Climate Strategy Manager

Position Overview:

Carbon Direct is a leading climate advisory company dedicated to accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy. We provide expert advice, innovative solutions, and strategic support to organizations committed to reducing their carbon footprint and achieving sustainability goals. We are seeking a motivated and experienced individual to join our team and lead the delivery of a wide range of complex, multi-stakeholder carbon management projects. In this role, you will be primarily responsible for bringing proposals and technical engagements to a successful delivery. Additionally, your role may include supporting policy insights, bottom-up techno-economic analysis, and carbon market analytics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advise and consult with clients on carbon management and sustainability strategies, considering their unique business objectives, industry regulations, and market dynamics, drawing upon expertise from across Carbon Direct.
• Lead workstreams or sub-workstreams to deliver net-zero strategies for complex global clients, drawing upon decarbonisation levers such as clean fuels, clean power, and supply-chain mitigation and complemented by market-based mechanisms such as carbon removal credits.
• Support the team in delivering on a variety of carbon management projects including, but not limited to, GHG emissions footprinting and target-setting, project-level due diligence for carbon removal projects, market positioning strategies, market analysis and forecasting, supply chain decarbonisation, and sustainability reporting.
• Coordinate with various stakeholders, including internal teams and external partners, to align project goals and timelines.Manage projects and stakeholder engagement to ensure a successful conclusion.
• Develop and implement project plans, track progress, and ensure timely delivery of milestones.
• Provide regular updates and reports to senior management on project status and outcomes.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality reports, presentations, white papers and technical documents that effectively communicate complex scientific concepts and findings to clients and internal teams.
• Work with Carbon Direct’s Client Engagement Managers to support business development efforts including developing proposals, responding to Requests for Proposals, and building a pipeline.
• Generate policy insights, techno- or macro-economic insights and markets analysis.
• Apply experience with decarbonisation to model climate transitions for clients. 
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in climate technologies, sustainable practices, and environmental policies to ensure the delivery of cutting-edge solutions.
• Attend occasional industry and sector-specific conferences, domestic and international, to grow your network and stay up-to-date with the latest developments in corporate climate action and the science of carbon dioxide removal.

Qualifications 

• Professional experience in sustainability consulting, decarbonisation, climate change mitigation, or a related field, preferably working with high-profile clients, including publicly-traded companies.
• A Masters or equivalent degree in a relevant scientific discipline such as environmental science, chemistry, physics, sustainability, or a related field; or a Bachelor’s degree in one of these fields and equivalent additional experience.
• Significant experience developing executive-level presentations (using Google Slides or Powerpoint), briefing memos, and other materials with clear narratives, along with writing associated talking points. 
• Strong understanding of sustainability frameworks, industry standards, and environmental regulations, including science-based targets (i.e., via SBTi), greenhouse gas accounting methodologies (e.g., GHG Protocol), carbon markets bodies (e.g., IC-VCM and VCMi), and climate action frameworks (e.g., Paris Agreement).
• Ability to undertake macroeconomic assessments of climate technologies in global market conditions.
• Track record of developing and implementing successful sustainability strategies for diverse clients, ideally within sectors such as professional services, energy, manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, aviation, or healthcare.
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to apply scientific principles to complex environmental challenges and develop practical solutions. Prior experience with modeling is preferred, but not required.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively convey technical information to non-technical audiences and build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders. Strong English writing and proofreading skills are valuable.
• Strong project management abilities, including the capacity to manage multiple assignments simultaneously, meet deadlines, and allocate resources efficiently.

Salary

£67,000-£121,000