Company Description
Backed by leading climate and American dynamism investors, Terranova builds intelligent robotic systems to terraform the Earth itself - lifting land, restoring wetlands, and protecting critical infrastructure from floods and sea-level rise.
Our mission is to preserve the built environment, create new habitats, and usher in an era of abundance. Our work supports climate resilience, disaster recovery, and defense across the United States and beyond.
We’re assembling a world-class team that wants to work on something real, physical, and civilization-scale. If you want your work to reshape the world (literally), this is the place to do it.
What to to Expect
Terranova is seeking a senior business development leader with a proven track record closing $100M+ infrastructure, construction, or earthwork deals across government, defense, or civil markets. This person will own Terranova’s growth pipeline - building relationships with primes, agencies, and contractors - and translating large, complex opportunities into executable projects.
You’ll work directly with Terranova’s leadership and government relations consultant to identify target programs, shape proposals, and close high-impact deals spanning new development projects, wetland restoration, land resilience, base hardening, and coastal protection. You should be equally comfortable in a hard hat or a boardroom, able to move fluidly between technical teams, customers, and government stakeholders.
The role is remote with preference for the SF Bay Area or Washington, D.C. The former to be close to the team and the latter due to proximity to FEMA, USACE, DoD, and other federal partners. Expect frequent travel to Berkeley, CA for coordination with engineering, as well as to bases, field sites, and major conferences nationwide.
Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end BD cycles from identification through close across state, federal, civil and defense markets
Develop and maintain executive relationships with public-sector clients, EPCs, and defense contractors
Structure multi-year partnerships and contracts in the $1M–$50M+ range
Translate technical solutions into clear value propositions, proposals, and budgets
Work directly with engineers to scope, price, and deliver pilot-to-scale programs
Represent Terranova at conferences, site visits, and high-level briefings at the state and federal level
Preferred Skills and Experience
10+ years of experience in construction, defense contracting, or infrastructure development
Closed and led negotiations on projects exceeding $100M+ in aggregate value
Strong existing network in FEMA, USACE, DoD or major primes
Deep understanding of earthworks, ground modification, or related heavy civil domains
Exceptional commercial acumen and negotiation skills
High tolerance for travel, long hours, and direct accountability for outcomes
Nice to Have Skills
Experience with federal acquisition (FAR/DFARS) or contracting frameworks
Familiarity with engineering design-build workflows and bid preparation
Technical fluency to interface effectively with mechanical, controls, and robotics teams
Strong writing and presentation ability for executive-level proposals
Compensation
Competitive base salary, commission on closed deals, and stock options with significant upside
Top Skills
What We Do
Terranova is rewriting the adaptation playbook by reshaping terrain itself. We do this with robots the size of cars that inject a wood slurry deep underground. This terraforming process precisely lifts properties out of their flood zones with no surface disturbance. This elevation is permanent and provides proactive protection for all types of infrastructure, wetlands, and new development projects. Our three robot and one mothership system can lift an acre by a foot every day, enabling rapid post-flood recovery.
Please contact us at [email protected] for a quote on your elevation project.
