Job Description

About the Organization

We work directly with foreign investors to attract high-value and high-impact investments to the province. With international offices located in key markets around the world, we bring industry, government partners, and economic organizations together to offer seamless services that make it easy for investment to flow into the province. With a strong entrepreneurial culture, we are taking new and innovative approaches to investment attraction.

The Opportunity

As a senior leader of the FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) team you will develop strong business networks in the Korea, Japan, Singapore, and India markets while managing a team that builds awareness, the sales funnel and provides exceptional client management. This is an important role as you will serve as a representative in advancing and upholding the reputation of the Corporation with key decision-makers and policy influencers.

The ideal candidate will bring experience in direct investment and the Asian business and investment landscape as well as working knowledge of the Alberta value proposition. You will manage a team of investment attraction advisors to attract businesses and investment to Alberta by developing highly creative outreach strategies that are aligned with the mandate and business plan established by the Corporation.

Primary duties will include:

Advancing investment objectives and leading the Canada-based investment team towards successful completion of these objectives.

Coordinate regional staff in obtaining, preparation and communication of relevant information on evolving political, economic, technological and socio-cultural landscape of the host region and provide comments on events which may be significant in their economic impact.

Encourage the participation of Canadian and regional representatives in major events likely to increase general cooperation and partnerships, and foster commercial developments and exchanges between the region and Alberta businesses and agencies.

Providing leadership, strategic direction, and coordination to increase awareness of Alberta as an important investment destination and promote opportunities in priority sectors.

Working closely with all team members, partners and stakeholders to create and execute a cohesive investment attraction strategy.

Maintaining a strategic view of the organization while ensuring team accountabilities are met.

Promoting investment to Alberta

Identifying and building relationships with business entities and investors

Providing intelligence, advice and introductions to Alberta companies or organizations looking for investment partners.

Proactively leading a team of experts in connecting and building strong relationships with potential investors in the regional market.

Display business acumen by using limited information to make strategic decisions that align with organizational goals and stakeholder expectations.

Manages issues with a solutions-oriented mindset, which helps drive high-value, high-impact investment decisions.

Creation and management of departmental budgets.