Business Development - Critical Industries

Required

• 5+ years of experience in commercial business development, sales, or partnership development serving mining, oil & gas, power generation, heavy industry, or large-scale industrial infrastructure customers.
• Demonstrated track record of sourcing, structuring, and closing complex B2B or B2G deals, ideally involving industrial operations, energy infrastructure, environmental services, or resource management.
• Strong understanding of how water and precipitation drive industrial operations — including reservoir management for hydropower, water-intensive extraction and processing, cooling and process water requirements, and the regulatory frameworks governing industrial water use.
• Familiarity with Western water economics, water rights, basin hydrology, drought dynamics, and the institutional landscape of water management (districts, conservancies, state engineers) is strongly preferred.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, cross-functional startup environment where you will need to operate both strategically and tactically.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degrees in business, economics, engineering, water resources, environmental science, or related fields are a plus.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50% to industrial sites, operator headquarters, and conferences.
• If you are passionate about shaping state-level policy in water resources and are eager to contribute to sustainable solutions, join Rainmaker’s Business Development team. Together, we’ll help ensure a more resilient water future for communities and environments across the United States.
• No recruiting agencies.
• Supporting the Rainmakers behind the mission
• Making earth more habitable is ambitious work and we want the people doing it to feel supported:
• A stake in what we build: Meaningful stock options and the opportunity to help shape Rainmaker as an early member of the team.