Director, Business Development

About the role

Identify and evaluate the enterprise's most attractive growth pathways across its portfolio of industrial platforms. Support the development of IDEX's acquisition pipeline and provide the analytical case for where and how the enterprise should expand.

Responsibilities

• Translate market structure, adjacency mapping, and portfolio economics into a prioritized set of actionable growth opportunities.
• Sourcing and screening acquisition targets, building the rationale for entry into new spaces, and supporting the evaluation of live transactions.
• Contribute to valuation, financial modeling, and commercial diligence on active opportunities.
• Partner with peers and finance teams through evaluation, structuring, and approval of transactions.
• Synthesize diligence findings into clear, decision-ready materials for senior leadership and the board.
• Serve as an analytical thought partner to leadership on growth and capital deployment.
• Coordinate across finance, commercial, and platform 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 corporate development/M&A or corporate strategy within industrial, advanced-manufacturing, or diversified multi-platform businesses.
• Demonstrated experience sourcing, screening, and evaluating acquisition targets, including financial modeling and valuation.
• Strong command of market sizing, adjacency analysis, and competitive landscape mapping.
• Prioritized 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.

Preferred Attributes

• 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.

Benefits

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. Benefits Package includes: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. For more information on our benefits and rewards, visit: here. IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.