Water Group Director

American Rivers

Water Group Director coordinating national confederation for water policies at American Rivers. Leading strategic plans, project management, and partnership development to advance water conservation.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $104,600 - $127,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and coordinate the Water Group confederation and its sectors, aligning strategy, strengthening collaboration, and fostering effective partnerships among members and stakeholders.
Facilitate confederation governance and operations by convening leadership meetings, preparing agendas and briefing materials, documenting decisions, and translating strategic priorities into actionable workplans, budgets, timelines, and implementation frameworks.
Monitor and analyze policy developments, campaigns, and emerging opportunities affecting water conservation and management, while conducting research and developing strategic recommendations to advance confederation priorities.
Develop and maintain mapping, intelligence, and analytical products that identify coalition assets, strategic opportunities, partnership prospects, and pathways for collective impact.
Create high-quality communications and engagement materials, including executive briefings, presentations, talking points, reports, and rapid-response resources to support confederation leaders, partners, and external audiences.
Support fundraising and donor engagement efforts by developing case-for-support materials, cultivating philanthropic relationships, and helping build strategic funding opportunities for shared priorities.
Establish performance metrics, track progress, synthesize lessons learned, and ensure effective coordination among confederation members while advancing inclusive practices throughout confederation activities and decision-making.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of eight years of experience in coalition or confederation management, policy advocacy, campaign strategy, partnership development, or multi-stakeholder leadership.
Demonstrated success convening and influencing senior leaders, executives, funders, and diverse stakeholders to advance shared priorities and achieve measurable outcomes.
Strong strategic planning and project management skills, including the ability to translate complex discussions into actionable workplans, implementation strategies, budgets, and performance measures.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing executive briefings, presentations, strategic communications, and stakeholder-facing materials.
Experience supporting fundraising, donor cultivation, philanthropic strategy, and resource development initiatives.
Ability to use research, data, and analysis to inform decision-making, identify opportunities, and guide strategic investments and partnerships.
Proven ability to work effectively across diverse political, geographic, cultural, and organizational contexts, with a commitment to collaborative leadership, community-centered approaches, and advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health and Wellness: Medical, dental, vision, long-term and short-term disability, and life insurance.
Financial Security: After one year of service, American Rivers begins contributing a 3% employer contribution. There is no vesting schedule for employer contributions as employees are 100% vested upon participation.
Time Off: Four weeks of paid leave, eleven paid holidays, three floating holidays, and sick leave.
Professional development opportunities.
Comprehensive Total Rewards package to our full-time, regular employees.
Support for employee’s well-being, professional growth, and financial security, ensuring they can thrive both at work and in life.
Focus Fridays (no internal meetings)
Sabbatical leave (every seven years)
Paid parental leave (six weeks w/ one year of service)

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Hard Skills & Tools

Policy AdvocacyCampaign StrategyPerformance MetricsData AnalysisResearch Development

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationCollaborative LeadershipInfluencing Senior LeadersCommunity-Centered ApproachesCommitment to Diversity