VP Product Development & Technology, Mott

About the Role 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 (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. Why This Role Fits You When you join Mott, a leader in the industries we serve, you’ll join an entrepreneurial, fast‑paced team with a growth mindset. We inspire engineers to escape the ordinary to solve mission‑critical problems for our customers and have fun along the way. Every day you will work with the biggest names across the most technologically complex industries. You will create custom filtration and flow control solutions that enable EUV lithography tools, allow a rover to land on Mars, restore eyesight to a human being and provide power to the world. Every single day, you will have the ability to impact things that change the world. Position Overview This VP Product Development & Technology is the senior technical leader responsible for all research & development, product development, technical innovation, and project execution within the business. As a Senior Leadership Team (SLT) member, this position is essential to steering the overall growth direction of the company. Key Responsibilities Define Technology Roadmap: Ultimate responsibility for the development and implementation of the Company’s technology roadmap. Champion for Safety and Continuous Improvement: Drive Safety first and Continuous Improvement mindset across our technical organization. Build Agile High Performing Teams: Build a high‑performance organization of individual contributors, managers, and directors capable of executing Company strategy. Own Customer Relationships: Build and maintain senior level technical relationships at top customers. Use relationships to drive product innovation needs. Launch Product & Technology: Ultimate responsibility for developing new capabilities and launching new products into Operations. Project Execution: Responsibility for customer project execution for large‑scale CAPEX projects and OEM‑driven projects across multiple markets and industries. Protect Technology: Ensure compliance with CMMC, IP and Trade Secret protocols throughout the innovation process. Major Challenges Mott is a rapid custom solution provider, not an organization that develops one product at a time. Comfort in managing research initiatives, product development, customer‑driven work and project execution. Ability to work in OEM‑driven product development and one‑off CAPEX‑driven projects. Must prioritize across multiple simultaneous tasks to drive the best overall business outcome at industry‑leading speed. Must lead an agile team to flex and satisfy the requirements of six different businesses. Must develop a process to scale non‑linearly to headcount. Must translate technical, quality, commercial and operational requirement differences across six major businesses and translate that into an ability to capture technical value. Must work across sister organizations (dozens) to spot overall technical synergies to grow the overall corporation. Must be comfortable being Mott’s technology champion in front of customers and develop rapid pathways to a solution for the customer, including working with customers, suppliers and government partners. Outcomes Lead a safety‑first culture throughout the technical organization to ensure generation and closure of 200 safety opportunities annually. Develop a technical roadmap capable of doubling EBITDA within a three‑year window; deliver roadmap milestones with 90% on‑time delivery or better. Within 180 days, define the current state organization, identify missing skills/talent, and implement plans for key employee development. Use customer relationships to drive at least three innovations quarterly in each of the top markets; cascade customer need into the team for action. Achieve 98%+ on‑time delivery of product launches within 10% of estimated cost. Lead continuous improvement and daily management to improve technical execution and ensure on‑time delivery of new products and capabilities. Define company IP strategy. Education and Experience Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering. PhD is a plus. MBA is a plus. 15+ years of industry experience in a highly engineered solutions environment. Experience in semiconductor, space exploration, or defense industries is a plus. Preferred candidates have five or more years of executive technical leadership, a proven track record of IP generation and management, experience with government grants and funding, and a proven track record of deriving technical value pre‑sale to help commercial teams capture eight‑figure or above value. Other Skills and Abilities Innovation mindset Executive leadership presence Strategy development & execution skills Interpersonal and organizational skills Customer‑facing, pre‑sale and negotiation skills Results‑driven Self‑directed Analytic thinker Acts with urgency Life‑long learner Are You Ready to Join? 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 Compensation range: $203,600.00 – $305,400.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for a performance‑based bonus plan. Benefits Package Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. For more information on our benefits and rewards, visit Equal Opportunity Employer 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr