Director, Transformation

Who We Are:

Thank you for your interest in Mueller Water Products, Inc.  

For more than 165 years, Mueller Water Products, Inc. has been building the future of water infrastructure. From lifesaving fire protection to data intelligence, we are committed to developing products and solutions that help cities and utilities deliver clean, safe drinking water to hundreds of millions of people across North America.   

Our purpose is to connect communities to water, life’s most essential resource, with exceptional, people solutions and products. Behind that purpose is a dedicated team, united by our shared values of respect, integrity, trust, inclusion and safety. With a vision to be the leader in water infrastructure solutions—solving challenges, enriching lives and safeguarding the future—we are making a positive impact that will last for generations.   

By joining Mueller, you become part of a dynamic team dedicated to excellence and innovation, working collaboratively to achieve meaningful results. We champion our people because when they succeed, our communities thrive. We invite you to learn more about career opportunities with us and consider submitting your application.  

Role Purpose

Drive the enterprise initiative portfolio to realization and implement the Mueller Operating System (MOS). Reporting to the VP, Corporate Development & Strategy, this leader is the hands-on execution engine behind Mueller’s strategic priorities, converting strategy into disciplined, measurable progress across functions. This role provides the drive, cadence, change management, and relentless follow-through that turns plans into results.

Position Summary

This is a high visibility role, with regular exposure to the executive team and a birds eye view of the business. The right candidate is a tenacious, self-directed operator who thrives in ambiguity and finishes what they start. They will own the connective tissue across the enterprise: prioritization, execution cadence, transparency, value tracking, barrier removal, and the disciplined rollout of MOS. Business and functional leaders retain full accountability for the performance and results of each initiative.

Success requires someone with the ability to influence from the executive suite through to the shop floor, earning credibility with operators and executives alike, and driving accountability without relying on hierarchy. The role begins as an individual contributor and is expected to grow a small, high-caliber team as MOS matures.

Success Profile

The following competency profile defines the person we are looking for.

• Self-starter with a bias for action. Operates with minimal direction, sets the agenda, and moves quickly from idea to execution.

• Ability to influence. Reads the organization well, builds credibility across levels, and drives results without relying on hierarchy

• Analytical. Strong quantitative and structured problem-solving skills; comfortable with financials, KPIs, and value validation.

• Comfortable with ambiguity. Brings structure to unstructured problems and makes progress without perfect information.

• Tenacious. Pushes initiatives through obstacles and keeps pace for others.

• Low ego, high drive. Puts the enterprise outcome ahead of personal credit; collaborative, coachable, and resilient under pushback.

• Intellectually curious. Continuously learns the business, the operations, and the levers that create value.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the Mueller Operating System (MOS) across functions, creating and implementing the plan and process needed to sustainably embed it as business as usual.

• Work hands-on with initiative teams to unblock issues, hold pace, and drive initiatives to realization.

• Track and validate value delivery (e.g., revenue, margin, productivity, and working capital).

• Surface cross-functional barriers early and drive rapid resolution.

• Hold initiative owners to milestones, while owners retain full accountability for results.

• Run the ongoing CEO/ELT strategy execution review as a decision forum.

• Own the single enterprise scorecard, tracking value, milestones, and strategic progress across the initiative portfolio.

• Work closely with the M&A function, leading acquisition integrations and initiative tracking.

• Support development of enterprise strategy.

• Complete ad-hoc strategic projects for the executive team.

Experience & Background

• 8–10+ years in operations, transformation, or strategy, preferably within an industrial or manufacturing environment.

• Demonstrated track record of driving cross-functional initiatives to completion and managing stakeholders at multiple levels.

• Analytical horsepower: candidates may come from engineering, finance, consulting, or a strong operating background.

• Some experience with or exposure to lean / continuous improvement is strongly preferred.

• Experience implementing or operating within a formal business/operating system at another company is preferred (e.g., Danaher Business System).

• Experience leading / working on integrations following an acquisition

• Strong financial and commercial acumen, with the ability to work alongside finance on value validation.

• Bachelor’s degree required; engineering or technical background a plus.

First-year definition of success: Strategy has moved from a presentation to the way Mueller operates. Every major priority has an accountable owner, MOS has established a common execution cadence, value creation is quantifiable, problems surface early, and decisions happen faster.

Longer-term definition of success: Over a two- to three-year horizon, MOS is embedded in the normal management system, ELT leaders operate naturally with the new disciplines, and the transformation capability remains lean — with this role growing into a broader mandate and a small, high-caliber team.

Mueller Water Products, Inc., as well as its subsidiaries, are equal employment employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or expression), age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In keeping with its obligations under applicable federal, state, and local law, Mueller will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation at any time during the application or interview process, please contact a member of the Human Resources Department. 

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