Senior Manager, Climate Solutions
FORLIANCE
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Senior
About the role
- As a Senior Consultant, you will work closely with major clients who aim to develop nature based solutions.
- This role combines business development, strategic upselling, and technical advisory to ensure successful project delivery and growth of our climate action.
- Oversee the overall management of assigned project teams, ensuring high-quality delivery and achievement of agreed outcomes.
- Track and evaluate project progress, ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets, while resolving emerging challenges and ensuring alignment with objectives.
- Maintain consistent and transparent communication with clients and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
- Initiate and coordinate commercial proposals, manage contract design, and contribute to the overall growth of our advisory mandates.
- Offer technical input and guidance for large and complex mandates, ensuring scientific and methodological rigor.
- Support the continuous improvement of methodologies, tools, and internal processes related to Nature-Based Solutions (NBS).
- Represent FORLIANCE in client meetings, workshops, and relevant industry events.
- Collaborate closely with Team Leads and Sales Managers to identify new business opportunities, drive upselling initiatives, and support the growth of the NBS Advisory portfolio.
Requirements
- You bring significant experience (7+ years) in the Nature-Based Solutions sector, particularly in forest carbon projects in the Global South, land use advisory (agriculture, forestry), Food & Beverage, or related sectors.
- You have commercial acumen, with prior experience in preparing proposals, participating in pitch meetings, and supporting business development efforts.
- You possess excellent organizational and coordination abilities, and you communicate confidently and clearly with clients and team members alike.
- You have proven experience managing forest carbon projects throughout their full lifecycle - from design and validation to verification and issuance - ideally within Verra and Gold Standard frameworks.
- You are skilled in project management, with practical experience using relevant tools and software to ensure structure, clarity, and timely delivery.
- You are fluent command and writing in English (required), and Spanish proficiency would be a strong asset.
Benefits
- The opportunity to apply deep expertise to high-impact climate and nature projects with real, measurable outcomes.
- A purpose-driven role in a mission-oriented organization committed to long-term sustainability and integrity.
- High degree of autonomy and ownership within your area of expertise, with trust in senior judgment.
- The chance to shape and refine approaches, methodologies and solutions in a growing, entrepreneurial environment.
- Close collaboration with a dedicated, international team driven by shared values and ambition.
- A culture that values substance over hierarchy, and thoughtful, well-grounded decision-making.
- Flexible working arrangements that support focus, balance and wellbeing.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementbusiness developmenttechnical advisorynature-based solutionsforest carbon projectsland use advisoryproposal preparationmethodological rigorverificationissuance
Soft skills
organizational abilitiescoordination abilitiescommunicationclient engagementstrategic upsellingproblem-solvingteam collaborationleadershiptransparencycommercial acumen