Senior Technical Project Manager

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

11/14/2024

Join Xylem in the global mission to #LetsSolveWater! As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.

Xylem |ˈzīləm|

• The tissue in plants that brings water upward from the roots;
• a leading global water technology company.
  
  

Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, is the leading global provider of efficient, innovative and sustainable water technologies improving the way water is used, managed, conserved and re-used. Our international team is unified in a common purpose: creating advanced technology and other trusted solutions to solve the world’s water challenges. We are committed to creating an organization of inclusion and diversity, where everyone feels involved, respected, valued and connected, and where everyone is free to bring their authentic selves and ideas.

If you are excited and passionate about helping us #letssolvewater, we want to hear from you! For more information, please visit us at www.xylem.com .

We Offer You More Than Just “A Job”

• Professional Development – To advance the capabilities of our people, we offer a wide variety of experiences to support our employees’ professional growth and continuous learning.
• Total Rewards – We offer comprehensive programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, work-life integration and corporate citizenship.
• Watermark – Watermark is our corporate social responsibility program working to provide education and access to safe water to ensure healthy lives, gender equality, and resilient communities. Employees have the opportunity to learn and volunteer on various water-related projects.
• Employee Networks – Our Employee Networks provide a professional, supportive network for employees from diverse backgrounds, including Women’s, LGBT+ and Allies, Veteran’s, People of Color and Allies, Emerging Leaders, and Working Parents Networks.
  
  

We hire bright, thoughtful and motivated individuals, and recognise that our success as an organisation depends on creating an environment where great employees can thrive. Teams are fluid, and individuals are trusted to take on stretching work within a supportive environment that emphasises the importance of strong communication and knowledge sharing. The fast-paced, project-based environment provides opportunities for motivated people to get involved in all aspects of delivery and to develop into new technical areas.

Xylem is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics protected by law.

The Role

Sentec, a Xylem brand, seeks to hire a Senior Project Manager. At Sentec we apply our knowledge of fundamental science, electronics, software, analytics and design across a wide range of advanced products, both within the Xylem group, and to a number of selected third parties, including some familiar household brands. From brainstorming to prototype to manufacture and production process, our clients benefit from outstanding ideas and class-leading products and services.

Our ownership structure provides a unique opportunity: we receive the insights, challenges, global view, and stability of a large corporation, we are left to operate in a small-company, agile, innovative manner to deliver solutions – which ultimately have a commercial route to market through our parent company – giving our team the unique position of seeing their innovations being deployed in real commercial products. Sentec innovations are making important contributions to some of today’s key social and global resource issues – for example, there are now over 15 million smart city assets incorporating Sentec technology deployed around the world, enabling the management of energy and water resources.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will find yourself responsible for delivering a broad range of technical projects internally and for our external clients. These will range in scope, complexity, duration and size according to the specific projects – giving a great variety to the role. At Sentec you will be working in a rapidly evolving industry at an exciting time for technologists developing solutions for the sustainability agenda. In order to be successful, you will need to demonstrate leadership in pursuit of technical solutions and novel ideas, have a hands-on approach to problem solving and ultimately managing projects against time, budget and client expectations.

The position is largely based in our Cambridge office however you will have the opportunity for some travel UK-wide, within Europe or the United States.

Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities

• Manage several Technical R&D projects simultaneously,
• Prioritize and manage your work
• Facilitator to our project teams, enabling them to achieve project goals
• Support inclusive and open project working
• Manage risks, opportunities and expectations, ensuring technical leads and internal stakeholders are consulted
• Contribute to proposals for new projects and identify additional project opportunities
• Work with other project managers to balance the workload for all
• Comfortable communicating effectively and sensitively at all levels within the business
• Strong organisation skills and demonstrate ability to achieve results
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Participation in activities as part of our corporative responsibility program Watermark
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Please note that this a senior-level role, so proven experience of managing technical R&D projects is important
• Technical or Scientific degree or background and experience
• Experience of managing multidisciplinary teams
• Project Management qualification(s) are desirable but not essential
• Experience of project management tools and methodologies would be an advantage however this is not as important as the correct approach to complex challenges
  
  

Physical Demands: This section must be retained

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to sit or stand, reach, bend and move about the facility
  
  

Work Environment: This section must be retained

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Office: Standard office equipment; work usually performed in an office or site laboratory setting
• Estimated 10% travel requirement
• Standard weekly job hours: 37.5 hours
  
  

Benefits Include: This section must be retained

• Competitive salaries
• Holiday of 25 days per year, increases with length of service
• Group life cover at 4 times basic salary
• Private health care
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Relocation expenses as appropriate
• Annual performance and merit process
• Discretionary 10% All staff bonus scheme
• Employee referral bonus scheme
• Access to flexible benefits including cycle to work, critical illness cover and green car leasing
• Flexible and remote working
  
  

Join the global Xylem team to be a part of innovative technology solutions transforming water usage, conservation, and re-use. Our products impact public utilities, industrial sectors, residential areas, and commercial buildings, with a commitment to providing smart metering, network technologies, and advanced analytics for water, electric, and gas utilities. Partner with us in creating a world where water challenges are met with ingenuity and dedication; where we recognize the power of diversity, equity and inclusion in driving innovation and allowing us to compete more effectively around the world.