Senior Carbon Scientist

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🕒 September 9

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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Agoro Carbon Alliance

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51 - 200 employees

🌾 Agriculture

🌍 Social Impact

🔬 Science

Agriculture • Social Impact • Science

Agoro Carbon Alliance is an organization that collaborates with farmers, ranchers, agronomists, and businesses to facilitate the generation of carbon credits through sustainable agricultural practices. Their approach focuses on carbon sequestration in soil, utilizing nature-based solutions that offer economic value and contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. With expert support and certification processes, Agoro Carbon ensures the high quality of the carbon credits produced, connecting them with businesses aiming to meet climate-emission goals. As part of Yara International, Agoro Carbon draws on extensive agronomic expertise to improve soil health, foster biodiversity, and promote sustainable food systems globally.

📋 Description

• Manage agronomic research and scientific analysis • Support greenhouse gas accounting, modeling, regenerative agriculture practice research and implementation, and Sales and Grower Success Team technical support • Provide cross-functional agronomic support across Science, Data, Modeling, Carbon, Grower Success, and Commercial teams • Translate research into program guidelines, continuous improvements, and scalable practice guidance • Apply range and pasture management expertise to program development, practice guidelines, field implementation, modeling, and carbon outcomes • Evaluate emerging agronomic practices, technologies, and systems to develop new practice offerings • Lead evaluation and improvement of agronomic practice guidelines using scientific evidence, field performance data, and modeling insights • Monitor practice-level data quality, completeness, and consistency with the Grower Success Team • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, training, field visits, and educational resources to the Grower Success Team • Translate field-level agronomic data into reliable model inputs and improve alignment between practice implementation and modeled outcomes • Partner with the Carbon team to analyze and resolve Validation and Verification Body and Verra findings • Share advances in regenerative agriculture science and technology across the company • Integrate agronomic science with data analytics, visualization, and reporting • Communicate agronomic and sustainability concepts to farmers, ranchers, and industry partners • Attend agronomy and regenerative agriculture conferences • Lead scientific reviews, reports, and white papers based on project outcomes

🎯 Requirements

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Soil Science, Rangeland Management, Environmental Science, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered • 5+ years of relevant experience in agronomy, regenerative agriculture, agricultural research, soil health, carbon programs, or a related field • Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and work cross-functionally • Strong experience in range and pasture management, including grazing systems, forage management, soil health, and regenerative grazing • Working knowledge of agricultural carbon markets, GHG accounting, carbon sequestration, and carbon-credit methodologies • Experience with Verra VCS and VVB processes is highly desirable • Strong background in applied agronomic research, experimental design, data analysis, scientific interpretation, and translating research into practical field and program recommendations • Experience working with agricultural or carbon datasets and models, with the ability to translate field-level information into reliable model inputs and insights • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex science into practical guidance • Demonstrated ability to stay current with regenerative agriculture and carbon science and represent the organization through technical reports, conferences, presentations, and external engagement • Approximately 20–30% travel required

🏖️ Benefits

• Approximately 20–30% travel required for field visits, grower and rancher engagement, conferences, research activities, and team meetings