Senior Director of Economic Development

State of Connecticut - Department of Economic & Community Development; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

State of Connecticut - Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is seeking an Executive Economic Development Administrator to lead the Economic Development Division in Hartford. The role focuses on supervising staff, aligning division policies, and driving program development while maintaining performance metrics.

The position requires extensive leadership experience in economic development, policy formulation, and cross-functional collaboration with businesses and partner

Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of professional experience in economic development leading the implementation of strategic initiatives and analyzing economic trends.
• Three (3) years in an economic development administrative capacity.

Responsibilities

• Administers staff and operations of the Division of Economic Development.
• Develops, implements and evaluates division policies, goals and objectives.
• Designs and develops division programs and activities.
• Implements new procedures and procedural revisions.
• Determines appropriate staffing levels and directs management and coordination of staff.
• Designs and implements performance review standards for division staff.
• Prepares division budget.
• Maintains contacts with individuals within and outside of the agency who might impact policy or program activities.
• Executes strategies and techniques applicable to economic development of all industry sectors and targeted sectors.
• Analyzes economic development related metrics and other economic indexes to develop recruitment and expansion strategies.
• Cultivates relationships with owners, senior executives or leadership of businesses and organizations.
• Negotiates large and complex economic development transactions.
• Develops strategies for conducting and closing economic development initiatives.
• Charters process improvement initiatives within division and implements results-oriented procedures and revisions with minimal cycle time.
• Maintains division performance metrics for process improvement initiatives.
• Administers internal review and approval process to execute transactions.
• Establishes economic development goals for staff.
• Interprets and administers pertinent laws.
• Trains, mentors, motivates and leads professional economic development staff.
• Represents Commissioner and agency at public forums, events and meetings.
• Recommends and/or contributes to new or revised legislative proposals.
• Leads recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection.

Skills

Management principles

Policy development

Economic development

Negotiation

Communication skills

Relationship building

Forecasting trends

Staff leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

State of Connecticut - Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is seeking an Executive Economic Development Administrator to lead the Economic Development Division in Hartford. The role focuses on supervising staff, aligning division policies, and driving program development while maintaining performance metrics.

The position requires extensive leadership experience in economic development, policy formulation, and cross-functional collaboration with businesses and partner