Vice President of Corporate Development

10000 W O'Hare Ave, Chicago , Illinois 60666 , United States

2851 W Kathleen Rd, Phoenix , Arizona  , United States

Backed by more than a century of Bosch innovation, Bosch Building Technologies North America is driven by a simple belief: buildings should protect, inspire, and empower the people inside them. We partner with organizations to create smart, connected environments that feel safer, work smarter, and support a more sustainable future. With decades of regional experience and teams rooted in communities across North America, we bring together integrated security, fire detection, building automation, and energy solutions, all delivered by people who genuinely care.

Our experts are committed to excellence, guided by digital innovation, and passionate about creating experiences that make every building feel like it's working for you.

In 2026, Robert Bosch unified its global building technology integrator operations under the name of Bosch Building Technologies. As part of this transition, Paladin Technologies and Climatec combined their branch networks, creating a product-agnostic systems integrator focus on delivering flexible, future-ready solutions, offering customers an expanded, cross-domain service portfolio working as one cohesive team to deliver greater value under a stronger Bosch identity.

Full-time

The Vice President of Corporate Development is responsible for leading Bosch Building Technologies North America's (BT-NA) inorganic growth strategy and acquisition activities. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Strategy, you will own the end-to-end Merger & Acquisition (M&A) lifecycle, including pipeline development, deal sourcing, target evaluation, due diligence, transaction execution, and value realization planning, while supporting broader growth initiatives through strategic partnerships and market expansion opportunities.

This role serves as a key advisor to the North American Regional President and Executive Leadership Team on acquisitions, strategic investments, and inorganic growth opportunities. The Vice President of Corporate Development is responsible for developing and managing the M&A pipeline, leading executive pipeline reviews, advancing investment opportunities through Bosch governance processes, preparing transaction recommendations, building stakeholder alignment, and securing required regional and global approvals through final transaction closing.

This position can be located from any of our major Bosch Building Technologies offices in North America.

Corporate Development & M&A

• Own the North America M&A strategy, acquisition roadmap, and transaction pipeline.
• Ensure investment theses are aligned with strategic growth priorities and portfolio objectives.
• Lead target screening, market mapping, pre-diligence, and acquisition prioritization.
• Build and maintain relationships with investment banks, private equity firms, founders, advisors, and industry executives.
• Lead all phases of transaction execution from opportunity identification through closing.
• Oversee valuation, financial modeling, transaction structuring, synergy assessment, and investment recommendations.
• Manage external advisors and diligence providers.
• Execute a disciplined, repeatable M&A process and acquisition governance framework.
• Own executive reviews of the M&A pipeline, acquisition opportunities, and strategic investment priorities.
• Govern and present investment propositions, business cases, transaction recommendations, and approval materials to executive leadership and applicable regional & global governance bodies.
• Build alignment among business leaders, executive stakeholders, and approval authorities on transaction recommendations…