Director, Business Development at IDEX Corporation in Northbrook, Illinois

Job description

• If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.
• With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.
• IDEX
• Corporation is seeking a Director to identify and evaluate the enterprise's most attractive growth pathway across its portfolio of industrial platforms.
• This role supports the development of IDEX's acquisition pipeline and the business case for where and how the enterprise should expand, working in close partnership with corporate, segment and business leadership.
• This individual will develop a view on market size, market structure, competitive landscape, value proposition, commercial potential, and other critical factors for potential targets, and translate that into a business case.
• The ideal candidate will also conduct deep-dive research into market dynamics, growth trends, and competitive landscapes, expand this analysis into products and technologies, and synthesize their findings into high-impact white papers and strategic presentations for the executive leadership team.
• Additionally, the candidate will collaborate with team members to review actionable growth opportunities, including sourcing and screening of acquisition targets and supporting the evaluation of live transactions. This is a high-visibility role that directly informs capital deployment decisions at the enterprise level.
• Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

Responsibilities

• Map whitespaces, adjacencies, and expansion opportunities across and beyond IDEX's current businesses
• Assess market structure, growth rates, and competitive dynamics to distinguish durable opportunities
• Acquisition Sourcing & Pipeline Development
• Support the build of IDEX's enterprise-wide acquisition pipeline across near-, mid-, and long-term horizons
• Source, screen, and prioritize targets against strategic fit (market dynamics, competitive moat, including product/technology differentiation) and financial attractiveness
• Develop investment theses and target profiles, as needed, to support leadership decision-making on where to deploy capital
• Transaction Support & Diligence
• Compile a bottoms-up view of the commercial potential of a target business through due diligence and application of other frameworks/tools
• Lead aspects of commercial diligence on active opportunities to support valuation and financial modeling
• Synthesize diligence findings into clear, decision-ready materials for senior leadership and the board
• Executive & Cross-Functional Partnership
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to leadership on growth and capital deployment
• Coordinate across finance, commercial, and business teams to pressure-test opportunities and align on priorities
• Prepare and present findings to the executive leadership team and support board-level materials

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in business due diligence (supporting M&A) and corporate strategy within industrial, advanced-manufacturing, or diversified multi-platform businesses
• Strong command of market dynamics/sizing, competitive landscape, voice of customer feedback, and mapping key business drivers
• Proven ability to synthesize complex, ambiguous inputs into clear, decision-ready recommendations for senior audiences
• Experience partnering with executives, GMs, and cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment
• Bachelor's degree in finance, business, economics, engineering, or related field required; MBA preferred
• Background in B2B industrial, advanced manufacturing, or dynamic technology markets
• Familiarity with market intelligence platforms, competitive analysis frameworks. M&A transaction processes, and Voice of Customer (VoC) tools
• Experience supporting strategic M&A or portfolio expansion initiatives.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous, high-impact, and fast-paced environments.

Skills

Required

• Business due diligence
• Corporate strategy
• Market dynamics/sizing
• Competitive landscape analysis
• Voice of customer feedback
• Mapping key business drivers
• Synthesizing complex information
• Executive communication
• Cross-functional collaboration

Preferred

• B2B industrial knowledge
• Advanced manufacturing knowledge
• Technology market knowledge
• Market intelligence platforms
• Competitive analysis frameworks
• M&A transaction processes
• Voice of Customer (VoC) tools
• Strategic M&A support

Benefits

• Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefits-and-rewards/
• The compensation range for this position is $158,600.00 - $237,800.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.