Date Posted:

2025-07-18

Country:

United States of America

Location:

OTCTH: Connecticut Home Offices Remote Location, Remote City, CT, 06032 USA

Moving people. Shaping the future. At Otis, we take pride in leading the industry we founded – elevators, escalators and moving walkways.  We became an independent, publicly traded company in early 2020 and are excited about our future as we implement our Otis Vision Statement:  We give people freedom to connect and thrive in a taller, faster, smarter world.  We feel there has never been a better time to join our team.

Otis Worldwide has an exciting opportunity for a Director of Global Business Development who’s ready to help us deliver on our commitments today, plan our strategy for the future and leave their fingerprints on the organization for years to come. In a time of exciting transformation at Otis, this is an opportunity to play a role at Otis, supporting the Business Development Group in assessing business opportunities, developing strategy, business plans, roadmaps, and all other aspects of the M&A and integration process to support portfolio and margin expansion. 

This position is fully remote and can be located anywhere in the United States.

The Role:

As a Director, Global Business Development (Investment M&A Professional) your responsibilities will include:

Identify acquisition & investment opportunities that accelerate profitable growth strategy by conducting detailed market/competitive analysis

Prioritize and funnel acquisition targets by establishing and maintaining relationship with potential acquisition targets

Execute M&A deals within the Americas (incl due diligence, integration efforts, negotiation process)

Conduct End-to-End process and standard works aligned with One Team strategic framework

Implement post-acquisition review to secure target financial profile and ensure financial discipline

Assess the portfolio regularly to identify divestiture opportunities

Coordinate across global functions for pipelining planning, reporting and monthly updates to senior leadership

To Be Successful, You’ll Need the Following:

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, or related field

Minimum of 5 years’ work experience in corporate or consultancy contexts in a similar role

Ability to collaborate with international cross-functional teams

Self-starter with the experience to work independently, with minimal oversight and guidance

Strong finance, valuation and analytical skills

Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office package in particular Excel and Power Point

Excellent knowledge of English

Preferred Qualifications

Good knowledge of general and management accounting

In-depth knowledge of M&A deals and company valuation models

Previous experience in Elevator industry

Your profile should include the following competencies: 

Network-building: builds strong formal and informal networks. Maintains relationships across a variety of functions and locations. Draws upon multiple relationships to exchange ideas, resources, and know-how.

Business Insight: knows how businesses work and how organizations make money. Keeps up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, with the competition, and in the marketplace. Uses knowledge of business drivers and how strategies and tactics play out in the market to guide actions.

Decision quality: makes sound decisions, even in the absence of complete information. Relies on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment when making decisions. Considers all relevant factors and uses appropriate decision-making criteria and principles. Recognizes when a quick 80% solution will suffice.

Financial acumen: understands the meaning and implications of key financial indicators. Uses financial analysis to generate, evaluate, and act on strategic options and opportunities. Integrates quantitative and qualitative information to draw accurate conclusions.

Strategic mindset: anticipates future trends and implications accurately. Readily poses future scenarios. Articulates credible pictures and visions of possibilities that will create sustainable value. Creates competitive and breakthrough strategies that show a clear connection between vision and action.

The salary range for this role is $175,000-$190,000.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may change in the future.  Pay within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.  

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day. 

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.  

You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.  

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.  

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.   

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do.  We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here.  

Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext! 

Otis is An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other protected class according to applicable law. To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at careers@otis.com.

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