Director, Business Development

IDEX; Northbrook (IL); On-site; USD 158,600 - 237,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

PTO

Job summary

IDEX Corporation is seeking a Director of Corporate Growth to identify growth pathways across its portfolio of industrial platforms. This high-visibility role informs capital deployment decisions by translating market structure, adjacency mapping, and portfolio economics into actionable opportunities.

You will help develop the acquisition pipeline, build investment theses, and partner with leadership to prioritize initiatives and prepare board-ready materials for strategic growth initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of corporate development/M&A or strategy within industrial or multi-platform businesses.
• Experience sourcing, screening, and valuing acquisition targets.
• Strong market sizing, adjacency analysis and competitive landscape mapping.
• Ability to synthesize complex data into clear recommendations for senior leaders.
• Experience partnering with executives and cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify growth opportunities across IDEX’s platforms and map build/buy/partner options.
• Develop enterprise-wide acquisition pipeline and investment theses.
• Contribute to valuation, financial modeling, and diligence on opportunities.
• Prepare decision-ready materials for senior leadership and the board.
• Collaborate with finance, commercial, and platform teams to align on priorities.

Skills

Corporate development

M&A

Strategy

Financial modeling

Valuation

Market sizing

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance / business / economics / engineering

MBA preferred

Job description

Overview

IDEX Corporation is seeking a Director to identify and evaluate the enterprise's most attractive growth pathways across its portfolio of industrial platforms. This high-visibility role directly informs capital deployment decisions at the enterprise level by translating market structure, adjacency mapping, and portfolio economics into a prioritized set of actionable growth opportunities. The Director will support the development of IDEX’s acquisition pipeline and provide the analytical case for where and how the enterprise should expand, working in close partnership with corporate, segment, and platform leadership.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Growth Analysis: map whitespace, adjacencies, and expansion opportunities across and beyond IDEX’s current platforms; frame build/buy/partner options for entering attractive spaces, quantifying the size of the prize and right‑to‑win.
• Acquisition Sourcing & Pipeline Development: build and maintain IDEX’s enterprise‑wide acquisition pipeline across near‑, mid‑, and long‑term horizons; source, screen, and prioritize targets against strategic fit, financial attractiveness, and platform adjacency; develop investment theses and target profiles to support leadership decision‑making on where to deploy capital.
• Transaction Support & Diligence: 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.
• Executive & Cross‑Functional Partnership: 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.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

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.

Total Rewards

• Compensation range: $158,600.00 – $237,800.00, depending on experience.
• Position may be eligible for a performance‑based bonus plan.

Benefits

• Health benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings program with company match.
• PTO.
• More information on benefits and rewards can be found on the career page: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefits-and-rewards/

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.