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Eion Carbon · 22 hours ago

Head of Carbon Operations

New York, United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

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Kristin Kane

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Responsibilities

Direct Eion’s end-to-end carbon operations, including field deployment operations, field sampling protocols, lab analysis data collection, CDR quantification and data management, carbon registry submission and verification, through to end customer delivery of carbon credits.

Manage a team of subject matter experts through a coordinated, clear measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) process:

Our agronomic program manager, who works closely with field operations, soil samplers, and ag labs

Our data engineer, who builds data ingestion systems, tooling, and pipelines

Our data scientist, who leads weathering quantification and modeling

Our carbon verification lead, who manages project submissions for credit issuance

Be part of the team who collaborates with key strategic relationships with ag retailers and distributors to deploy our projects

Participate in the improvement of company’s data management system by specifying build requirements, refining business logic, and participating in the review process

Implement project management processes to deliver projects on time and on budget, with clear communication of status throughout the project life cycle. Coordinate cross-functional planning of field deployments and MRV operations for new contracts in alignment with commercial, mineral operations, and science teams

Define milestones and metrics to identify key decision points or deviations from the plan, and drive scenarios with the team to reach solutions

Report on project progress and results with Eion’s leadership and Board of Directors, including establishing key metrics and milestones to monitor performance – incl. proactively identify issues and recommend solutions to Eion team & management

Build, nurture, and leverage strategic external partnerships to support the project life cycle, including sampling and lab analysis partners, and carbon registries

Develop and refine Eion’s project protocols and implementation to improve the efficiency, cost, and timeliness of our carbon operations at scale, in alignment with registry requirements. Work with the team to respond to and influence the development of carbon registry methodologies and drive an MRV roadmap, shared with our science team, to improve cost, accuracy, operational/ag feasibility of Eion’s project development, and implement operational changes that can improve signal-to-noise ratio in our data

Lead Eion’s alignment with and implementation of ERW methodology updates, by collaborating across internal and external subject matter experts

Qualification

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Operations managementData operationsSoil analysisField data management softwareProject managementEnvironmental marketsAgricultural marketsEnhanced rock weatheringCarbon credit registriesVerification proceduresContinuous improvementCross-functional collaboration

Required

10+ years experience in operations, with focus on environmental, agricultural, or carbon markets

Proven track record managing cross-functional data & field operations

Technical experience working with soil analysis and spatial field data, as well as farm and field data management software

Excellent project management and stakeholder communication skills

Ability to translate between scientific, commercial, and operational parties, and negotiate cross-functional tradeoffs

Experience and ability to thrive in fast-paced startup environments where you need to build while flying – comfortable working cross-functionally on a small team, wearing multiple hats, and filling gaps where needed

Experience in maturing operational environments. Able to bridge the gap between an early stage startup frenzy and a well-oiled machine and lead a team through scalability challenges

Commitment to continual learning and improvement - demonstrated track record of iteratively improving process with each new project

Expertise managing partnerships across ag, industry, and commercial stakeholders