Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board - Associate Vice President - Investment Promotion/Export Promotion & Project Facilitation (10-20 yrs)

About APEDB:

Join the Mission to Transform Andhra Pradesh's Economy!

The Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB) - the nodal investment promotion agency of the Government of Andhra Pradesh - is on a mission to drive sustainable economic growth and achieve the ambitious goal of a USD 2.5 trillion GDP by 2047, under the visionary leadership of Hon'ble Chief Minister Sri Nara Chandrababu Naidu.

APEDB is seeking talented professionals to lead strategic initiatives across key sectors. Work on diverse projects, facilitate investments, and contribute to Andhra Pradesh's success story.

Be a part of this transformative journey. Explore our consulting roles today!

Job Descriptions:

Associate Vice President - Investment Promotion, Export Promotion & Project Facilitation

(Sectors - Life Sciences - Pharma, Biotechnology, Healthcare & Medical Devices, Chemicals & Petro Chemicals, Green Hydrogen & Derivatives, Electric Vehicles, Textiles & Apparel and Logistics)

Role Summary:

Leads the Investment Promotion, Export Promotion, and Project Facilitation division in EDB. This high-impact role is responsible for driving investment promotion and trade efforts for all 10 focus sectors of AP. The consultant will be the key person to build and nurture relationships with different state and central government departments, CXOs, and team members for seamless facilitation of investments. S/He will be leading a team of investment promotion professionals.

Essential Qualifications:

Master's Degree in International Business, Business Administration, Economics from a recognized/reputed institution in India or abroad

Preferred Experience:

- strong experience in management consulting, government consulting, industry associations, market research, working with multilateral and bilateral agencies. Prior experience in an Investment Promotion Agency will be an added advantage.

- Strong exposure in senior finance roles in large MNCs related to project Financing, Investment Banking, private equity, multilateral agencies like World Bank, ADB, NDB, AIIB.

- Understanding of alternate investments funds in India and setting up of such funds and Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).

- Experience in working with Governments at the state and central level. Understanding of the policies, rules and regulations in the state and at the center.

- Sectoral Expertise in the following (Electronics, IT, Food Processing, Automobile and Auto Ancillary, Aerospace and defense, Textiles, Precision engineering etc.) with over 10+ years' experience in any of the sectors.

- Excellent stakeholder and client management skills.

- Strong management skills, particularly in planning, scheduling, and managing multiple tasks and people while working under tight deadlines.

- Experience in managing large projects for governments, private sector, multilateral clients and industry associations.

- Demonstrated skills in team management and mentoring.

- Experience in writing technical proposals, reports, and research papers.

Detailed Job Description:

Research and Strategy

- Combine a robust understanding of macroeconomic issues at the national level with micro level insights on the economic potential of districts and cities in Andhra Pradesh.

- Create profiles for cities, districts, sectors and the state by mapping growth paradigms and matching investment and export opportunities. Understand parameters like infrastructure, talent, supporting ecosystem and competitive advantages of Andhra Pradesh.

- Understand the policies, regulatory and legislative environment governing trade and investments in the country, state and other relevant competing states.

- Study the best practices, case studies and strategies drawn from other states, countries and investment promotion bodies.

- Present an industry overview and analysis, benchmarking policy initiatives, incentives and subsidies, understand clusters, synergies and linkages, key segments and verticals including growth drivers.

- Draw insights and compile reports by multilateral agencies, advisories, consultancies, annual reports, reports from center and state, corporate presentations and investor presentations for knowledge management.

Investment Promotion & Export Promotion

- Stakeholder engagement & Lead generation: Draw a stakeholder engagement calendar for building robust and sustainable relations across the key and critical stakeholder value chain. The stakeholder engagement calendar should also indicate the timelines for meeting them with clearly defined objectives.

- Assist in conducting, managing and curating events, roadshows, conferences in the state and abroad. Initiate sustained outreach with collaborators, influencers, investors and partners. Facilitate key one-one meetings with CEOs & initiate CEO round tables in select cities across India. Participate in conferences, roadshows, events for building sustainable networks for generating leads. Generate speaking opportunities for relevant officials of the government of Andhra Pradesh

- Constantly generate leads and proposals from potential investors and monitor progress for leads and proposals generated. Develop a planned calendar of conferences, events, roadshows, trade shows based on sector, state and country focus for engagement with relevant stakeholders.

- Relationship management: Build and sustain key client relationships and build long standing partnerships and collaborations by being a bridge between stakeholders and government. Develop standard guidelines for approaching investor inquiries.

- Develop a comprehensive stand operating procedure for investment promotion, facilitation and aftercare.

- Conceptualize, plan and organize stakeholder meetings, consultations and one-one meetings with relevant stakeholders of the government of Andhra Pradesh. Build sustainable relationships with ministers, secretaries, district collectors, zonal managers and respective line departments & their consultants for seamlessly facilitate investments into Andhra Pradesh.

Project Facilitation

- Assist the investor in creating Preliminary Project Reports and Detailed Project Reports and review, recommend and finalize them.

- Review proposals, financial models, project and financial structuring, and make necessary recommendations, as deem fit, to relevant departments.

- Help negotiate incentives, subsidies and concessions in close coordination with respective line departments.

- Facilitate potential investors and guide them through the process of grounding projects in Andhra Pradesh.

- Develop a list and timeline for permits, licenses, clearances required for establishing a unit in the state and country to support investors.

Salary:

Remuneration will be based on sustainability for the role and relevant experience, which will not be a constraint for the right candidate and is negotiable.

How to Apply:

For more details on the notification, job descriptions, eligibility criteria, and application process, please visit the "Careers" section of the APEDB website: www.apedb.ap.gov.in

Job application link: https://www.apedb.ap.gov.in/career.html

Application Deadline:

March 12th, 2025, by 5 PM.