Full Job Description
Denver Business Development is hiring for a full-time, unlimited Program Manager to join our Business Attraction Team. This position will perform high-level economic development activities that support the City s business attraction, expansion, and retention work. This position may require travel up to 10% - 20% of the time.
The Business Attraction Program Manager reports to the Associate Director for Global Engagement and Business Attraction by supporting and managing domestic and global business attraction efforts, activities, outreach and project coordination. This will include assisting in coordinating the City s efforts to promote Denver to businesses of different sizes and different industries.
The Business Attraction team of Denver s Economic Development and Opportunity (DEDO) includes units focused on domestic business attraction, global engagement, innovation & entrepreneurship, and the Denver Downtown Development Authority. The attraction unit will focus on identifying business prospects, being familiar with citywide assets to promote Denver s unique attributes, building relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and responding to inquiries in a timely manner with the required follow-up.
In this role, you will be responsible for supporting business recruitment and retention campaigns, preparing written briefings, drafting speaking remarks for executives and elected officials, in addition to managing robust prospect pipelines, economic business incentive tools and CRM management.
What You ll Do
Business Recruitment : Conduct research for business prospects. Support preparation of presentation materials. Identify opportunities to lead business recruitment missions or participate in relevant conferences or tradeshow exhibitions. Coordinate logistics for business attraction activities. Actively participate in and respond to any additional downtown Denver economic projects.
Identify opportunities, and present value-driven proposals to promote Denver as a destination for business expansion and growth.
Guide new and existing businesses through the start-up, scale-up, relocation or expansion process. Provide site selection assistance.
Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders when responding to RFPs, organizing site visits and when programming speaking engagements for executive leadership team.
Maintain a wide and varied network of partners and serve as a liaison with other city departments and agencies to leverage networks and expertise when promoting Denver.
Maintain organized records, documents, and project files to ensure accuracy and transparency.
Marketing/Communications : Manage Salesforce and ensure frequent entry of relevant data. Draft reports, briefing memos, event flyers, speaking remarks and data points.
Work with DEDO s Mar/Comms team to create social media content and business recruitment campaigns.
Maintain updated content on marketing collateral including website information, rankings, and industry overviews.
Assist with designing layout and creating content for marketing materials both printed and electronic versions (including flyers, brochures, invitations, PowerPoint presentations, and website).
Establish, enhance, and maintain relationships with local business leaders, commercial brokers, local Chambers, industry associations, business service providers, and Denver International Airport to strengthen understanding of the challenges, opportunities and shared efforts in sustaining our local business environment.
Administrative duties including compiling information for monthly reports and tracking monthly prospect information.
Regularly attend community events to