Utility Partnerships Manager

Blue Forest

Utility Partnerships Manager engaging utilities and corporate partners for Blue Forest's Forest Resilience Bonds. Building systems for partner relationship management and supporting business development in natural capital markets.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $92,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own utility partner relationships across active FRBs — serving as the primary Blue Forest point of contact alongside the FRB project manager, staying current on conversations, tracking engagement activity and contribution pipelines, and surfacing emerging themes and opportunities across projects
Build the internal systems for managing utility partner relationships — including compiling a partner contribution inventory and establishing processes for tracking, reflection, and continuous improvement
Manage the impact analytics pipeline behind utility reporting, ensuring partners receive high quality impact reports.
Lead engagement with emerging utility partners to unlock contributions to FRBs
Lead coordination of utility partnership working groups and related convenings
Develop collateral and value proposition materials that articulate Blue Forest's benefits to utility and corporate decision-makers
Support high-value utility relationships as needed, with those relationships strategically owned by the Director
Support coordination of utility meetings, site visits, and partnership development activities

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of relevant work experience
Experience in partnership development, business development, or related fields
Experience working with utilities
Strong relationship-building skills and ability to manage multiple external partner relationships simultaneously with professionalism and follow-through
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize technical, market, or policy concepts into clear memos, presentations, and materials for utility and corporate audiences
Proven ability to build or manage internal systems and structure around complex, evolving workstreams – including tracking, reporting, and process development
Proactive and solutions-oriented – able to identify emerging challenges across a portfolio of relationships and take initiative to address them
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to bring clarity and organization to early-stage and rapidly evolving work
Collaborative working style with the ability to coordinate effectively across internal teams and external partners.

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision coverage; subsidized coverage for dependents
Access to a 401(k) retirement plan with a 5% employer match
4 weeks paid vacation and 17 paid holidays; paid sick time and volunteer time
3 months of paid family leave
Employer-paid life and long-term disability insurance
Access to Dependent Care FSA and Health FSA
Public Lands Exploration stipend (reimbursements for visits to National Forests, county parks, etc.)
Monthly Home Office stipend or co-working space provided
Dependent care costs are subsidized for business travel
Additional stipends for health & wellness, home internet, and cell service
Financial support for professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

Impact ReportingProcess TrackingData SynthesisContribution Inventory ManagementCollaboration Tools

Soft Skills

Relationship-BuildingProactive Problem-SolvingOrganizational SkillsCollaborationProfessionalism