Senior Advisor
RI Commerce is seeking a Senior Advisor to join a dynamic team of mission-oriented professionals. This position provides a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on job creation and economic opportunities for the citizens of the State of RI.
Responsibilities
- Conduct market, industry, and financial research to support business recruitment, retention, and expansion efforts.
- Prepare proposals and presentations that communicate key findings and strategic recommendations.
- Monitor trends and usage demand in industrial and office real estate; provide strategic guidance on acquisitions and development opportunities.
- Identify and engage top-performing companies in the State, leveraging revenue and employment data to generate business development leads.
- Maintain accurate records of business engagements and visits in Salesforce to ensure transparency and follow-up.
- Deliver monthly engagement reports to senior leadership, highlighting progress, outcomes, and opportunities.
- Collaborate with accelerator programs and innovation hubs to foster growth in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- Proactively develop and implement strategies to promote Rhode Island as a premier destination for commerce and investment.
- Lead or support high-impact special projects that align with organizational priorities.
- Work closely with the President & CEO and other senior team members to fulfill the mission and requirements of the Senior Advisor position.
- Perform other duties as required
Key Competencies
- Strategic skills: Job requires the ability to determine opportunities and threats through comprehensive analysis of current and future trends. Comprehends the big picture.
- Resourcefulness: Job requires problem solving and finding ways over, around or through barriers to success. A bias for action. A results-oriented "doer."
- Initiative: Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges
- Achievement/Effort: Job requires establishing and maintaining challenging goals for self and others and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Written Communications: Job requires ability to write clear, precise, well-organized documents using appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and diction.
- Dependability: Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligation.
Qualifications and Skills
- Relevant professional experience or demonstrated high level of success related to business development, sales, investor relations, or a related area in government or private sector.
- Bachelor’s Degree required. MBA or advanced degree.
- Significant client/stakeholder interaction and experience, particularly showing the ability to develop strong and influential relationships.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
- Self-motivated, creative, organized, and deeply committed to personal and organizational success.
- Ability to communicate clearly and accurately and to interact with professionals at all levels in all business units.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with attention to detail.
Classification
Regular – Full Time Non-Exempt
Reports to
President & CEO
The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation (the ‘Corporation’) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Corporation does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non- disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. The Corporation will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.