Business Development & Strategy Manager (M&A)

Location: Remote within the United States; The Woodlands, Texas

Company

Crane ChemPharma & Energy is a division of Crane Co.'s Process Flow Technologies segment that designs and manufactures highly engineered flow-control solutions for pharmaceutical, chemical, semiconductor, space launch, data-center, and power markets.

What you will do

• Support M&A projects, including market space assessments, acquisition target identification and screening, target profiling, valuation analysis, due diligence, integration, and divestiture preparation.
• Conduct market segmentation, customer needs analysis, competitive comparisons, market sizing, value-chain analysis, and economic value assessments for the annual three-year strategy planning process.
• Partner with VPs, GMs, and business units to develop growth strategies for new markets, technologies, products, and business models.
• Build business cases, go-to-market plans, commercialization plans, and industrialization plans from concept through commercialization.
• Support marketing best practices, value propositions, and sales tools aligned with segmentation, regional requirements, and the Sales organization.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Sales, Marketing Communications, IT, and senior leadership on growth initiatives and strategic tools.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering required.
• MBA from a top-tier school highly preferred.
• Prior engineering work experience highly preferred.
• Strong storytelling skills and the ability to communicate insights concisely for business decisions.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills for building relationships in a matrix organization.
• Strong sense of urgency, organizational skills, attention to detail, honesty, and integrity.
• Travel may be required for business reviews, customer research, site visits, and transaction-related activities.
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with regular exposure to CP&E and Crane Co. senior leadership.
• Cross-functional work across Commercial, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Sales, Marketing Communications, and IT.
• Remote work arrangement within the United States.
• The Strategy & Business Development team provides exposure to senior leaders, business units, customers, and technologies.