Vice President of Economic Development
Listed on 2026-01-27
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Management
Operations Manager, Program / Project Manager, Business Management, Corporate Strategy
Vice President of Economic Development – Job Description The Organization
The Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce is seeking a Vice President of Economic Development to lead the efforts of Greater Hutch, an Economic Development Partnership for Reno County. Greater Hutch is a 501c6 organization with funding from private sector businesses and individuals, and public sector funding from the City of Hutchinson, South Hutchinson and Reno County and works with other nonprofit organizations to carry out the Reno County Economic Development Strategic Plan launched in 2025 – Elevate Reno County.
The Hutch Chamber is comprised of 4 divisions – Membership, Greater Hutch, Visit Hutch, and Growth Inc. The mission of the Chamber is Working Together to Grow Reno County, and serves 750+ members and public/private economic development investors. The Vice President position is being created to lead the three person staff of Greater Hutch and will report to the President/CEO of the Chamber, in addition to a strong new partnership in collaboration with the City of Hutchinson and will work closely with community and strategic development staff and department heads of the City and County.
It is possible that the position may be housed at both the Chamber and City Hall in order to work closely with the respective teams.
Job Description
The Vice President of Economic Development will lead Greater Hutch, a public/private partnership which works in collaboration with many community partner organizations to carry out the economic development strategic plan of Reno County and the partner communities. The VP of ED will help execute a coordinated strategy for economic growth by overseeing a three person Economic Development team comprised of an Economic Development Project Manager, BRE/Workforce Program Manager, and a Marketing coordinator and will report to the CEO.
The position will have strong collaboration with the City and County. Greater Hutch works to carry out a five pillar Elevate Reno County growth strategy including creating high quality jobs and investment, talent attraction and development, entrepreneurship in partnership with Startup Hutch, development of modern sites and infrastructure, and quality of life initiatives. Greater Hutch is currently in the middle of a 5-year capital campaign in partnership with Startup Hutch, and it is expected that the VP will work closely with the organizational leadership to help lead and execute the 5-year Elevate Reno County campaign.
Background in public/private EDO fundraising is preferred.
The position will be responsible for business growth outreach through local, regional, state and national marketing efforts and will aid in support of new product development, real estate promotion, and attraction of new companies to Reno County. This position will execute marketing strategies to align with and support Greater Hutch key objectives with the direction of the President/CEO, while working as a strong collaborative team with the other staff of the Chamber and Visit Hutch and partner organizations such as Downtown Hutch, Startup Hutch and municipal partners and planning organizations.
The position will also have some oversight of grant administration and real estate development through Growth Inc, the division responsible for development of a new industrial site in Reno County. Growth Inc is currently developing a shovel ready 500-acre rail served industrial site in cooperation with Reno County and the City of Hutchinson, and this position will be essential in writing
grants and management of the current grants to prepare the site for further development. Progressive economic development experience and management within economic development organizations is
required and real estate development background is preferred. A strong familiarity with the Reno County area is desired and favorably considered. Applicant should possess a goal-oriented passion for all aspects of economic development.
Position Objectives- Highly motivated individual with the ability to coordinate, analyze, and act upon confidential information and confidently and effectively interact…
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