VP - Business Development & Strategic Initiatives

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Summary :

The VP, Business Development & Strategic Initiatives - D&M Segment will be an essential member of the Detection & Measurement (D&M) Segment Leadership Team. This role is critical to enhancing the growth and profitability of the D&M Segment, and this individual, working as a thought partner with the D&M Segment President, Segment Leaders, and the Business Unit (BU) VP / GM's, will lead the charge in identifying growth drivers and growth opportunities with a focus on M&A. The VP will be a key driver of the growth agenda, developing and championing new areas for growth, while also working as needed day-to-day with business leaders to execute on existing plans.

In addition to organic growth, the VP will be a central leader in the overall D&M Segment inorganic strategy, including identifying areas of focus, sourcing deals, and other strategic investments, as well as analyzing the market for insights, trends, and potential M&A targets.

The VP will be highly strategic, accountable, and energized by working collaboratively across the organization at various levels to understand business needs to enable growth and business outcomes. The VP will have extraordinary stakeholder management and leadership skills, coupled with intellectual curiosity to identify new ideas and challenge the status quo. The VP will have a passion for solving complex and strategically important business problems in an agile environment, displaying innovative thinking. S / he will be relationship-oriented and have a passion for collaborating across the organization to understand business needs while shaping and representing SPX's vision, strategy, and values.

In partnership with the D&M Segment President and BU VP / GM's, the D&M VP Business Development & Strategic Initiative's principal responsibilities will include :

• Driving development and refinement of the D&M Segment and BU strategies including clear articulation on where to play and how to win.
• Managing the strategic planning and deployment processes ensuring cross-functional alignment and on-time delivery of the Segment's top strategic and "Must Do" initiatives against KPIs.
• Identifying organic growth opportunities and developing enhanced, synergistic capabilities across the Segment and BU's in critical commercial areas including :
• Strategic Marketing,
• Channel Management,
• Product Lifecycle Management,
• Strategic Pricing and Analytics,
• Aftermarket, and
• New Product Development
• Formulating the Segment's inorganic growth strategies by identifying where to play.
• Leading special projects or key initiatives as required.

The successful candidate would have the potential to take on a broader P&L role in the future.

Principle Duties & Responsibilities :

Education, Skills & Experience :

The ideal candidate will bring 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in highly engineered product markets, preferably with an early foundation in engineering and / or product management and development.

The successful individual will be a strong leader and communicator, in addition to being an innovator and critical thinker; someone who can adjust their style and tone for various audiences and is able to tailor their ideas for different audiences in both written presentation and verbal formats. Skilled at understanding how to motivate and align people and teams, the VP will have a successful track record of guiding teams to deliver against goals and objectives.

Additional skills :

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