Colorado River Basin Senior Manager

Responsibilities and Engagement:

• Lead utility, beneficiary, and partner engagement to advance forest and nature-based solutions projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin.
• Oversee business case development, support structuring funding agreements, and develop strategies to scale pilot projects.
• Write memos and present findings to internal and external stakeholders.

Program and Fund Management:

• Manage the project portfolio with Blue Forest and other partners, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adaptive management.
• Track progress, co-lead reporting, and support the Director with proposal development and fundraising strategy implementation.
• Develop funding memoranda, pitch materials, and financial narratives for investors and funders.

Communications and Representation:

• Produce external-facing materials such as project decks and portfolio summaries for fundraising and outreach.
• Represent WRI in meetings, workshops, and external convenings to promote basin management and conservation finance.
• Contribute to WRI outputs including briefs, blogs, tools, and presentations on resilience investment models.