Senior Sourcing Strategist

Summary

Join Carbon Direct's Supply Team as a Senior Sourcing Strategist and contribute to our mission of enabling organizations to reduce, remove, and utilize their emissions. You will manage procurement processes for clients, build partnerships with project developers, and structure agreements to accelerate the supply of high-quality carbon removals. This role requires experience in client management, negotiations, and business development, along with strong analytical and communication skills. A passion for climate action and a collaborative spirit are essential. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a remote-friendly work culture.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience structuring multi-faceted partnership agreements, ideally for industrial, chemical, or infrastructure projects (experience with carbon projects a plus, but not necessary)
• Experience with partnership negotiations and contracting
• Analytical problem solver who can structure solutions for diverse sourcing requirements
• Familiarity working with external clients and track record of successful client management
• Business development, origination, or similar experience
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; able to meet informational needs across a wide range of actors
• Strong organizational and time management skills to meet fast-paced deadlines
• Collaborative and results-oriented
• Passionate about climate action
• Curious and hungry to learn

Responsibilities

• Develop project developer and supplier relationships
• Build and grow partnerships with high quality projects through: Prospecting of high-quality carbon credit, SAF, and REC suppliers; Understanding key technical aspects of each technology vertical; Cultivating, maintaining, and engaging prospects through tailored sourcing approaches; and Driving towards deals with high-quality prospects
• Structure and negotiate commercial arrangements for offtake in collaboration with cross-functional teams within Carbon Direct
• Manage carbon removal procurement processes for clients, including: RFP development, supplier outreach, and process management
• Coordination of internal teams for timely execution on project evaluation processes
• Day-to-day management of client relationships and creation of client-facing deliverables
• Become the internal expert on market strategy for a set of technology verticals, including market standard contract approaches and supply/demand dynamics
• Contribute to supply sourcing strategy and cross-departmental processes
• Articulate Carbon Direct’s value proposition to our supplier base, identify ways to increase our value to suppliers, and represent Carbon Direct at industry conferences

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with carbon removal, corporate sustainability, energy, or a related field
• Legal, science or engineering background a plus

Benefits

• Comprehensive nationwide medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Time off as needed: Flexible vacation policy and ten company-wide holidays, plus annual winter break between Christmas and New Year's
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental and family leave with no tenure requirement
• Remote-friendly work culture with annual company-wide retreats
• Reimbursement for your work-from-home setup and monthly work-from-home stipend