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Canopy Planet Solutions

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51 - 200 employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

Food & Beverage • Logistics • Consulting

Canopy Planet Solutions is a mission-driven non-profit organization focused on protecting forests, biodiversity, and the climate by transforming supply chains and promoting sustainable alternatives to forest-derived materials. The organization partners with brands, producers, NGOs, Indigenous leaders, and decision-makers to run initiatives like CanopyStyle, Pack4Good, and Next Gen, which aim to phase out the use of ancient and endangered forests in textiles, paper, and packaging and to scale next-generation alternatives. Canopy Planet Solutions also engages in research, advocacy, and fundraising, and provides tools and resources for brands to reduce forest risk and implement sustainable sourcing.

📋 Description

• Drive Canopy's research and knowledge systems program, reinforcing Canopy as a trusted solutions partner and leader in low-carbon and Next Gen materials • Develop and maintain a shared architecture connecting Canopy's core datasets, research, technical knowledge, source documentation, and decision tools • Coordinate research needs across the Impact team, including surveys, audits, market/policy research, and commissioned studies • Organize information from spreadsheets, PDFs, APIs, public datasets, field research, and expert input into documented, reusable resources • Establish standards for source tracking, quality assurance, version control, access, confidentiality, and responsible AI use • Manage a roadmap for dashboards, maps, calculators, and other decision-support tools based on campaign needs and user feedback • Work with subject-matter experts to capture scientific, technical, and market knowledge and convert it into accessible tools/assets • Lead the underlying data, analysis, methods, and citations behind public reports and external outputs • Introduce AI-enabled workflows where they improve research, analysis, or knowledge management, with appropriate human review and safeguards • Train colleagues on relevant systems and tools; maintain clear documentation • Manage a team and oversee external researchers, data specialists, and consultants

🎯 Requirements

• Experience leading complex data, research, or knowledge-management systems across multiple teams • Experience developing or managing data products, dashboards, research platforms, or decision-support tools • Strong knowledge of data governance: source tracking, QA, documentation, permissions, version control, confidentiality • Ability to commission, manage, and synthesize work from external researchers, data specialists, and subject-matter experts • Working fluency with AI-enabled research/analysis tools, with sound judgment on validation, security, and appropriate use • Ability to communicate complex data and evidence clearly to non-specialist audiences • Ability to judge when a new tool improves a decision/workflow versus when a simpler approach suffices • Experience managing staff, consultants, or technical partners • A sense of humour