[3] From 2001 to 2009 financial director at a number of companies, including the woodworking United Panel Group and the regional division of RAO UES of Russia, the ITERA group of heat and power companies, and the head of the regional business and investment projects department at one of the largest Russian state banks.

In particular, with his expert support, a program was developed to increase the investment attractiveness of the Ulyanovsk Oblast and the formation of an aviation cluster in the region was ongoing.

On November 26, 2013, he was appointed First Deputy Minister for Development of the Far East, Aleksnder Galushka, one of the co-chairs of Delovaya Rossiya, with whom Osipov collaborated on work in this organization.

[5] On October 25, 2018 by decree of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, Osipov was appointed as the acting Governor of the Zabaykalsky Krai.

[6] According to the Expert Institute for Social Research, the regular discussion event “Direct Talk”, organized by Alexander Osipov, was recognized as the most effective of the instruments created in the Russian regions for the work of governors to address citizens.

[7][8] According to VTsIOM, as of April 2019, Alexander Osipov has the highest electoral rating among all newly appointed and about heads of federal subjects of Russia.

In February 2023, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Osipov to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List due to his involvement in the enforcement of the conscription of Russian citizens in response to the 2022 mobilization order during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.