JOB TITLE: Vice President, General Manager- Life Science Optics
SITE LOCATION: Rochester, NY preferred, open to remote in NE US region
Reporting RelationshipsThe Life Science Optics VP/GM will report directly to the President of IDEX Health and Science. The leader will manage the R&D Engineering and Product Management teams through two direct reports: the Chief Technology Officer and the Vice President Product Management. This leadership position also has matrix reports that include Sales, Operations, Finance, and Human Resources.
Responsibilities:The Life Science Optics VP/GM is accountable for defining and executing the business strategy, driving sustainable profitable growth, and delivering overall P&L performance. This leader provides strategic, commercial, operational, and technical leadership to accelerate organic and inorganic growth while strengthening customer partnerships and organizational capability.
Business Strategy & Growth- Develop, communicate, and execute the strategic plan for Life Science Optics in alignment with IH&S segment priorities.
- Drive sustainable revenue growth by converting market insights and competitive intelligence into market expansion, customer intimacy, innovation, pricing excellence, strategic acquisitions and overall actionable growth strategies.
Commercial & Customer Leadership- Champion a customer-centric culture by maintaining deep engagement with key customers and strategic partners, while ensuring customer satisfaction through operational excellence in quality, delivery, responsiveness and technical support.
- Lead market segmentation, commercial strategy, and go-to-market execution to expand market share and strengthen competitive positioning.
Innovation & Product Leadership- Define and execute the Product and Technology Roadmap aligned to long-term market opportunities.
- Prioritize new product development investments that create meaningful customer value and support profitable growth by ensuring successful, timely launches and commercialization of NPD initiatives.
Operational Excellence- Lead deployment of the IDEX Operating Model and continuous improvement initiatives across the business, leading effectively cross-functionally to balance growth, profitability and capacity requirements.
- Drive operational performance through disciplined execution of SIOP, quality, productivity, supply chain, and working capital management.
People & Culture- Build and lead a high-performing leadership team, ensuring strong talent in critical roles and a robust pipeline of ready-now and ready-next leaders
- Foster a culture of accountability, trust, and high performance aligned with company values, ensuring accountability for both results and how they are achieved
Financial & Performance Leadership- Deliver commitments for Organic Growth, EBITDA, Cash Flow, Working Capital, Employee Engagement, Customer Satisfaction, and Safety.
- Allocate resources and capital effectively to maximize long-term value creation.
This role requires the ability to travel approximately ~30-40% predominately across the U.S.Attributes & Skills:- Strategic leadership: Thinks critically, anticipates market shifts, and translates insights into clear executable plans
- Business acumen: Demonstrates strong understanding of financial, operational, and commercial drivers
- Customer focus: Deeply understands customer needs and uses insights to shape strategy and innovation
- Agility and decision-making: Takes calculated risks, makes timely decisions under uncertainty, and adapts effectively in complex environments
- Results orientation and accountability: Drives high-performance with discipline, and consistently delivers financial and operational commitments through others
- Talent leadership: Builds strong, high-performing, and engaged teams; invests in developing leaders
- Leadership presence: Inspires followership, builds trust, and engages teams across geographies and levels
- Values-based leadership: Demonstrates ownership mindset, humility, builds trust, and demonstrates a strong commitment to culture and ethics
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
- 12+ years of progressive leadership experience with accountability for business performance, including P&L ownership in a Life Science, Biotech, Diagnostics, Analytical Instrumentation, or highly engineered technology environment.
- Demonstrated track record of driving profitable growth, commercial expansion, and operational improvement in competitive markets
- Strong financial acumen with the ability to manage and optimize full P&L performance
- Demonstrated ability to lead through influence in a matrixed organization, aligning commercial, operational, engineering, and functional teams toward common objectives.
- 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 their 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.
- Demonstrated ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing teams
Total RewardsThe compensation range for this position is $203,600.00 - $305,400.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.
Benefits PackageOur 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/
