Senior Project Manager

At Badger Meter, we're more than a leading global water technology company - we're innovators with a mission: to preserve and protect the world's most precious resource. For over 120 years, our trusted solutions have enabled our customers to optimize the delivery and use of water, maximize revenue and reduce waste.

• Purpose-driven work that makes a real difference in communities around the globe.
• Career growth and development opportunities designed to help you achieve your potential.
• A supportive, inclusive culture where collaboration and creativity thrive.

Be part of something bigger. At Badger Meter, your contributions will ripple far beyond the workplace - creating lasting change for people and the planet.

The Sr. Project Lead is primarily responsible for the successful completion of multiple mid to highly complex projects with minimal supervision. Individuals in this position will provide expert project management to satisfy scope, budget and schedule for assigned projects. This position provides leadership for project planning, project oversight, facilitation, escalation of project issues and support for project team members across the organization.

You will have the responsibility of providing comprehensive project management support including, but not limited to, the use of effective project management techniques in planning, coordinating and managing the accelerated development and industrialization of new products, processes, equipment and major product modifications in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.

• Maintain an effective product planning process to ensure meeting a minimum 90% of company‑defined target metrics relative to product schedules, product and project costs.
• Drive cross‑functional team members through successful risk mitigation tools and techniques to remove barriers to success and maintain original project release schedules.
• Provide updates to the Priority Project Status Report on a timely basis.
• Assess financial viability of a product as well as mitigation of financial risks (either associated with development or delays).
• Manage projects to comply with requirements of the ISO 9008 Standard.
• Develop & Maintain Project Burn Down Charts.
• Assist Product Owner(s) in developing and maintaining the Project Backlog and assist in obtaining, managing and supporting relevant stakeholder buy‑in.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the Project Management department (process and value stream mapping, standard operating procedure (SOP) evaluation and development, creation, implementation, maintenance of comprehensive project documentation, etc).
• Conduct project post‑mortems to create and disseminate report outs relative to successful and unsuccessful completed project elements (product cost, budget, timeline, otherwise).
• Assist in the development of phase gate and milestone achievement metrics (Key Performance Indicators).
• Up to 15% travel required.

• Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field required;
  Master's degree preferred
• 5+ years of experience in project management, process management, workflow management or continuous improvement desired

• PMP certification preferred
• Ability to lead a cross‑functional team through 5–7 NPD, Process, Capitalization or Acquisition projects without a direct reporting structure from product conceptualization through release for sale in a high‑volume product manufacturing corporation required
• Ability to partner with cross‑functional teams to set and continually manage project expectations and communicate project status with transparency required
• Proficiency in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software required
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Basic understanding of NPD Phase Gate Process and Scrum/Agile methodologies required
• Intermediate experience with Smartsheet, ERP and earned value methodology required

• Work Standards:
  Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self‑imposing standards of…