Growth Manager Jobs in Ohio

• Job Location

  North Ridgeville, OH

• Job Category

  Economic Development

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and maintain professional relationships with economic-development organizations, municipalities, elected officials, public agencies, public utility companies, chambers, industry associations, developers, financial institutions, attorneys, insurances agencies, and other key stakeholders to understand market conditions and generate new leads.
• Represent the company at business forums, industry meetings, trade organizations, community events, economic-development activities, client meetings, and other networking opportunities throughout Northeast Ohio.
• Identify, monitor, and communicate emerging industrial, commercial, institutional, and infrastructure opportunities; business expansions; capital-investment activity; regional growth plans; public initiatives; and relevant industry trends.
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of prospective projects, strategic relationships, and market opportunities; identify key decision-makers and advance qualified leads in alignment with company strategy.
• Build a working understanding of local and regional development priorities, public infrastructure plans, permitting or entitlement activity, and other conditions that may influence project timing and feasibility.
• Work closely with Business Development and internal functional areas, including Preconstruction, Project Management, Field Operations, and leadership, to evaluate opportunities, support pursuit strategies, and transition qualified opportunities to the appropriate teams.
• Facilitate introductions and discussions among clients, public officials, economic-development partners, internal teams, and other project stakeholders.
• Support site evaluations, client and site visits, due-diligence discussions, and development-readiness conversations in coordination with internal real estate and site-selection specialists.
• Assist in identifying applicable incentives, grants, tax credits, infrastructure funding, workforce initiatives, and public-private partnership opportunities that may support prospective projects.
• Support presentations, proposal development, location comparisons, incentive summaries, community meetings, and other pursuit-related activities.
• Contribute insight and recommendations that help shape regional market strategy, relationship priorities, and growth initiatives.
• Local and regional travel for meetings, events, and client visits.
  

SKILLS

• Proven ability to build trust and maintain productive relationships with public- and private-sector stakeholders.
• Strong networking, lead-generation, opportunity-development, communication, presentation, and follow-up skills.
• Professional judgment, political awareness, diplomacy, and discretion when working with public officials, clients, and community partners.
• Ability to collaborate with business development, project executives, preconstruction managers, Operations teams, consultants, and economic-development partners.
• Goal-driven, results-oriented self-starter who can manage multiple relationships and priorities while working effectively as part of a team and independently.
• Ability to translate market intelligence into actionable business development opportunities and adapt to changing priorities and stakeholder needs.
• Strong computer skills, including experience using CRM software or similar tools to track contacts, leads, market intelligence, and opportunity activity.
  

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, public administration, communications, urban planning, marketing, construction management or a related field preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in economic development, business development, government or community relations, construction, real estate, public administration, or a related field preferred.
• Knowledge of the Northeast Ohio business, municipal, construction, or economic-development environment, or the ability to develop this knowledge quickly.
• Working knowledge of site selection, incentives, development processes, workforce-development initiatives, or public-private partnerships is valuable.
• Prior experience networking at community, municipal, economic-development, or industry trade events preferred.