Carbon Market Expert

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Carbon Markets Specialist to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to work with us in a dynamic and rapidly evolving field.

• Job Description: The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying, valuing, negotiating, and closing structured transactions of environmental commodities and partnerships, as well as potential joint ventures to grow and build our carbon portfolio and capabilities in Latin America.
• Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead opportunity identification, maturation, and delivery, building strong relationships with clients such that they become sources of liquidity, margin, and structure.
  • Develop internal and external relationships and network with traders, customers, organizations, consultants, and other key players/stakeholders to support carbon-related trading and projects in Latin America.
  • Understanding compliance and voluntary markets integrating connections between these markets to capture opportunities across market mechanisms, geographies, methodologies, vintages, contract duration, and type, with a focus on Latin America.
  • Collaborate on the conceptualization and implementation of new products and services around carbon solutions and low-carbon products to be offered to customers in Latin America.
  • Identify, evaluate, and conduct due diligence assessments of origination project opportunities across all carbon standards and methodologies with a focus on agriculture-related project types.
  • Identify, analyze, and develop products for LDC key customers like carbon credits, carbon neutral ingredients, scope 3 claims, and/or impact units.
  • Provide local market information on local market conditions, regulations, events, risks, and opportunities.
  • Work closely together with local teams and the Global Carbon Solutions team and support origination, development, and delivery of new businesses on both the supply and demand side of the portfolio.
  • Actively contribute to and participate as a 'carbon expert' within LDC to embed carbon within the full value chain.
  • Organize/participate in internal workshops and presentations to transfer knowledge.
  • Participate in/contribute to other LDC-wide climate-related strategic initiatives.
  • Report to the Head of Carbon Solutions in Latin America.
• Required Skills and Qualifications:
  • Direct commercial and technical work experience in the Carbon Trading markets and/or Carbon Project Development with a proven history of technical assessment and reviews, project certification, and carbon credit issuance.
  • Proven success developing wholesale origination transactions.
  • Experience working with the Latin America carbon market; connect regional carbon economics with global operations.
  • Experience sharing detailed perspectives on regional and global market factors, acting as an integral part of a corporate Carbon team, and adding value and providing solutions.
  • Commercially focused individual who seeks to drive growth and deliver material new business within Environmental Product Markets.
  • Hands-on experience in collecting/managing/analyzing large volumes of data.
  • Proven capability to work under tight deadlines and often conflicting pressures, delivering to a high standard, and with a clear focus on developing a value proposition and commercial effectiveness.
  • A hunger for success, with front office experience and a strong track record of gross margin delivery in origination roles.
  • Strong relationship management skills and an ability to gain trust and build credibility at the most senior level internally and externally (EVPs, VPs, C-Suite).
  • An attention to detail, ensuring development of and adherence to robust systems that withstand internal and external scrutiny.
  • In-depth knowledge of carbon certification requirements and procedures.
  • Advanced English language proficiency.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or other relevant field of study required.
  • Experience in Agri-commodity supply chains, and in forestry and land-use carbon methodologies is a plus.
  • Good commercial network is a plus.
  • Experience in conducting Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), carbon footprint analysis, inventory, and project-based accounting standards (GHG Protocol, ISO) is a plus.
  • Power BI is a plus.
• Benefits:
  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
  • Chance to make a positive impact on the environment.
• Others:
  • Must be willing to travel frequently to meet with clients and stakeholders.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace.