The Role:
Pachama is looking for a Technical Carbon Operations Lead to help develop new forest carbon projects and provide technical diligence and support for partner developed projects. In this role you’ll be responsible, alongside our Origination Operations team, for executing the quantitative and geospatial analysis tasks necessary for successfully implementing projects and optimizing the design of new projects to ensure high quality and accurate carbon accounting. You will 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.
You would be excited about this role if you love the idea of rolling up your sleeves and using your deep technical and scientific background in an applied role that achieves on-the-ground outcomes. You have a demonstrated interest in climate tech, experience implementing or verifying forest carbon projects, exceptional quantitative and geospatial analytical skills, and a hunger for impact.
Location: This role is fully remote. However a location in the US, Mexico or Brazil is preferred given that some travel to project sites will be required. Experience working in Brazil and other parts of Latin America is a plus.
About Pachama:
Pachama harnesses AI and satellite data to empower companies to confidently invest in nature. Using the latest technological advances, Pachama delivers continuous insight into how forests sequester carbon, protect wildlife and benefit local communities. These insights enable leading companies to find the world’s best projects and track their impact over time while also helping land stewards earn an income protecting nature with tools to develop carbon projects and secure funds.
What You Will Help Us With:
- Work with internal teams and external partners to execute a range of quantitative and geospatial analyses and workflows necessary to rigorously diligence, design and develop carbon projects including land eligibility assessment, growth projection, biomass, leakage, risk and baseline quantification, and project success monitoring and oversight.
- Conduct technical evaluation of data and reports received from project partners or other third parties, and provide constructive feedback to optimize project design for quality and efficiency.
- Generate, collect and manage a wide variety of project data, including field biomass inventories, various carbon quantification parameters, eligibility documentation, ecological monitoring indicators, project boundaries and supporting remote sensing/geospatial data.
- Product written technical reports to assist in project development and diligence, and contribute to Project Description Documents and Monitoring Reports.
- Work directly with partners and contractors to ensure that data collection and project quantification procedures align with registry requirements, and participate in project validation and verification activities.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to provide insights and contribute to the development of tools, products and procedures for Pachama to scale to hundreds of Originals projects.
Experience & Skills We're Looking For:
- 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, including the ability to give and receive feedback, work cross-functionally and communicate technical information to a variety of internal and external audiences and stakeholders
- Ability to effectively operate with flexibility in a fast-paced, constantly evolving, ambiguous, team environment
- Resourcefulness and tenacity with a strong sense of curiosity and passion for learning
- Portuguese and/or Spanish language skills are a plus
- A willingness to travel
Even if you don’t meet all these requirements, we encourage you to apply if this job description excites you. We are looking for ambitious people to help make an impact on climate change. That purpose requires us to bring together a diverse set of people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills to create solutions that work for all.
