Executive Jobs at Flowcarbon

The Role

Flowcarbon is seeking a senior Head of Carbon with at least ten years of experience working in international carbon markets (voluntary + compliance). This individual will lead the strategy and non-financial diligence processes associated with carbon projects that Flowcarbon supports, in close collaboration with the Chief Business Officer and Project Finance team.

Responsibilities

• Generally: Providing carbon markets expertise to inform all internal operations and teams including carbon diligence for project financing, carbon portfolio management and sales, client advisory, and policy engagement
• Leading the non-financial assessment of carbon project investment opportunities across a range of registries, methodologies and stages, focusing on issuance risk, delivery risk, and political/regulatory risk. This includes working with the internal carbon finance team and directly with project developers and owners
• Establishing company frameworks for project diligence and evaluation
• Working closely with the policy team to provide subject matter expertise on individual methodologies, VCM market development, and other key topics
• Providing assistance to the sales team, including interfacing with corporate buyers
• Managing an existing team of carbon markets professionals, with the ability to grow the team further should the company require
• Representing the company at major carbon market conferences
• Producing thought leadership on behalf of yourself and Flowcarbon

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in carbon project development, at a carbon standards body or registry, and/or with methodology development. Experience across a range of methodologies, including NBS and CDR, is preferred
• Extensive experience evaluating carbon projects and fluency with the associated documentation
• 5+ years leading a team
• Enthusiasm about being at the forefront of technical market-driven innovation within ecosystem services markets
• Ability to lead a team toward designing internal structure and processes
• Comfortable working with innovative digital measurement/monitoring, reporting and verification systems
• Comfortable working with both established standards bodies and methodologies as well as new ones that arise
• Experience registering and receiving certification for NBS project types, and bonus if experienced with additional non-NBS methodologies
• Comfortable working with projects across many geographies
• A strong understanding of the carbon project developer landscape
• A large network of deep connections with consultants and technical experts in carbon project development and certification