Project Manager (m/f/d) - Portfolio Excellence

Flowserve US Inc; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Flowserve is seeking a Portfolio Excellence Project Manager in the Madrid area to plan, coordinate and drive end-to-end projects born from our Pump and Valve Division priorities.

You will lead across a broad RACI network, maintain the integrated Master Project Plan, and ensure milestones, risks, and deliveries are on track. A hybrid work model and regular office presence in Madrid are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems or a related field.
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional projects in an industrial, manufacturing, engineered-product or service environment.
• Professional fluency in English and flexibility to collaborate effectively across global teams and time zones.
• Strong experience managing integrated project schedules with multiple workstreams, dependencies, milestones and stage gates.
• Solid understanding of project-management disciplines, including scope, schedule, cost, resources, risk, issue, change and stakeholder management.
• Experience preparing executive-level reporting and facilitating senior decision-making forums.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence using project-planning tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet or comparable platforms.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence across functions and cultures.
• Ability to travel globally at least 50% during onboarding and ~20% thereafter.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex cross-functional projects from initiation through handover and formal closure.
• Define project scope, objectives, success criteria, milestones, governance and stage-gate requirements.
• Create and maintain the integrated project plan, including dependencies, critical path, resources and timelines.
• Establish project teams, clarify ownership through RACI and ensure effective decision-making.
• Facilitate project kick-offs, core-team meetings, risk reviews and steering committee updates.
• Coordinate activities across functions, sites, regions and legal entities.
• Identify risks, issues and delays early; drive mitigation and recovery actions.
• Maintain RAID logs, action trackers, decision logs and change-control documentation.
• Provide clear, decision-oriented status reporting to sponsors and senior leaders.
• Ensure customer, manufacturing, aftermarket, systems and compliance readiness, including complete handover and closure documentation.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

English fluency

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

Microsoft Project/Smartsheet

Communication skills

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Excel

Job description

Role Purpose

The Portfolio Excellence Project Manager is accountable for planning, coordinating and driving the end-to-end execution of projects that result from Flowserve Pump and Valve Division Priorities Implementation at Enterprise Level.

The role leads through influence across a broad RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed) network and uses the integrated Master Project Plan as the primary control tool for scope, schedule, dependencies, milestones, stage gates, owners, approvals, risks, issues and evidence of completion.

The candidate is ideally based in the greater Madrid area, regular office presence is expected as part of a hybrid working model.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex cross-functional projects from initiation through handover and formal closure.

• Define project scope, objectives, success criteria, milestones, governance and stage-gate requirements.

• Create and maintain the integrated project plan, including dependencies, critical path, resources and timelines.

• Establish project teams, clarify ownership through RACI and ensure effective decision-making.

• Facilitate project kick-offs, core-team meetings, risk reviews and steering committee updates.

• Coordinate activities across functions, sites, regions and legal entities.

• Identify risks, issues and delays early; drive mitigation and recovery actions.

• Maintain RAID logs, action trackers, decision logs and change-control documentation.

• Provide clear, decision-oriented status reporting to sponsors and senior leaders.

• Ensure customer, manufacturing, aftermarket, systems and compliance readiness, including complete handover and closure documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems or a related field.

• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional projects in an industrial, manufacturing, engineered-product or service environment.

• Professional fluency in English and flexibility to collaborate effectively across global teams and time zones.

• Strong experience managing integrated project schedules with multiple workstreams, dependencies, milestones and stage gates.

• Solid understanding of project-management disciplines, including scope, schedule, cost, resources, risk, issue, change and stakeholder management.

• Experience preparing executive-level reporting and facilitating senior decision-making forums.

• Advanced Excel skills and confidence using project-planning tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet or comparable platforms.

• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence across functions and cultures.

• Ability to travel globally at least 50% during the onboarding time.

• Following onboarding, travel is expected to average approximately 20%, depending on project assignments and business needs.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building new processes, governance structures or systems connections from the ground up.

• Experience in regulated or contract-intensive environments.

• Project-management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, IPMA or equivalent practical training.

What We Can Offer You

At Flowserve, you’ll find a range of options designed to support you and your family’s needs. We are committed to providing our employees with resources that support their physical, mental, and financial well-being, regardless of where they are or what stage of life they are in.

Benefits vary by job, location, grade level, and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement.