Initial Posting Date:

05/21/2026

Application Deadline:

05/28/2026

Agency:

Oregon Business Development Department

Salary Range:

$7,537 - $11,098

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Business Incentives Coordinator (Operations and Policy Analyst 4)

Job Description:

Business Oregon, the state’s economic development agency, is currently hiring a Business Incentives Coordinator (Operations and Policy Analyst 4). If you enjoy analyzing complex issues, developing program improvements, and collaborating with stakeholders to support economic development initiatives, this may be the role for you. We are looking for someone who can combine analytical thinking, policy expertise, and stakeholder collaboration to strengthen and improve business incentive programs statewide.

Note: We are committed to fostering a supportive work environment that promotes work-life balance and flexibility. This is a hybrid position that may have the ability to work from home, with the expectation of an occasional in-office presence as needed to support business operations.

Here’s what you will do:

• Manage Tax Incentive Programs – Develop and coordinate program procedures, resources, forms, and administrative rules related to state tax incentive programs. Provide guidance to state and local partners on program requirements, procedures, and related issues.

• Zone Designations and Boundary Changes – Coordinate designation and boundary change processes with local governments, including communication, procedural guidance, legal requirements, evaluations, and recommendations.

• Business Development Technical Assistance – Provide guidance to businesses, consultants, and local government officials on Oregon incentive programs, tax benefits, eligibility requirements, and related business development resources. Support coordination between state agencies and local governments.

• Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis – Develop reporting standards and data tracking methods to evaluate program activity and outcomes. Prepare reports and respond to requests from state agencies, legislative staff, and other partners.

• Legislative Support – Assist with development and implementation of tax incentive and legislative concepts, including policy review, legislative tracking, stakeholder coordination, revenue impact analysis, and testimony preparation.

• Federal Laws and Program Assistance – Support state and local participation in federal programs and designations by coordinating with state agencies and maintaining knowledge of relevant federal laws and programs.

Minimum Qualifications:

A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and five years’ professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work.

OR

Any combination of experience and education equivalent to eight years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skills for the classification.

Requested Skills:

The ideal candidate will possess a combination of some or all the following skills. If you have these requested skills, let us know in your application materials! It's how we will choose who will move forward! You do not need to have all these skills to be eligible for this position.

• Experience administering or coordinating tax incentives, economic development, or business incentive programs or projects.

• Experience researching, interpreting, and applying laws, administrative rules, policies, or tax-related program requirements.

• Experience gathering, tracking, analyzing, and reporting complex data or program information for leadership, stakeholders, or external partners.

• Experience developing reports, performance measures, or analytical products to support program evaluation, policy analysis, or operational decision-making.

• Experience supporting legislative or policy-related work, including bill analysis, policy review, stakeholder coordination, testimony preparation, or legislative tracking.

We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet every one of our requested skills listed.

What Business Oregon does:

Business Oregon is the economic development agency for the state of Oregon. We have about 200 people on our team, and we work with communities and businesses. We use our programs and expertise to help businesses grow, so they can in turn add jobs, diversify the economy, and increase Oregon prosperity. We work with communities to enhance and expand infrastructure and community safety with projects such as water/wastewater systems, seismic rehabilitation for schools, or rural broadband development. This also sets the stage for future business development. Our mission is to invest in Oregon’s businesses, communities, and people to promote a globally competitive, diverse, and inclusive economy, all carried out with an agency strategic plan.

Through a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility we can advance towards our vision of prosperity for all. As the state of Oregon’s economic development agency, Business Oregon advances socio-economic justice by applying an equity lens to our programs, partnerships, and investments, ensuring that our decision-making and resource allocation reflect the needs of all Oregonians. By embedding diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility into our agency’s culture and practices, we work to expand access, dismantle barriers, and promote equitable economic opportunities across the state.

The Business Services Division promotes business and economic development opportunities by removing barriers to business growth and job creation/retention. Services include assisting Oregon businesses and communities to access State resources, including incentive programs for public and private sectors. Incentive programs and assistance include business finance programs, global trade assistance, infrastructure financing and other community and economic development programs. Recruitment Officers, Regional Development Officers, Global Trade Specialists, analysts, program specialists and coordinators, and loan officers work collectively in partnership with Oregon businesses and local communities to achieve the State’s economic development goals. The Business Incentives Coordinator is a senior member of the Business Incentives team within the Business Services Division, working closely with multiple teams across Business Oregon and other state agencies to drive and advance program oversight, management, coordination, and analysis of the state’s key business incentive programs.

