Carbon Project Development Manager

Your mission at Sistema.bio:

• Reporting to the Head of Carbon & Impact, the Carbon Project Development Manager is responsible for operating a portfolio of multiple carbon projects, managing the end-to-end development and issuance cycles. This Manager will oversee the activities of a team of local associates and external consultants.

You’ll be in charge of:

• Manage the end-to-end carbon development to issuance cycles for multiple voluntary and compliance projects, by overseeing each project's schedule and key milestones and ensuring to meet deadlines for all.
• Manage a team of Carbon & Impact Associates and external consultants to deliver documentation, implementation reports, monitoring reports, and any other deliverable needed to ensure timely compliance with each project's milestones.
• Oversee the baseline and monitoring survey data collection and data quality checks to optimize high quality carbon credit generation, working closely with the Carbon Data Quality Analyst and the local Carbon and Impact Associates.
• Conduct Validation and Verification Bodies (VVBs) and partner site visits and travel to project locations whenever needed.
• Understand and stay up to date with the latest status on standards, carbon platforms, and applicable methodologies.
• Keep the internal and external stakeholders informed on the progress of the projects.

More about YOU:

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in the field of environmental policy/studies, public policy, engineering studies, economics, or alike.
• 5+ years of total work experience in the climate change & sustainability field.
• 3+ years of experience in management positions leading multiple carbon projects across CDM / Gold Standard / VERRA or other certification mechanisms.
• 3+ years of technical work experience in independently leading/managing registration and issuance cycles of carbon projects in the community service sector as consultant or team leader (VVB).
• Deep understanding of carbon markets and regulatory requirements of the carbon standards, research and survey processes, data collection and interpretation. 
• Strong Project Management and Team Management skills to deliver results under strict timelines
• Excellent writing skills to prepare rigorous protocols, design documents and reports
• Demonstrated acumen for project management: balance priorities, lead cross-functional efforts, pay keen attention to detail
• Strong leadership skills with ability to take swift decisions, set clear objectives, drive outputs while managing strict timelines, motivate and manage teams