Remote Technical Carbon Operations Lead

Summary

Pachama is seeking a Technical Carbon Operations Lead to develop new forest carbon projects and provide technical support for partner projects. The role involves executing quantitative and geospatial analysis tasks, leading field data collection efforts, and ensuring compliance with applicable methodologies and validation/verification standards. The position is fully remote but preferred locations are US, Mexico or Brazil due to travel requirements.

Requirements

• University degree or equivalent experience in forestry, forestry engineering, environmental science or other related fields
• Applied carbon project development experience in a technical/quantitative role using approved methodologies from leading registries
• Excellent quantitative and geospatial (GIS) analytical background in forest systems; familiarity with common remote sensing data and analytical techniques for land use and ecosystem assessments
• Specific experience with forest mensuration, including statistical sample design and overseeing field inventories
• Strong technological skills, including experience or ability to interact with a variety of data analysis and workflow platforms (e.g. R, Python, Flyte)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to effectively operate with flexibility in a fast-paced, constantly evolving, ambiguous, team environment

Responsibilities

• Execute quantitative and geospatial analysis tasks necessary for successfully implementing projects and optimizing the design of new projects
• Lead the execution of various field data collection efforts, geospatial analyses, calculation of carbon benefits, and other tasks necessary to ensure compliance with applicable methodologies and validation/verification standards

Preferred Qualifications

Portuguese and/or Spanish language skills are a plus

Benefits

The salary range for this position is $81,900 USD to $130,000 USD. The position is also eligible for equity