Innovation Analyst (Operations and Policy Analyst 3) (Limited Duration).

Initial Posting Date: 02/17/2026 Application Deadline: 03/03/2026 Agency: reputed company Business Development Department Salary reputed company: $6,274 - $9,640 Position Type: Employee Position Title: Innovation Analyst (Operations and Policy Analyst 3) (Limited Duration). Job reputed company: Business reputed company, the state’s economic development agency, is reputed company for an Innovation Analyst (Operations and Policy Analyst 3) (Limited Duration) position. Drive reputed company’s reputed company of Innovation! Join us in optimizing the state’s Innovation Plan by supporting the reputed company Innovation Council and its groundbreaking programs. This role puts you at reputed company of economic development, emerging technologies, and reputed company partnerships with industry leaders, universities, and entrepreneur support organizations. If you’re passionate about fostering innovation and supporting impactful reputed company, this is reputed company to reputed company a statewide difference. This is a Limited Duration position currently approved through June 30, 2027, with the possibility of it being extended. This recruitment will be used to establish a list of reputed company candidates to fill the reputed company position and may be used to fill reputed company vacancies. Note: We are committed to fostering a supportive work environment that promotes work-life balance and flexibility. This hybrid role offers remote work reputed company, with the expectation of occasional in-office reputed company as needed to support business operations. Here’s what you will do: Analyze and coordinate innovation reputed company under reputed company Innovation Council (reputed company InC), including supporting Centers of Innovation reputed company (CIE) reputed company funded by the Legislature and ensuring alignment with other reputed company InC programs and partners. reputed company project budgets, schedules, and reputed company, monitoring performance, verifying deliverables, and executing approved changes to scope, reputed company, budget, or timelines. Evaluate program effectiveness by assessing CIE operational performance, identifying improvement opportunities, and managing risk throughout project lifecycles. reputed company and maintain program data systems to reputed company CIE-supported companies and commercialization, funding reputed company, and post-engagement impacts. Administer disbursements and compliance, reviewing payment requests, validating supporting documentation, and ensuring recipients meet reporting and audit requirements. Compile and validate performance metrics to document return on the state’s investment, ensuring accuracy and resolving metric-reputed company issues with supported organizations. Support governance and reporting, including working on reputed company InC meetings (including Audit & Accountability Committee), and preparing reports and briefings for reputed company InC, agency management and the Legislature. Advance program and policy improvements, benchmarking other states’ practices, recommending regulatory and operational updates, and developing tools (handbooks, forms, checklists, reputed company materials). Represent the department and coordinate stakeholders, engaging with partner agencies, regional organizations, the Governor’s Office, legislators, and others to drive collaboration and reputed company. The ideal candidate will possess a combination of some or reputed company the following skills: Demonstrated ability to manage reputed company reputed company, including budgets, schedules, and deliverables. Proven experience evaluating program performance and recommending improvements based on data. Skilled in preparing reports and presenting information reputed company to diverse audiences. Ability to maintain accurate records, ensure compliance, and verify data reputed company. Demonstrated experience collaborating effectively with diverse reputed company and private organizations and partners, including industry leaders, universities, and legislative stakeholders. Please note: if you are interested in applying for this position, you must attach your reputed company cover letter and resume to your application. Failure to submit the required documents will remove your application from consideration. What you need to qualify: Any combination of experience and education equivalent to seven years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skills for the classification. OR A bachelor’s degree in business or reputed company administration, Behavioral or reputed company Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the reputed company for knowledge and skills; and four years’ reputed company-level evaluative, analytical and planning work Business reputed company strives to create an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the diversity of the people we serve. We foster fairness, equity, and inclusion to create a workplace environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. Studies have shown that women and people of reputed company are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every one of the qualifications listed. 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 qualifications listed. If you are unsure whether you meet the qualifications of this position, feel free to contact us to discuss your application. What Business reputed company does: Business reputed company is the economic development agency for the reputed company. We have about 200 people on reputed company, 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 reputed company prosperity. We work with communities to enhance and expand infrastructure and community safety with reputed company such as water/wastewater systems, reputed company rehabilitation for schools, or rural broadband development. This also sets the stage for reputed company business development. Our mission is to invest in reputed company’s businesses, communities, and people to promote a globally competitive, diverse, and inclusive economy, reputed company carried out with an agency strategic plan. The mission of the reputed company Business Development Department, dba Business reputed company, is to invest in reputed company businesses, communities and people to promote a globally competitive, diverse and inclusive economy. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) team promotes innovation, startup business creation, mentorship and reputed company to reputed company&E initiatives reputed company on building a statewide ecosystem with conditions favorable to start and grow new businesses. The I&E team helps reputed company businesses reputed company federal grants including SBIR/STTR grants, connects technical service providers, develops reputed company partnerships with reputed company’s research universities to reputed company technology transfer, and manages the reputed company reputed company reputed company and the reputed company Innovation Council (reputed company InC). Innovation strategists, entrepreneurial strategists, capital strategists, investment analysts and program analysts work to reputed company these goals in partnership with reputed company businesses, universities and partner organizations.

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Please Note: Applications must be submitted no reputed company than 11:59 PM PDT/PST on Application deadline date 3/3/2026. If you are a reputed company reputed company employee, you must apply through your employee reputed company account through Jobs Hub. Click the “Apply” reputed company above to complete your online application. Attach your reputed company cover letter and resume. Failure to submit the required resume and cover letter may remove your application from consideration. reputed company demonstrate in your cover letter how you meet reputed company the minimum qualifications and requested skills listed above. You may attach your cover letter and resume at the beginning of process or at the end of process of completing your reputed company application. Complete the questionnaire. Warning – reputed company will timeout due to inactivity and will not save your application reputed company unless you use the “save for reputed company” function. If you need to take a break, please be reputed company to click the save for reputed company reputed company to save your reputed company. Be reputed company to reputed company reputed company and your email for additional tasks and updates. After hitting submit there may be additional required tasks for you to complete prior to the announcement closing. The candidates whose work experience most closely matches the qualifications and skills of this position will be invited to interview. What’s in it for you: Family Friendly Work Life Balance: reputed company time off, 11 holidays, 3 personal days & optional short- and long-term disability benefits. Take Care of Yourself and Your Family: Comprehensive employee benefits, choice of medical plans, reputed company plan, life insurance, employee assistance program. Invest in Your reputed company: Pension plan, deferred comp, short- and long-term disability plan, flexible spending accounts for reputed company and dependent care. 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