Job Title: Senior Manager, Corporate Sustainability (Carbon Markets)
Location: Remote – Worldwide (with significant overlap with US business hours)
Start Date: Immediately
Reports to: Senior Director, Carbon Market Development
Verra is a global leader helping to address the world’s most intractable environmental and social challenges. As a mission-driven non-profit organization, Verra is committed to helping reduce and remove greenhouse gas emissions, improve livelihoods, and protect natural resources across the private and public sectors. Verra manages a portfolio of standards, including the:
- Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)— the world’s leading carbon crediting program, with more than 2,000 registered projects in 80 countries, and accounting for two-thirds of all voluntary carbon market transaction volume.
- Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta)— a flexible framework for assessing and reporting on the sustainable development benefits of project-based activities.
- Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards— to identify projects that simultaneously address climate change, support local communities and smallholders, and conserve biodiversity.
- Plastic Waste Reduction Program— to enable robust impact assessment of new or scaled-up waste recovery and recycling projects around the globe.
With climate action growing rapidly and driving a new wave of investment, Verra is enhancing its work to support companies and organizations in using high-quality carbon credits in order to set and achieve increasingly ambitious climate goals.
A day with Verra’s collaborative Legal, Policy, and Markets team might include…
- Holding your monthly key account call with your counterpart at a large corporate user of carbon credits.
- Presenting to an audience of corporate decision-makers on the role of carbon offsetting.
- Meeting with Verra colleagues to share insights about the future development of Verra’s carbon programs.
Specific functions you will be responsible for…
- Corporate relations – developing and implementing an organizational strategy for engaging with end users of carbon credits about their climate goals.
- Intermediary relations – developing and implementing an organizational strategy for engaging with relevant market intermediaries, including brokers and exchanges.
You bring with you…
- 7+ years of client relations experience, including commodity market exposure.
- Strong networking and interpersonal skills to maintain a professional approach and demeanor in high-pressure situations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with fluency in English; bonus points are given for competency with additional languages.
- Experience in cross-cultural and/or international work environments.
- Excellent organizational skills and discipline to independently prioritize work efficiently and effectively under deadlines.
- Ideal candidates possess a degree in a related field (graduate preferred) with professional experience in compliance and/or voluntary carbon markets.
You know you will be successful if…
- You are engaging effectively with a diverse range of professionals dedicated to building a high-integrity, high-impact voluntary carbon market.
- You are establishing effective and trusted working relationships, both internally and externally.
You will join a team…
- From diverse locations and backgrounds, including carbon market specialists, project developers, consultants, climate negotiators, researchers, auditors, and more.
- Committed to advancing climate action and sustainable development through high-quality standards and programs.
- That embodies Verra’s values, which include Collaboration, Results, Integrity, Balance, and Exploration.
Compensation at Verra
Verra pays employees competitively to the market. In return, we expect each employee to, at a minimum:
- Meet expectations in terms of work effort and performance;
- Take the initiative to build the skills and knowledge needed to do their job effectively; and
- Embody Verra’s values.
For this position, the salary range is between $79,847 – $107,569 USD. The compensation band is based on a U.S. base salary range and shares the min and max base salary for the position. This position is eligible for remote work.
The final compensation offered will be contingent upon role, level and location. Our Talent team can share the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
We recognize employees who go beyond expected performance with salary increases and/or promotions, but the bar for earning those rewards is high.
Salary is one component of Verra’s total compensation package which also includes:
- Health, vision and dental care, and life insurance;
- Verra contributions to each employee’s retirement plan;
- Verra contributions as required by national labor laws in countries where staff are located;
- Paid Time Off (PTO), comprising 22-30 days plus ten floating holidays, sabbatical after five years of service, and other leave allowances; and
- Funds to support professional development.
How to Apply
To apply, please send us the following:
- Cover letter (not to exceed one page)
- Resume/CV (not to exceed two pages)
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Verra provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. We conduct our recruitment and hiring without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.