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Xylem

Senior Director, Sales, WSS, Heavy

Xylem

. Lead the commercial strategy, sales execution, and profitable growth of Xylem's Heavy Industry business across North America .

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $180,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead the commercial strategy, sales execution, and profitable growth of Xylem's Heavy Industry business across North America
  • Lead Regional Sales Directors, Sales Managers, Outside Sales Representatives, Inside Sales, Aftermarket Sales, Business Development, and Vertical Market leaders
  • Deliver annual revenue, bookings, EBITDA, and growth targets across Heavy Industry markets
  • Develop and execute go-to-market strategies to expand market share within priority industrial verticals
  • Drive pipeline management, strategic account planning, opportunity management, pricing strategy, and forecast accuracy
  • Identify growth opportunities across service contracts, aftermarket services, rentals, capital equipment, and long-term water management solutions
  • Develop executive-level relationships with strategic customers and industry stakeholders
  • Support complex commercial negotiations, major contract renewals, and strategic pursuits
  • Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a geographically dispersed team
  • Develop succession plans and organizational capabilities
  • Participate in annual operating plans, strategic growth initiatives, and long-range business plans
  • Partner with Finance on forecasts, budgets, and profitability targets
  • Monitor market trends, competitive activity, customer demand, and industry developments
  • Use data and analytics to drive commercial performance, resource allocation, and business decisions
  • Provide regular business updates and strategic recommendations to senior and executive leadership
  • Collaborate with Operations, RTS, Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, and Executive Leadership
  • Support M&A integration activities and commercial harmonization efforts when applicable

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 15+ years of progressive sales and commercial leadership experience, including leadership of leaders
  • Proven success leading large, geographically dispersed commercial organizations
  • Experience within industrial, water, environmental, energy, chemical processing, manufacturing, mining, or related markets
  • Demonstrated track record of delivering profitable growth and leading large-scale commercial transformation
  • Strong executive presence with the ability to engage C-suite customer leaders and internal executives
  • Experience managing significant revenue responsibility, ideally exceeding $500M annually
  • Strong financial, strategic planning, negotiation, and change leadership capabilities
  • Ability to travel throughout North America as business needs require
  • Strategic and growth-oriented mindset
  • Customer-centric and market-focused
  • Data-driven decision maker
  • Collaborative enterprise leader
  • Strong coach and developer of talent
  • Champions accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical plans
  • Dental plans
  • Vision plans
  • 401(k) with company contribution
  • Paid time off
  • Paid parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Paid Volunteer Program, Xylem Watermark
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
  • Inclusion and belonging initiatives
  • Reasonable accommodations