Business Oregon administratively manages the state’s Enterprise Zone Programming including the Strategic Investment Program (SIP), Enterprise Zone (EZ), Long-Term Rural Enterprise Zone (LTRZ), and Tribal Enterprise Zones (TEZ), providing extensive technical assistance services to diverse partners including; 74 statewide enterprise zone sponsors, cities, ports, counties, tribes, nonprofit organizations, tax assessors, zone sponsors, elected officials, legislators, and media.

How to Apply

Please Note: Applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM PDT/PST on May 28, 2026.

Complete the following required steps:

• Fill out the application. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, you must apply through your employee Workday account through the Jobs Hub.

• Attach your current resume and cover letter. Your cover letter should clearly demonstrate how your experience and training relates to the qualities that are listed under the “requested skills” section above.

  • Your cover letter must be limited to no more than two (2) pages.

  • Generic cover letters that do not address the qualities that you have under the “requested skills” section may receive lower scores than those that addressed the requested skills.

  • Clearly demonstrate in your resume and cover letter how you meet all the minimum qualifications and requested skills listed above.

  • Failure to submit the required resume and cover letter may remove your application from consideration.

• Complete the questionnaire. After you submit your application, please go to your Workday inbox and respond to the public records request authorization, and gender identity questionnaire.

  • Answer the checkbox-style questions in the questionnaire. This screen will come after you submit your application, which completes the process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, the tasks will come to your Workday inbox.

• Warning – Workday will timeout after 15 minutes of inactivity and will not save your application progress unless you use the “save for later” function. If you need to take a break, please be sure to click the save for later button to save your progress. You will find your unfinished application in your Workday inbox.

Veterans, Disabled Veterans & State Servicemembers

• Eligible veterans and Oregon National Guard servicemembers (current and former) who meet the qualifications of the position will be awarded candidate preference. For more information, please visit Veterans Resources. Be sure to submit your documentation prior to the close date of this posting to have the preference considered. Click on the Veterans, Disabled Veterans & State Servicemembers link for additional information. The task to upload your documents will be available after you submit your application. For privacy reasons, please do not attach your military service document(s) to your application or combine it with any other required document attachments.

What’s in it for you:

• Work/life balance, generous benefit package, 11 paid holidays a year, 3 paid personal days, flexible work schedules, paid leave, employer contribution retirement plan (PERS), and so much more. Learn more about working at Business Oregon and the benefits we offer.

• Planning for your future. Pension plan, and deferred compensation packages.

• Deepening employee engagement by connecting and building strong teams, using enhanced communications, transparency, mentoring, and coaching.

• Care for our people and culture. At Business Oregon, we value community and foster a sense of belonging for our employees. We invest in our employees’ well-being including training and professional development, addressing burnout and other efforts that contribute to healthy, whole employees.

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness. If you’re employed by a government agency, you may be eligible. Learn more.

Additional Information:

• Business Oregon does not offer visa sponsorship. Within three days of hire, all applicants will be required to complete the US Department of Homeland Security's Form I-9, confirming authorization to work in the United States. Learn more.

• Hiring a successful candidate will be contingent upon the results of a criminal background check. Adverse background data may result in immediate disqualification.

• This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill the current position and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.

• Per the Pay Equity Law passed in 2017, a pay equity analysis will be conducted to determine what pay step the successful candidate will be offered. The analysis will be based on the relevant experience, education, training, and certifications documented in the application materials.

• This is a full-time management service, exempt position and is not represented by a union.

• This is a PERS qualifying position. Employees new to the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) will get a 6.95% base salary increase and will pay a 6% employee contribution to PERS, after an initial six-month waiting period.

• Are you looking to live in and experience Oregon? Learn more about life in Pendleton, Salem, and Portland.

Need help?

We invite you to contact the recruiter for application questions or job-specific questions.

• The recruiter for this position is Sue Hyer, Human Resource Analyst. If you contact the recruiter, please include the job requisition (REQ) number at the top of this job post.

• Email: Sue.S.Hyer@biz.oregon.gov

• Phone (call or text): 971-345-1239

It is our policy to provide reasonable accommodation for all applicants who may need it. Should you need assistance or accommodation, please contact the recruiter at Sue.S.Hyer@biz.oregon.gov to discuss how we can best meet your needs.

Business Oregon is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.

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