Director of Industry Partnerships
Spring Innovation Fund
Job Description
Spring Innovation Fund is a nonprofit venture philanthropy studio and fund building the next generation of humane animal agriculture technology, with a focus on fish and aquatic animals — fish, shrimp, lobsters, and other seafood species. We co-found new companies through our venture studio and back external ones through our investment portfolio, on a simple thesis: the most durable welfare gains come from solutions the industry actually wants to adopt — technologies that align animal welfare and producer profitability by design.
The Role
This is the bridge between Spring and the aquaculture and broader animal agriculture industry. You'll be the person producers, processors, trade groups, and certification bodies trust — and the person our studio and portfolio companies rely on to open doors. You'll translate in both directions: helping our companies understand what the industry will actually adopt, and helping the industry embrace the welfare innovations we build and back. You'll turn relationships into trials, and trials into adoption at scale.
What You'll Do
Be Spring's face to the industry — building and stewarding relationships with major producers, processors, trade organizations, and certification programs.
Bring a clear, current read on what producers need in welfare technology: the operational, cost, regulatory, and certification realities that drive adoption.
Mobilize industry support, demand, and credibility for the companies Spring launches and invests in.
Connect studio and portfolio companies with industry partners to run trials and pilots in real production environments.
Build partnerships that lead to commercial offtake, co-development, distribution, or strategic investment.
Advise our founders directly on go-to-market and landing their first customers, and feed industry intelligence back into our sourcing and diligence.
This is a full time job
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Closing Date: Friday, August 21, 2026
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