Project Manager
IDEX Corporation
- Location
- Wooster Ohio
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- Posted
- Sep 16, 2026
About this 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.
POSITION
SUMMARY: The Project Manager is responsible for leading multiple high impact/complex, cross-functional projects that translate strategic priorities into clear, actionable, and measurable execution plans. Reporting to the President- F&S, this role will help drive disciplined project execution across the organization by defining project scope, milestones, deliverables, owners, risks, decision points, and success metrics. This role is designed for a highly resourceful, business-minded project leader who can operate effectively in ambiguity, influence without authority, and move seamlessly between strategic thinking and hands-on execution. The Project Manager will partner closely with business leaders, functional leaders, site teams, and initiative owners to ensure work is prioritized, resourced, governed, and executed with focus and accountability. The role will support execution of the organization’s critical priorities by building integrated project plans, establishing governance routines, tracking progress, escalating risks, and helping teams make practical trade-offs between competing priorities. The following role profile emphasizes converting strategic priorities into initiatives with clear outcomes, owners, milestones, and operating cadences, and this Project Manager role is intended to bring that same execution discipline to the PMO.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead project planning and execution. Projects have clear charters, objectives, milestones, owners, deliverables, risks, decision points, and measurable outcomes. Establish governance, cadence, and accountability. Initiative governance is operating with disciplined cadences, clear escalation paths, and timely decision-making. Project risks, dependencies, and resource constraints are surfaced early and actively managed. Partner-cross-functionally to drive results; support business prioritization and value creation. Projects are connected to business priorities and supported by practical tools, routines, and operating mechanisms that help teams execute consistently. Navigate managing risk, issues, dependencies, and change. Communicate with executive presence; communicate complex project information in a way that is simple, structured, and actionable. Translate strategic initiatives, business priorities, and functional objectives into integrated project plans with clear deliverables, timelines, milestones, owners, dependencies, and success metrics. Demonstrate strong leadership presence, sound judgment, and confidence when presenting project updates, raising risks, and recommending solutions. Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of PMO tools, templates, routines, and project management standards; build repeatable PMO tools and practices. Help reinforce disciplined operating routines so that project execution is embedded into how leaders manage the business, consistent with the attached document’s emphasis on cadence, governance, decision forums, and escalation paths. Build strong working relationships across diverse stakeholder groups and influence progress without relying on direct authority. Where applicable, help connect project work to 80/20 thinking, customer/product priorities, operational routines, and value-creation opportunities, reflecting the attached document’s focus on using 80/20 principles to support simplification, segmentation, profitable growth, and resource allocation. All other duties as