# Program Director, Buildings

The Organization Rainier Climate is a philanthropic organization focused on addressing climate change. Co-founded by Sam Ballmer, Connie Ballmer, and Steve Ballmer in 2024, Rainier focuses on providing philanthropic funding to non-government organizations pursuing strategies that operate at the speed and scale needed to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions. Rainier supports work in many parts of the world and on a range of strategies such as forests and land use, clean energy, clean transportation, industrial decarbonization, buildings, and super pollutants. The organization is also supporting work in climate cross-cutting areas such as strategic communications, climate finance, legal, movement building and public engagement, and public policy. The Opportunity Rainier Climate is seeking a Program Director, Buildings to join its world class team in Bellevue, Washington. The Program Director roles represent a rare and unique opportunity to join a philanthropic organization in the early stages of shaping its strategic trajectory, culture, and programmatic aims in climate. Working in close partnership with the President, Vice President of Programs, and alongside the cofounders

- **Id**: 3650019
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rainier-climate-program-director-buildings>
- **Role**: Legal
- **Role family**: Legal
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bellevue, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-12T20:47:33Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T00:27:41Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 146
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 13125
- **Description truncated**: yes
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work, Life insurance, Professional development, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Nonprofits & Foundations

## Company

- **Id**: 1811479
- **Name**: Rainier Climate
- **Domain**: rainierclimate.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/rainierclimate>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 145

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T23:51:32Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 7
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.259
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 145
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

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