Utility Partnerships Manager

Location: Remote, Western United States preferred (WA, OR, CA, UT, AZ, NM, MT, WY, CO)

Reports to: Director of Natural Capital Development

Salary: $92k to $110k depending on experience

Travel: Up to 15–25%

Employment Status: Full-time, Exempt

Priority Application Date: July 27th, 2026

Preferred Start Date: Sep 14, 2026

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 professionals, 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 Utility Partnerships Manager will execute Blue Forest's strategy to deepen utility contributions to Forest Resilience Bonds (FRBs) and build emerging FRB revenue streams. The role's primary focus is utility engagement — owning the day-to-day, staying current on partner relationships across projects, coordinating across teams, and surfacing emerging themes and opportunities. A second focus is frontier benefits business development, with an immediate emphasis on carbon. The role also supports corporate engagement by building the project-level processes that connect FRB work to corporate benefit streams, in partnership with the team leading external corporate strategy.

The ideal candidate is a clear communicator and a strong relationship builder who thrives on working directly with utility and corporate partners. They are organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple partner relationships simultaneously while synthesizing technical, market, and partnership information into actionable deliverables. This role is well-suited for someone who enjoys building systems and structure around relationship management, is comfortable with ambiguity, and brings a problem-solving mindset to regularly evolving workstreams. Prior experience working with utilities in some capacity is needed. Familiarity with corporate sustainability programs, public-private partnerships, and/ or utility decision-making and risk mitigation is a plus.