Senior Tax Credit Manager

Senior Program Manager

The State of Colorado is seeking a Senior Program Manager to manage a number of tax credit programs to incentivize business activity and economic development in the Denver Metro area. This role has a hire date of January 2026 and will oversee two junior program managers. The Senior Program Manager will oversee the compliance, review, issuance, tracking, and reporting aspects of the tax credit, working closely with other divisions or partner organizations that own the front end of the tax credit including marketing the program and having subject matter expertise.

This role will manage the Commercial Historic Preservation, Employee Ownership, Community Revitalization, and Opportunity Now tax credits. This role may also provide support to other tax credit programs on the Salesforce and other platforms handling a variety of processes and supporting improvements. The role may undertake other and special projects and programs as required. The role will include limited travel around the state to promote the programs and educate stakeholders on how they can make best use of the programs to promote economic growth. Tax credit lifecycle management will be primarily on a Salesforce platform. The candidate should be familiar with Salesforce or related customer relationship management software and have an interest in application design, financial review and process design or have an aptitude to quickly become familiar with these tools and functions.

The Senior Program Manager will oversee one or more Program Analyst or Manager and serve as a primary point person for program stakeholders including applicants, other state government partners, and public inquiries for certain aspects of the programs. This position ensures that systems are functioning appropriately, applications are processed accurately and in a timely manner, program reporting occurs on a timely basis, communicates program information collaboratively with the front end partners on our website and through other channels, and provides customer support. The role will ensure compliance with statutes, fiscal rules and program policies and procedures.

This role requires close collaboration with other teams who manage the front end of the tax credits. For Opportunity Now, Employee Ownership and Community Revitalization, personnel from other divisions within OEDIT will primarily manage the front end of the process and are the policy leads in marketing and tax credit selection and in the substantive policy areas being incentivized by the tax credits. For the Commercial Historic Preservation tax credits, History Colorado will confirm compliance with federal preservation standards.

Key duties and responsibilities include implementing and lifecycle managing new and existing programs, supervising two junior program managers, communicating with applicants and the public to provide program information and support, developing, maintaining and improving Salesforce applications and processes, developing, maintaining and improving program guidelines and webpages, evaluating and approving tax credit applications according to the relevant statutes and program guidelines, collaborating with partners for program execution, improvement, and evaluation, maintaining a helpful but fiduciary and compliance perspective on tax credit management, responding to legislative and public information requests under tight deadlines, supervising other program staff, and performing all aspects of tax credit implementation and administration.

Minimum qualifications include six years of experience in program administration or detailed business processes which involved interpreting laws and carrying out the program activity or business process within those parameters, experience in finance, accounting, and tax related issues, an undergraduate or graduate degree in business administration, public administration, economics, finance, or a closely related field may substitute for 3 years of experience as stated above, and customer support experience. Preferred qualifications include experience in government or program administration with a focus on positive public outcomes, supervisory experience with direct reports, and experience with Salesforce as a program application platform. Required competencies include personal integrity and responsibility, highly organized with attention to detail, computer skills, financial literacy, customer service and communication, effective and diplomatic written and verbal communication, fiduciary understanding, ability to collaborate with internal and external partners and political acumen. Preferred competencies include adaptability, critical thinking, service orientation, and strong analytical aptitude.