Head of Nature-based Science

🕒 July 11

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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goodcarbon

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

⚡ Energy

💰 Seed Round on 2024-04

Consulting • Logistics • Energy

goodcarbon is a Berlin-based startup that creates partnerships to help companies confidently reach their nature and climate goals by facilitating investment in nature-based solutions. It assists businesses in building carbon credit portfolios that deliver verifiable impacts towards sustainability objectives. With long-term partnerships with various projects, goodcarbon provides quantifiable insights and end-to-end solutions that reduce risks and simplify the process of creating a global carbon portfolio.

📋 Description

• Own and continuously evolve goodcarbon’s Nature Analytics Framework — our 160-datapoint quality assessment system - across all NbS project types and geographies • Define and enforce the due diligence standards and quality thresholds applied to client portfolios and project sourcing decisions • Build and maintain intelligence on emerging methodologies, verification standards, monitoring technologies, and regulatory developments in the NbS market • Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing team of NbS scientists and analysts • Establish and manage relationships with scientific advisors, academic institutions, and goodcarbon’s Technical Advisory Board • Apply the Nature Analytics Framework to assess and monitor NbS projects within client portfolios, providing clear, actionable quality signals • Collaborate with the go-to-market team to translate scientific insights into compelling client narratives and purchasing decisions • Act as goodcarbon’s primary scientific voice externally — publications, conference speaking, media, and policy forums • Build goodcarbon’s profile as a scientific authority in NbS quality and integrity

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s degree (required) or PhD (preferred) in environmental science, ecology, forestry, biology, or a closely related discipline from a leading university • 8–12 years of relevant experience, with a substantial portion in the voluntary carbon market and a track record of operating at senior or leadership level • Deep hands-on expertise in NbS methodologies (e.g. REDD+, ARR, IFM, blue carbon, soil carbon, grassland restoration) and major verification standards (Verra VCS, Gold Standard, Plan Vivo, ICVCM) • Strong command of MRV principles, monitoring technologies (satellite, LiDAR, field protocols), and the scientific basis for carbon permanence, additionality, and leakage • Familiarity with GIS and remote sensing tools (QGIS, ArcGIS, Google Earth Engine) — sufficient to direct and critically evaluate your team’s geospatial work • Comfortable with carbon accounting models and quantitative analysis; proficiency in data analysis tools (R, Python, or equivalent) is a plus • Familiarity with biodiversity assessment frameworks (TNFD, GBFF, high biodiversity value assessments) and emerging biodiversity credit standards • Demonstrated experience building, managing, and developing teams of technical experts • Exceptional communication skills — able to convey complex scientific concepts clearly and influence at the executive and client level • Entrepreneurial mindset: proactive, results-oriented, comfortable making decisions in ambiguous, fast-moving environments • Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities • Existing network of experts in the NbS and wider carbon market ecosystem is a significant plus • Fluency in English is essential; German is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Purpose-driven work at the frontier of climate and nature — with real, measurable impact on the ground • Executive team membership in a fast-growing company with genuine scientific differentiation • Competitive compensation package including base salary and performance-based incentives • Flexible hours and a remote-friendly environment, with a centrally located office in the heart of Berlin • A close-knit, interdisciplinary team where your voice shapes company direction • Access to goodcarbon’s global network of partners, science advisors, and project developers