Director of Project Development

Location: Remote, Western US required (Within an hour of a major airport preferred)

Reports to: Managing Director of Project Development

Salary: $130k - $155k depending on experience

Travel: up to 25-30%

Priority Application Date: Apr 20, 2026
Preferred Start Date: Jun 15, 2026
Employment Status: Full-time, exempt

About Blue Forest

Blue Forest is a conservation finance non-profit founded in 2015 that is focused on advancing ecosystem restoration through scientific research, financial innovation, and collaborative partnerships. Since 2018, Blue Forest has managed investor capital through its flagship financial product, the Forest Resilience Bond (FRB), which deploys private capital to finance forest restoration projects to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. More recently, Blue Forest has also established Blue Forest Asset Management (BFAM), an investment management platform connecting investors to compelling, mission-aligned opportunities in a broader set of asset classes beyond FRB projects, such as private equity and private credit investments.

Blue Forest is made up of an interdisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, foresters, finance, and communications professionals committed to the mission: “To accelerate ecological restoration through conservation finance, enabling climate resilience for ecosystems and communities.”

Employees at Blue Forest are:

• Committed to Continuous Learning
• Driven by Collaboration
• Thoughtful Innovators for Impact
• Grounded in Science
• Passionate about Restoring Earth’s Ecosystems

Position Summary

The project development team at Blue Forest is responsible for developing and launching Forest Resilience Bonds (FRBs) and other ecosystem restoration conservation finance projects. The Director of Project Development plays a key leadership role on the project development team, developing and executing strategy for the project portfolio while advising on individual complex, non-traditional projects that require a management consulting mindset. This role therefore involves being detail-oriented during day-to-day operations and also focusing on overall long-term strategic planning, creative solutions, and relationship management. As Blue Forest looks beyond the traditional FRB, the director will play a central role in evaluating new conservation finance vehicles and conservation finance applicability in new ecosystems, which will require navigating ambiguity and creative thinking. Project development happens in close collaboration with external partners and the Blue Forest science, finance, Indigenous partnership, and communications teams; therefore an ability to learn and collaborate interdisciplinarily is essential to success.