Senior Manager Strategy

IDEX•Middleboro, MA

1d•$139,900 - $209,900•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Manager of Strategy is a hands-on strategy leader and enterprise utility player who helps IDEX Health & Science (IH&S) make clear strategic choices and turn them into measurable results. Reporting to the VP of Business Development, this role formulates and executes segment strategy, supports portfolio and resource-allocation decisions, and accelerates selected organic and inorganic growth priorities. The position works closely with business general managers, commercial leaders, Finance, Corporate Development, and functional partners across businesses, functions, and geographies. It requires influencing without formal authority and owning work from analysis and business-case development through stakeholder alignment, planning, and implementation. The role combines market-backed strategy development with direct responsibility for selected execution priorities. It develops segment, platform, and business strategies; identifies growth opportunities across IH&S capabilities; supports M&A evaluations and integration planning; establishes market intelligence and performance-tracking practices; and helps leaders make informed decisions. The Senior Manager also strengthens strategic capabilities across IH&S by creating reusable tools and coaching teams while remaining directly engaged in the work. This is a remote position. The compensation range is $139,900 to $209,900, depending on experience. The position may be eligible for a performance-based bonus plan. The company describes its U.S. benefits as including health benefits, a 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, economics, science, or a related field.
Approximately 8–12+ years of progressive experience in strategy, general management, commercial leadership, corporate development, transformation, or a related role.
Demonstrated experience formulating strategy and executing it to achieve measurable business outcomes.
Experience building market-backed growth strategies, business cases, and executive recommendations using financial, commercial, and operational data.
Working knowledge of M&A strategy, target assessment, diligence, and integration planning.
Track record of influencing senior leaders and cross-functional teams in a matrixed, global organization without direct reporting authority.
Ability to develop clear, concise, decision-ready communications for business teams and senior executives.
Ability to work through ambiguity and create direction as facts evolve.

Nice To Haves

MBA or relevant advanced degree.
Background in health and science technology, health and science markets, manufacturing, or another complex B2B environment.
Experience in a top-tier strategy consulting environment and/or a high-impact corporate strategy role, paired with hands-on implementation experience.
Direct transaction experience.
Commercial and financial fluency, including practical understanding of markets, customer value, margins, returns, and risk.
Ability to identify and evaluate credible market intelligence.

Responsibilities

Develop fact-based segment, platform, and business strategies with business general managers, using market, customer, competitor, technology, and financial insights.
Translate analysis into explicit choices about where to play, how to win, capabilities, and resource allocation.
Convert strategic priorities into sequenced workplans with owners, milestones, KPIs, and value targets; personally lead selected cross-business initiatives through implementation.
Identify and advance cross-business growth opportunities by building business cases, aligning stakeholders, resolving barriers, and maintaining momentum.
Support portfolio and M&A decisions by shaping target themes, screening opportunities, developing strategic rationales and business cases, and partnering on cultivation, diligence, deal evaluation, and integration planning.
Establish a practical market-intelligence rhythm to identify changes in customer needs, technology, competition, regulation, and capital deployment, and communicate implications for leadership decisions and strategic priorities.
Define leading and lagging indicators for major strategic initiatives and create mechanisms to track value creation, surface gaps, and drive corrective action.
Structure ambiguous questions, develop decision-ready options, facilitate productive debate, and prepare executive narratives, presentations, and recommendations.
Develop reusable tools, standard work, and problem-solving approaches that improve strategic thinking and execution across IH&S; coach teams while remaining engaged in analysis and deliverables.
Take on critical, time-sensitive work across functions by learning the issue, creating structure, mobilizing people, and delivering practical outcomes.