Water Positive Specialist

We are seeking a visionary and handson technical water expert to join us as Water Positive Specialist and Project Manager. As part of a startup revolutionizing the future of Water Footprint Impact and Water Stewardship you will play a boosting role in shaping and driving our gotomarket and deployment plan.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in water management specifically in agriculture related fields and/or water tech ecosystem with an entrepreneurial and sustainabilityoriented mindset together with a successful track record in project planning execution and performance measuring .

About the Job

We are currently looking for a Water Specialist Project Manager who will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of water positive projects in the agricultural sector. As part of your responsibilities you will design manage and monitor projects aimed at reducing water consumption and increasing efficiency ensuring alignment sustainability standards for water stewardship. You will play a pivotal role in helping our corporate clients offset their water footprint through verified and impactful water positive initiatives.

Water Twins is a new impact venture developed by Byld (Corporate Venture Builder based in Madrid) that aims to promote a change in water footprint compensation for medium/big companies by designing and developing Water Positive projects that will help national watersheds to preserve their main resource through local projects that count on innovation and digitalization as the starting pillars of water saving.

The perfect candidate should have an exquisite mix of technical expertise in water innovation agriculture or agrotech projects plus an entrepreneurial experience to support Water Twins growth and development project by project.

Responsibilities (What youll do):

Project Development:

• Design and execute water positive projects end to end tailored to the agricultural sector.

• Conduct assessments to identify opportunities for water savings and efficiency improvements.

• Codevelop solutions with irrigation communities and technology providers ensuring practicality and scalability.

• Measure clients water footprint if required through ISO 14046 and Water Footprint Network Methodologies to set offset objectives. (Not a compulsory requirement additional formation granted once onboard).

Project Management:

• Oversee the endtoend implementation of projects ensuring timely delivery and adherence to objectives.

• Manage project budgets timelines and resources effectively.

• Define and execute the service strategy aligned with Water Twins overall objectives leading the development and implementation of its roadmap to drive growth and scalability.

Monitoring Reporting and Certification:

• Measure and verify water savings achieved through project implementation establishing tangible metrics.

• Prepare comprehensive reports detailing project outcomes and water benefits.

• Ensure certification of water savings using the international standards to attribute benefits to corporate clients. (Not a compulsory requirement additional formation granted once onboard).

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build strong relationships with farming communities irrigation organizations and water technology suppliers.

• Collaborate with corporate clients to align project goals with sustainability targets.

• Manage stakeholders from sales journey to project execution journey.

Collaboration & Cross functional alignment:

• Collaborate closely with the CEO product and sales teams to align projects and processes with client and market needs and business goals.

• Collaborate across teams to provide technical insights that inform not only business strategy but also the selection of working tools and market solutions driving feature development operational improvements and overall company strategy.

Sales & Operations Development:

• Work with the AARRR Sales Metrics Diagram (Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue).

• Ensure solutions meet reliability security and compliance standards while designing robust scalable and impactful projects for any geographic location.

• Define agile development processes and establish technical standards to ensure highquality project building and timely delivery.

• Negotiate and meet with different corporations potentially interested in compensating their water footprint pushing sales force in any applicable industry.

What we are looking for

1. Education and Experience:

   1. Bachelors or Masters degree in water technology agricultural engineering agronomy environmental science or related fields with 5 years of working experience in sustainability fields.

   2. Proven experience in water positive initiatives agricultural water management or sustainability projects.

2. Technical Expertise:

   1. Strong understanding of water management practices irrigation systems and watersaving technologies in agriculture.

   2. Familiarity with Water Footprint Measurement methodologies including ISO 14046 and Water Footprint Network

   3. Familiarity with the Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA) standard or similar water stewardship frameworks.

   4. Network and/or experience with Water Positive associations/communities.

   5. Passion for sustainability and commitment to driving meaningful water conservation outcomes.

3. Skills:

   1. Exceptional project management skills with the ability to handle multiple stakeholders and complex workflows.

   2. Proficient in data collection analysis and reporting for water usage and savings metrics.

   3. Strong problemsolving skills and an innovative mindset for designing impactful solutions.

   4. Excellent understanding of client needs and delivering cuttingedge technical solutions that meet market demands.

   5. Team player who actively contributes to building a positive culture and a collaborative environment.

4. Interpersonal and Communication Skills:

   1. Excellent communication and presentation abilities to engage and align diverse stakeholders.

   2. Willingness to travel to project sites and engage directly with farming communities.

   3. Fluent in English;

   4. Team player who actively contributes to building a positive culture and a collaborative environment.

   5. You embrace feedback as a valuable tool for continuous growth both for yourself and your team fostering a culture of improvement and collaboration.

And we will bring out the red carpet for you if

1. You have additional experience in innovation consultancy corporate innovation corporate strategy or entrepreneurship experience.

2. You have a usercentric lover approach/mindset and business and service design experience.

3. You are creative extremely curious and eager to learn and hold strong analytical and problemsolving skills

4. You are a fan of metrics and analytically driven data.

5. Detail is everything to you.

6. You are capable of interpreting quantitative data and understanding the needs of users thanks to interviews and questionnaires.

7. You have some experience in information architecture screen flow searching models development of personas wireframe design prototyping interaction

Benefits

1. A competitive salary based on your experience/profile with the possibility of becoming the first employee of the new venture.

2. Becoming an entrepreneur with the support of the first Spanish Corporate Venture Builder and an industryleading company

3. Be part of Bylds ecosystem: a team of teams that is either able to make pizza prepare coffee or build the next unicorn.

4. Actively participate in the disruption of the new era of Water Footprint Impact.

5. Commitment and support of Bylds liquid building team.

6. Experienced motivated and multidisciplinary team and board of directors.