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Director of Economic Research

Strategy and Performance Division

Department of Economic Development

Harry S Truman Building – 301 W. High Street, Jefferson City, MO

ANNUAL SALARY: $90,000 – $115,000 (based upon credentials)

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Why You’ll Love This Position:

The Department of Economic Development (DED) is proud of our mission to help Missourians prosper. The Strategy and Performance (S&P) Division was established by Executive Order in 2019 to enable DED to enhance its long-term planning and use of data so that DED can more effectively carry out its internal and external operations. We are in search of an economic research leader to empower DED team members with insights, develop fact-driven strategies, and collaborate with partners. Do you want to serve as a leader on a team with a bold vision that backs it up with the commitment and smarts to achieve it? If so, this is the role for you!

Job Details - More reasons to love this position The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here.

Contact Details - If you have questions or require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process please contact: HRHelpdesk@ded.mo.gov

The State of Missouri is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to developing and maintaining a talented workforce.

Responsibilities

Key Objectives:

· Objective 1: Strategic Service Assessment

Focus: Analyze internal and external stakeholders’ needs and assess the scope of DED’s economic research services to build a strategic research service portfolio that ensures research, information, and data needs are efficiently met.

o Conduct comprehensive needs analysis with internal DED teams (business, community, workforce, etc.).

o Conduct comprehensive needs analysis with key external stakeholders (legislators, regional developers, economic organizations, etc.).

o Review and define the scope of economic research services and establish standard operating criteria for determining the support and services offered by S&P.

o Review and recommend appropriate tools, databases, and economic modeling software to accomplish research, reports, and analyses.

o Build, refine, and champion customer-centric research service intake and delivery workflows.

· Objective 2: Research Execution and Management

Focus: Steward research tasks and projects by actively gathering, compiling, and sharing critical economic research to meet DED’s research needs.

- Gather, synthesize, and deliver economic, community, and workforce development research to support state, regional, and local development.
- Provide proactive leadership, methodological design, and support for DED's diverse research projects.
- Work with the broader S&P team to deliver high-quality, robust, and inclusive research.
- Support DED team members with the use of data sources, systems, and platforms to achieve research and information needs.
- Oversee the production of accurate, high-quality economic impact analyses for state programs.
- Oversee the curation and delivery of proactive economic and workforce intelligence for the DED teams.
- This position may provide direct supervision, along with role clarity, to research team members.

· Objective 3: Customer Service, Partnership, and Cross-team Support

Focus: Ensure customer research needs are met with excellence and speed.

- Cultivate and maintain active partnerships with external academic, state, and regional entities to achieve research goals.
- Present economic research and information to team members, partners, and stakeholders, including public presentations, ensuring complex economic data is translated so that diverse audiences can interpret the information in a meaningful and actionable way.
- Oversee and respond to research requests timely, and with accuracy, integrity, and professionalism.

· Objective 4: Analysis and Strategic Product Development

Focus: Strategic translation of complex data into actionable policies, reports, and team-wide indicator literacy.

- Prepare comprehensive economic, community, workforce analyses identifying Missouri's state and regional economic strengths, opportunities, and weaknesses.
- Draft and publish timely research papers, analytical briefs, and white papers aligned with state and agency priorities.
- Work alongside DED leadership and S&P team to explain complex economic conclusions and translate findings into specific actionable strategies.
- Guide, train, and mentor staff and analysts in interpreting and utilizing economic, demographic, and workforce metrics.
- Lead strategic research and benchmarking to support key departmental performance indicators.

· Objective 5: Support DED’s other economic and research activities

Focus: Aid in other activities that support the strategic direction of the department and fulfill the mission and purpose of the agency.

- Apply quantitative and qualitative research methods to assist in the review of DED programs.
- Additional duties as needed/assigned.

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