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About the role
Interior & Reclamation Engagement: Own Rainmaker’s relationship with DOI and Reclamation end to end, including the Commissioner’s office, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, the policy and program offices, and Research and Development. Build durable relationships with senior career and political leadership, and know where decision authority sits between Washington and the regions.
What they're looking for
- Thorough working knowledge of how DOI and Reclamation operate at both the national and regional level
- In-depth command of Reclamation programs, authorities, and funding vehicles
- Demonstrated command of Western water law and policy
- Track record of developing projects and securing federal funding for them, including familiarity with the mechanics of federal grant, cooperative agreement, and cost-share processes, and with appropriations and authorization cycles
- Current relationships across the Department of the Interior, the Congressional natural resources and appropriations committees, and the Western water community
- Working familiarity with the federal environmental compliance landscape
More about this role
Make it rain. Make Snow. Make Earth Habitable.
Rainmaker builds and deploys audacious technologies that work with nature to create an abundant, habitable planet. We are modernizing proven cloud-seeding science with weather-resistant UAS, radar and satellite observations, numerical weather prediction, novel sensing and validation systems, and sustainable seeding technologies. We are building an integrated system to make more freshwater available to farms, ecosystems, and communities.
Our ambition is bold, but we pursue it with humility. We take on difficult problems in the real world with technical rigor, grit, integrity, and an openness to learning and course-correcting. We are hiring individuals with evidence of exceptional ability. If you want to build systems that endure, restore, and provide, and help deliver the future we were promised, we want to hear from you.
Rainmaker is pioneering a modern precipitation enhancement cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, and numerical weather modeling to make water abundant.
As Rainmaker’s Director of Water Development, you will own our engagement with the...
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