Managing Director

Revolutionary HR Consulting is conducting a nationwide search on behalf of the Arizona Water Association for a Managing Director to serve as the Association’s senior operational leader.

Help shape the next chapter of one of Arizona's leading water professional associations.

The Arizona Water Association has built something significant.

Through deeply committed volunteer leadership, an active professional community, and a network of specialized contractors and partners, AZ Water has grown its reach, programming, and influence across Arizona's water and wastewater profession. Today, the Association serves approximately 2,700 professionals, works through five councils and 30 committees, and is affiliated with both the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.

Now, AZ Water is taking an intentional next step in its evolution.

As the Association has grown, so has the complexity of coordinating its programs, events, contractors, committees, volunteers, finances, systems, and organizational priorities. As part of the next evolution of its operating model, AZ Water is establishing its first employee position to provide the operational continuity, accountability, and coordination needed for its next stage of growth, while preserving the volunteer engagement, professional relationships, and flexibility that have long been central to the organization.

This is an opportunity for an experienced operations leader who enjoys turning strategy into execution, bringing order to complexity, building strong working relationships, and creating systems that help people do their best work. It is also an opportunity to contribute to work that matters well beyond the organization itself. Arizona's water future affects communities, businesses, public agencies, and quality of life across the state, and AZ Water plays an important role in supporting the professionals and organizations doing that work.

For the right person, this is a chance to help strengthen an organization whose mission and impact are something to be proud of.

The Managing Director will serve as AZ Water’s senior operational employee and primary day-to-day operating leader. Working within Board-approved strategy, policy, budgets, contracts, and delegated authority, the Managing Director will translate organizational priorities into coordinated action and results.

The role will sit at the center of a highly collaborative operating environment that includes an engaged Board of Directors, councils, committees, volunteers, contractors, vendors, professional partners, and members throughout Arizona. The successful candidate will have meaningful responsibility for keeping that ecosystem connected, informed, accountable, and moving forward, while working in close partnership with the Board and volunteer leaders who remain central to AZ Water’s direction, culture, and success.

In many ways, this is both a leadership role and a builder's role: strengthen what is already working, introduce structure where it will add value, and help AZ Water develop the operating practices and organizational capacity needed for continued growth. The role offers the unusual combination of established organizational strength and genuine opportunity to shape how the Association operates going forward.

For someone who enjoys connecting people, priorities, systems, and execution, and who finds energy in helping a successful organization become even more sustainable, this is a compelling opportunity.

• Translate Board-approved priorities, strategic objectives, and annual plans into coordinated operational work, with clear visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions needed.
• Oversee day-to-day operations and…