Director of Water Innovation & Climate Policy; Remote

The Director of Water Innovation Advocacy’s work is anchored in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon and will include an on-the-ground pilot that will test Smart Watershed Network Management, which transforms existing and new stormwater ponds into an interconnected, intelligent network by retrofitting them with sensors and automated controls, then coordinating their operations using real-time information and predictive models.

The Director of Water Innovation Advocacy for Stormwater and Climate Adaptation Policy Innovation will play an active, hands-on role in Bright storm’s Florida pilot to help identify, test, and refine the policy, regulatory, and institutional conditions needed for digital innovation in stormwater solutions to succeed at scale.

Working closely with water and policy experts in The Nature Conservancy’s Florida chapter, The Director of Water Innovation Advocacy focuses on understanding real-world implementation challenges—including permitting, trust building, and agency decision-making—and translating those insights into pathways for broader state and national adoption. Bright storm’s long‑term impact depends on modernizing statutes, administrative rules, and regulatory guidance so digital and adaptive water solutions are explicitly enabled across jurisdictions.

You will serve as an integral member of the team, supporting pilot implementation with insights gained through prior experience and cultivation of critical relationships within the public sector.

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