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Director, Carbon Program Implementation

1 month ago
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Full-time
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Perennial

Perennial

Perennial is developing a comprehensive verification platform aimed at enhancing soil-based carbon removal, with the goal of establishing trusted standards and technologies to support climate-smart agriculture and promote soil as a significant carbon s...

Professional Services
11-50
Founded 2018
$24M raised
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Description

  • Lead end-to-end methodological integrity for Perennial’s soil carbon programs.
  • Design and register agricultural soil carbon projects under voluntary carbon standards such as VCS, SOCIALCARBON, and Climate Action Reserve.
  • Interpret Agricultural Land Management methodologies, including VM0042, VM0032, and SCM005, and translate them into implementation strategies.
  • Design and oversee soil carbon sampling and greenhouse gas data collection strategies.
  • Prepare, review, and defend Project Design Documents and supporting documentation.
  • Engage with validation and verification bodies throughout the project lifecycle, including responses to findings and corrective action requests.
  • Support customer-facing conversations involving technical and regulatory complexity.
  • Integrate evolving registry and methodology requirements into products, workflows, and implementation processes.
  • Develop internal standards, documentation, and audit-ready processes to improve consistency and defensibility.
  • Provide internal training and guidance on methodology interpretation, compliance, and market expectations.
  • Advise business development and leadership on opportunity fit, risk, and integrity implications.
  • Represent Perennial in registry working groups, industry forums, and public comment processes.
  • Build and maintain relationships with registries, validators, and ecosystem leaders.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in carbon project development, methodologies, or standards.
  • Direct experience leading or materially contributing to the registration of agricultural soil carbon projects in the voluntary carbon market.
  • Demonstrated expertise with VCS ALM methodologies, especially VM0042 and/or VM0032.
  • Ability to translate methodology language into defensible implementation strategies.
  • Strong working knowledge of registry rules, eligibility requirements, and core project components.
  • Experience engaging validation and verification bodies across the project lifecycle.
  • Experience responding to findings and corrective action requests from validators or verifiers.
  • Experience designing statistically robust soil carbon sampling plans or related field measurement strategies.
  • Strong written communication skills, including preparation of project documentation.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Strong understanding of voluntary carbon market integrity frameworks, buyer scrutiny, and market trends.
  • Familiarity with digital soil mapping, geostatistics, and/or uncertainty quantification (preferred).
  • Experience with biogeochemical models such as DayCent, DNDC, or SALUS (preferred).
  • Familiarity with VCS tools and adjacent standards such as VT0014, SOCIALCARBON, Gold Standard, CAR SEP, and GHG Protocol/LSRS (preferred).
  • Existing relationships with voluntary carbon market registries, validation and verification bodies, and/or major project developers (preferred).

Benefits

  • Starting salary range of USD $120,000-$170,000, commensurate with experience and location.
  • Equity in the company.
  • Generous PTO.
  • Health, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) benefits.
  • HSA benefits.
  • Fully flexible remote and hybrid work environment.
  • Access to a fully stocked kitchen.
  • Regular opportunities for learning and professional development.

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