platform investments align with strategic goals, customer value, and financial performance. A key responsibility is developing and communicating data-backed business cases throughout the product lifecycle. The role operates in an environment with evolving or loosely defined problem statements and priorities, requiring the Senior Project Manager to bring structure, clarity, and strategic direction, translating ambiguity into actionable plans and measurable outcomes. This position supports Xylem's AI, digital, and software transformation, with a focus on AI Assisted Software Development, modern cloud delivery, and systems/software-driven development. While hardware is a component, the emphasis is on integration, platform interoperability, and end-to-end solution delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business discipline.
7+ years of project or program management experience in complex, cross-functional environments.
Demonstrated ability to balance product development leadership with strong business and financial acumen.
Experience developing and refining business cases to support product and platform investment decisions.
Demonstrated comfort operating in ambiguous environments and shaping clarity, alignment, and strategic direction.
Experience with AI Assisted Software Development and modern software delivery practices.
Proven experience managing projects that include software, firmware, cloud, and hardware components.
Strong knowledge of risk management, resource management, and contemporary development methodologies.
Experience working in fast-paced, matrixed organizations.
Expert-level proficiency with Atlassian tools (Jira and Confluence).
Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical and business stakeholders.
Ability to work independently under tight deadlines while adapting to changing business and technical conditions.

Nice To Haves

Experience delivering cloud-native, SaaS, or platform-based solutions.
Exposure to AI-enabled products, analytics platforms, or intelligent systems.
Experience contributing to or leading development process modernization initiatives.
Product analyst experience with Atlassian tool suite including Jira Product Discovery (JPD) and Jira Analytics.

Responsibilities

Lead product solutions through the full product development lifecycle using Stage Gate, Agile, or hybrid methodologies, from ideation through commercial launch.
Balance scope, schedule, investment, risk, and business value to support informed decision-making and delivery execution.
Develop, refine, and maintain business cases, including value propositions, cost models, risk trade-offs, and return-on-investment considerations.
Assess ambiguous or loosely defined initiatives and refine them into clear objectives, assumptions, roadmaps, and decision points.
Drive integration of software, firmware, cloud platforms, AI-enabled capabilities, and hardware into cohesive, customer-ready solutions.
Advance AI Assisted Software Development practices to improve delivery efficiency, quality, and predictability.
Partner with Product Management, Engineering, and Business stakeholders to align solution roadmaps, delivery strategies, and investment priorities.
Monitor and manage budgets, schedules, risks, and KPIs, recommending corrective or optimization actions when necessary.
Own project plans, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies, ensuring transparent communication of status and escalations.
Provide leadership and mentorship to cross-functional, matrixed teams across engineering, data, product, and service delivery.
Ensure delivered solutions meet expectations for quality, performance, reliability, and scalability.
Champion continuous improvement, change management, and delivery process modernization.
Participate in Xylem Watermark volunteer and community initiatives.