Head of Carbon Project Development
Living Carbon
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See open jobs at Living Carbon.See open jobs similar to "Head of Carbon Project Development" Homebrew.- Direct all aspects of US-based afforestation, reforestation and revegetation (ARR) and improved forest management (IFM) carbon removal projects, including project origination, planning, design, permitting, implementing, budgeting, subcontracting, monitoring and maintaining client relationships.
- Establish a repeatable process for carbon project origination including designing, testing, and optimizing a playbook to expand our project development process to tens of thousands of acres.
- Work with our methodologies and quantification team to ensure carbon projects are developed to maximize carbon sink and forest health.
- Work with our forest data science team to assess forest stands, timber management practices, land use baselines, and other criteria to evaluate eligibility under the methodologies of carbon registries.
- Work collaboratively with internal functional groups and external partners that enable project development to be successful
- Support commercial finance team to develop project budgets and financial projections based on project requirements, site characteristics and projected carbon credit issuance
- Develop and manage a team of in-house foresters and/or trusted on-the-ground partners to successfully execute projects
- Use project management tools to coordinate logistics and ensure timely project delivery
- Support financial and technical feasibility modeling and risk analysis to evaluate project scenarios and negotiations
- Work with our supply chain team to select seedling species and coordinate delivery on a strict planting schedule to meet annual carbon credit delivery obligations
- 10+ years of experience in large scale forest carbon project development planning, management and implementation with a preference for US-based project experience
- Track record of owning ambitious goals and delivering on land ownership targets
- Experience managing an outbound partnerships team and working with private landowners for experimental projects
- History of fast execution in a traditionally slow moving industry
- Experience in building our landowner partnership pipeline and negotiations contracts for large scale projects
- Effective communicator with management experience and experience with headcount planning and quarterly goal setting
- Exhibit understanding of carbon registries, standards and methodologies, specifically eligibility criteria for afforestation, reforestation and IFM projects
- Comprehensive understanding of commercial tree planting land preparation and planting techniques across a variety of tree species and geographic landscapes
- Experience using project management software and developing process flows
- Highly organized and detail oriented
- Compensation: Competitive Base Salary
- Equity in a growing Series A company
- Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Coverage
- Unlimited PTO
- Other: bi-annual off-sites, free trees etc.
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