Business Attraction Advisor
Help shape Montana's economic future. The Montana Department of Commerce is seeking a strategic, relationship driven leader to attract new businesses, investment, and quality jobs to our state. This role is ideal if you thrive on building high level partnerships, driving business development, and promoting Montana's competitive advantages on a national and international stage.
As the Business Attraction Advisor, you will build and maintain relationships with prospective companies, site selection consultants, investors, developers, foreign consuls, and entrepreneurs exploring opportunities in Montana. You will lead the full business attraction pipeline from identifying and generating leads, managing projects, and guiding site selection processes, to coordinating closely with state agencies and local economic development partners.
Key responsibilities include driving Montana's business attraction strategy by targeting high value industries, executing national outreach, and generating strong investment opportunities. You will build influential partnerships with site selectors, brokers, developers, utilities, and economic development organizations to coordinate impactful outreach. You will represent Montana at regional, national, and international events and deliver effective presentations that highlight the state's competitive advantages.
To thrive in this role from day one, you should demonstrate the following qualifying skills: demonstrated sales acumen with the ability to identify opportunities and drive successful outcomes, proven ability to engage, influence, and build rapport with diverse audiences and stakeholders, strong understanding of community development, community organizing, and economic development principles and their application to business growth, exceptional attention to detail and highly effective organizational skills, enthusiastic and energetic about Montana and the business opportunities it offers, and strong critical thinking abilities, with a talent for analyzing information and making sound judgments.
If you have a combination of the skills outlined above and a desire to serve Montanans, we encourage you to apply.
Salary: $80,000.00 - 90,000.00 Hourly
Telework Eligibility: Telework Eligible (Full-time telework is not available. Telework schedule must be supervisor approved.)
Benefits Package Eligibility: Health Insurance, Paid Leave & Holidays, Retirement Plan
Number of Openings: 1
Employee Status: Regular
Schedule: Full-Time
Job Type: Standard
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 25% of the time
Primary Location: Billings
Other Locations: Missoula, Miles City, Glendive, Helena, Kalispell, Lewistown, Wolf Point, Glasgow, Bozeman, Great Falls
Required Application Materials: Cover Letter, Resume
Contact Name: Heidi Greenback
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Montana Job Service Offices also offer services including assistance with submitting an online application. State government does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, creed, political beliefs or affiliation, veteran status, military service, retaliation, or any other factor not related to merit and qualifications of an employee or applicant.
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