Director of Economic and Business Development – American Municipal Power – Columbus, Ohio

Position Title:            Director of Economic and Business Development

Reports To:               Assistant Vice President Energy Policy & Sustainability

FLSA Status:             Exempt

Basic Functions:       Lead AMP’s economic development program focused on providing benefit to all AMP members. Provide oversight and direction to AMP’s member-focused workforce development efforts.

Essential Functions

1. Facilitate load growth through business attraction and support for business retention and expansion across AMP membership through management of AMP’s economic development program.
2. Provide leadership and support to development of AMP member-focused workforce development efforts.
3. Develop member program recommendations and guidance focused on education and retention of experienced employees and recruitment of qualified potential employees. Provide support and assistance to efforts designed to provide members with electric distribution system operational assistance, planning, support and management.
4. Serve as AMP’s external facing economic development liaison interfacing with economic development agencies, regional development organizations, site consultants, companies, etc.
5. Promote the advantages of public power and represent AMP and AMP members at regional economic development events, roundtables, trade groups and conferences.
6. Facilitate lead generation, distribution to members, tracking of responses and eligibility, and follow up communications as necessary. As appropriate, provide assistance and guidance to members responding to leads.
7. Support AMPs internal cross-departmental team designed to help address member commercial and industrial inquiries.
8. Provide guidance and assistance to members pursuing economic development rates and site readiness, including availability of incentives and grants.
9. Utilizing customer relationship software (CRM) to organize, track, and manage all communications with members, companies, site consultants, etc.
10. Administer AMP’s economic development website, directory listings and site qualification directories, to most effectively promote AMP members and public power.
11. Assess, measure and communicate performance.
12. Lead effort to make economic development related training available to members.
13. Prepare, monitor, maintain and track economic development program budget and oversee contract management with vendors.
14. Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Qualifications:

1. Five to ten years of experience with electric industry, customer services and/or business relationships preferred.
2. Understanding of public power business model and experience with municipal utility services strongly preferred.
3. Experience and established ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with multiple organizations, companies and individuals.
4. Ability to learn quickly and relate technical information in a clear and concise manner.
5. Demonstrated project management skills and the proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
6. Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communications along with strong attention to detail is required.
7. Ability to analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action.
8. Ability to work independently, and as part of a team.
9. Proficient in Salesforce and MS Office Suite of products (i.e. Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) and ability to learn new software quickly.
10. A four-year degree in business, marketing, communications or a related field is required. Advanced degrees or certifications preferred.

This position will be open through 9/02/21.  All applicants must apply through our website at http://www.amppartners.org/careers.