Reporting to the Executive Director, with a dotted line to the Faculty Director of the Salata Institute, the Director will bring a deep understanding of water management and hydrology to the program''s strategy and direction: building, convening, and engaging a consortium of investigators at Harvard and other universities; building the program''s working relationships with industry - the operators of large-scale water treatment, conveyance, and injection systems whose facilities and expertise the research depends on; convening scientists, engineers, government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and affected communities in the United States and internationally; developing and executing a fundraising strategy that grows the program beyond its founding gift; and directing the program''s operations, communications, and finances. Design and run workshops and other convenings that connect academic investigators with the organizations that operate large-scale water treatment, conveyance, and injection systems, and with the government agencies that would host or regulate storage; cultivate and manage relationships with all pertinent stakeholders.