Louisiana Economic Development Career Opportunities

Louisiana Economic Development (LED) is charged with executing the most far-reaching objective of any Louisiana state government agency: creating a more vibrant Louisiana economy. LED will provide aggressive leadership in two broad areas of activity: product development and business development. Leading economic development for the state of Louisiana will involve a combination of moving LED from good to great in business development and establishing significant new capabilities in product development.

To achieve this objective, LED needs highly motivated employees who believe in Louisiana's potential. If you are interested in being a part of the Louisiana renaissance, see below for a list of open positions at LED.

Assistant Director, State Economic Competitiveness Group

Director, Research Group

Director, Structuring & Valuation

Assistant Director, State Economic Competitiveness Group -- 2 positions open

The vision of the State Economic Competitiveness initiative is for Louisiana to become a top-10 state in the nation in terms of economic development policy and processes, with specific wealth-creating industries and projects leading economic growth. The two Assistant Directors of the State Economic Competitiveness (SEC) team will work in collaboration to manage an analyst as well as a range of professional service providers in developing benchmarking, research and planning materials.

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Director, Research Group

The Research Director leads a team of five professionals focused on critical economic research and business intelligence activities that support LED’s mission of leading economic development for the state of Louisiana. The Research Director interfaces directly with LED’s Business Development Services organization to ensure delivery of time-sensitive resources critical to LED’s success with business development prospects and projects.

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Director, Structuring and Valuation

The Director of Structuring and Valuation (S&V) will lead LED’s efforts to evaluate potential state economic development opportunities and to structure state financial commitments and incentives associated with these opportunities. In particular, the director will lead efforts to develop innovative incentive packages for business development prospects that position Louisiana to win the project while protecting the state’s return on investment.

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