NEOGOV · 1 month ago
BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT & INVESTOR RELATIONS MANAGER (GCEDC) - 1225
206 S. Main Street (City Hall) - Greenville, SC
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$79K/yr - $111K/yr
4+ years expNEOGOV is a company that focuses on economic development, and they are seeking a Business Engagement & Investor Relations Manager to develop partnerships with businesses and individuals to support the City’s economic growth. The role involves managing fundraising efforts, executing business retention strategies, and coordinating events to strengthen community ties and support local businesses.
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Responsibilities
Manage Fundraising and Investor Relations: Manage all activities related to fund development, donor cultivation, major giving, annual giving, events, grant seeking, and capital campaigns for the GCEDC, with appropriate GCEDC team support. Coordinate logistics for investor-related events, maintain accurate investor records and manage communications with stakeholders. Own investor lifecycle: prospecting, onboarding, engagement plans, renewals, and upgrades. Ensure all investor interactions are planned, purposeful, and documented in HubSpot CRM, including next steps. Identify new sponsorship, grant and revenue source opportunities. Conceive and implement strategies and campaigns to attract, engage, secure, and increase the number of institutional and individual partners and investors supporting the GCEDC. Assist with billing and collections for investor, sponsor, donor and other sources of funds committed to the GCEDC
Perform Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) Management: Provide resources and technical assistance to businesses contemplating investment and growth in the City, and surrounding area when appropriate, by linking them to appropriate local, regional, state and federal resources and programs. Schedule and coordinate local industry visits and survey meetings to include a range of companies in each existing industry sector as well as related industry clusters with commonalities (i.e. newly relocated, specific demographic locations, etc.). In collaboration with the Research Team, identify trends within each industry sector and potential issues impeding growth. Work alongside other departments to address needs and/or trends within the region based on the results generated from company surveys. Identify potential target companies for relocation efforts through the BRE visits and pass to the Economic Development Recruitment Team members. Identify companies in growth mode who may expand locally and work alongside other Economic Development team members to address their needs and encourage expansions regionally. Serve as the BRE representative for all regional partners meetings and events. Schedule meetings with headquarters of existing regional companies during scheduled marketing/recruitment trips (working with regional partners when companies in their jurisdictions are involved). Assist in the planning and execution of the yearly BRE survey tool. Maintain all internal and external databases related to business retention and expansion efforts, updating the databases with key contact, business and assistance information, and keeping special emphasis on quality control of the retention database
Manage Event Planning: In coordination with the Senior Economic Development Research & Marketing Manager lead, plan, and execute all GCEDC events. Support, host, or sponsor events that will support the business community, and help build a stronger network of community leaders. Events include but are not limited to ribbon cutting ceremonies, small group lunches, quarterly & annual meetings, sponsor-related events, symposiums, galas and conferences. Provide event planning support to city led events
Perform Special Projects and Support as Assigned: Maintain flexibility to assist other team members of the GCEDC team with special projects and/or support as assigned. Support may be needed on items such as data collection; data entry; research projects; and any other initiatives or programs that need additional support
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business, economics, finance, public administration, planning or related field
Minimum four (4) years of fundraising, investor relations, and/or event planning experience for a non-profit, economic development, or entrepreneurial services organization
Minimum two (2) years of Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) experience in an economic development, chamber of commerce or government sector context
Valid South Carolina Class D Driver's License
Preferred
Prior experience in economic development, public administration, or planning is strongly preferred
Prior experience with business development or sales
Experienced alliance-builder and revenue-generating leader
Benefits
Health Insurance
Leave & Holiday Benefits
Retirement Benefits
Awards & Recognition
Other Benefits & Opportunities
Company
NEOGOV
NEOGOV is the leading provider of workforce management software uniquely designed for the public sector, education, and public safety.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$700MKey Investors
Warburg Pincus
2025-07-28Secondary Market· $700M
2025-07-28Acquired
2021-06-02Private Equity
Leadership Team
Shane Evangelist
CEO
Brandon McDonald
Head Of Marketing
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