Vice President, General Manager - Life Science Optics

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IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX), based in Northbrook, IL (suburb of Chicago), is a leading global manufacturer of diversified products in industries ranging across health, science, safety, fire, and fluidics. The company operates in 24 countries, IDEX is an innovative and growing company, focused on delivering excellence through diverse, winning teams. We’re a global provider of applied solutions serving a variety of markets. These include life science and medical technologies, process industry and infrastructure related applications, industrial/municipal fire, and rescue - to name just a few.

IDEX Health & Science is the global leader in life science fluidics, microfluidics, and optics, offering a unique advantage to customers by bringing optofluidic paths to life with strategic partnerships, solutions, and expertise. With component, sub-system, and application-level experts, we help instrument developers solve the most demanding fluidic & optical challenges in an array of applications. With over 1,000 employees globally, we believe partnership will change the way the world innovates, leading to new technologies to improve health, protect our planet, and enrich lives. Visit www.idex-hs.com

Life Science Optics business includes 2 focused business lines: Life Science Filters and Life Science Optical Systems. The Team brings extensive experience with over 300 colleagues across 3 sites located in Rochester, NY, Rohnert Park CA, and Carlsbad, CA. We develop leading components and innovative solutions to maximize performance and enable complete optimization of the optical pathway. Primary markets are next generation sequencing, spatial biology, flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, and raman spectroscopy, to name a few. Products: Optical Filters, Filter Wheels, Illumination Light Engines, Optical subsystems, Sensors & Cameras, Imaging Objectives. This role will preferably be based in Rochester, NY, Carlsbad, CA or located on the East Coast or Mid West near a major airport.

Reporting Relationships:

The VP/GM Life Science Optics will report directly to the President of IDEX Health and Science.  The leader will directly manage the Vice President Business Line Leader Filters, Vice President Business Line Leader Optical Systems, Chief Technology Officer LSO, Director Program Management, and Senior Manager Pricing. This leadership position also has matrix reports that include Sales, Operations, Finance, and Human Resources.

Responsibilities:

The VP/GM Life Science Optics is responsible for the business strategy development, execution, and P&L performance.  The leader will provide strategic, commercial, operational and technical leadership for the business to achieve sustainable, profitable growth (organic and inorganic). 

• Strategy: develop, communicate, and lead the strategic plan and execution. This includes collaborating with IH&S Leadership to develop strategic plans for Life Science Optics and IH&S.

• Team & Culture:  develop talent and culture of performance.  Empower collaboration cross-functionally to delight customers– all with our Core Values of Trust, Team and Excellence.

• Innovation: focus on development of high impact innovation with Product and Technology roadmap development and execution, NPD prioritization and investment in alignment with strategic plan. Ensure timely delivery of strategic and customer-based NPD projects.

• KPI Leadership: effectively manage key metrics such as Organic Growth, Profitability, Customer Satisfaction (on time delivery, cost of poor quality), Employee Engagement, Working Capital

• Ability to travel approximately ~30-40% predominately across the U.S.

Preferred Experience:

• Successful track record of General Management experience in a life science manufacturing environment, with specific expertise in Life Science / Biotech (i.e. next generation sequencing, PCR, spatial profiling, DNA synthesis, and common molecular biology methods) preferred.

• Track record as an agent of change, who has established customer-centric and engineering-minded teams that are leading through collaborative partnerships.

• Excellent communication, relationship building and leadership skills with ability to evaluate organizations and its talent, as well as align them with customer and organizational goals

• Experience integrating acquired entities successfully into a larger corporate environment.

• Extensive global business experience.  A strong commercial background, ability to effectively influence across geographies. Outstanding customer facing communications skills.

• A “hands on” professional who leads by example and inspires individuals at the company, at all levels, to strive for success and excellence.

Characteristics:

• Humility: wants credit to go to the team. Not afraid to ask for help and seek guidance. Receives criticism with grace, willing to change direction when presented with a better solution.

• Customer focus: Dedicated to meeting expectations of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses for improvements; oriented to solving customer challenges; establishes and maintains relationships, gains trust & respect.

• Builds effective Teams: Proven ability to develop and inspire “high performing” teams that are focused on execution and meeting the financial, operational & people objectives. Able to telescope from senior customer/executive interactions to resolving operational issues.

• Strategic thinker: Grasps complex issues. Assimilates info quickly, does not get overwhelmed when needing to move fast from one topic to another. Develops clear strategies and translates to specific actions to execute. Experience turning market data into strategic plans for growth.

• Growth mindset with a proactive drive for results: Action-oriented, focused on producing good outcomes. Can be counted on to exceed goals; consistently a top performer. Focused on the things that matter most. An anticipatory style with a track record of changing outcomes.

IDEX Health & Science LLC., a Unit of IDEX Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity

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 $192,900.00 - $289,300.00, 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-benefit-and-rewards/

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action 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 (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).

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