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IDEX Corporation · Onsite · Northbrook, Illinois

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 analytical case for where and how the enterprise should expand, working in close partnership with corporate, segment and platform leadership. Theis individual will 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. This is a high-visibility role that directly informs capital deployment decisions at the enterprise level. 

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 

  • Assess market structure, growth rates, and competitive dynamics to distinguish durable opportunities  

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 transaction

  • 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 

Required 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. 

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?

Total 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.

Benefits Package

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/

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.

Attention Applicants:  If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know. Likewise, if you are limited in the ability to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, we will determine an alternate way for you to apply. Please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at [email protected] for assistance with an accommodation. These contact tools may be used only by individuals with a disability for accommodation requests. Do not inquire as to the status of an application.

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About IDEX Corporation

IDEX (NYSE: IEX) is a company that has undoubtedly touched your life in some way. In fact, IDEX businesses make thousands of products that are mission-critical components in everyday activities. Chances are the car you’re driving has a BAND-IT® clamp holding your side airbag safely in place. If you were ever in a car accident, a Hurst Jaws of Life® rescue tool may have saved your life. If you or a family member is battling cancer, your doctor may have tested your DNA in a quest to find the best targeted medicine for you. It’s likely your DNA test was run on equipment that contains components made by our growing IDEX Health & Science team.

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