Growth Services Manager

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Growth Services Manager Job Group: --------------

Professional & Scientific Required Minimum Qualifications: ------------------------------------

Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of related experience Job Description: --------------------

The Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) is seeking a Growth Services Manager to help companies throughout Iowa identify growth opportunities, solve marketing and sales challenges, and strengthen, expand, and retain revenue. In this role, you will work directly with leaders of small- to mid-sized businesses to understand their markets and business objectives, diagnose root-cause issues, and guide them toward practical strategies and solutions that improve business performance.

This position blends marketing and growth expertise with hands-on consulting, business development, project leadership, and relationship building. You will lead client engagements involving marketing strategy, digital marketing, customer discovery, competitive analysis, market research, sales process improvement, positioning and value proposition development, and new product or market opportunities. You will not necessarily be the deepest technical expert in every area. Rather, you must have sufficient marketing and digital marketing knowledge to diagnose client needs, develop sound strategies, ask informed questions, evaluate potential solutions, and determine when specialized expertise is needed. Working with clients, CIRAS colleagues, and third-party specialists, you will integrate that expertise into practical solutions that address the client's underlying business needs.

The ideal candidate brings a passion for helping people and businesses succeed, along with experience applying marketing, sales, and business development practices to achieve measurable results. Success requires a strong foundation in marketing strategy and working knowledge of digital marketing suffic