Project Development Manager

Living Carbon

. Serve as the primary project management lead across Living Carbon's active carbon project portfolio, owning timelines, milestone tracking, and cross-functional coordination to ensure projects advance toward financeability and registration .

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $115,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the primary project management lead across Living Carbon's active carbon project portfolio, owning timelines, milestone tracking, and cross-functional coordination to ensure projects advance toward financeability and registration
Build, manage, and continuously improve cross-functional workflows that connect our Forestry, Carbon, Finance, and Land teams around shared project development goals
Prepare and maintain structured project reporting, synthesizing field activities, milestones, and risks into clear materials for project finance partners and investor updates
Own and manage reporting deliverables to capital and project finance stakeholders, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of project-level data and status updates
Identify blockers, surface tradeoffs, and drive decisions - bringing the right people to the table and keeping the team aligned on priorities
Develop a deep understanding of the project development lifecycle so you can represent the team's work confidently to external stakeholders
Continuously improve our internal processes, documentation, and project management infrastructure as we scale our portfolio

Requirements

What you’ll need

4-7 years of experience in project management, product management, product operations, consulting, or a generalist business role, ideally in a startup, growth-stage company, infrastructure, or climate-adjacent environment
Demonstrated track record of building and managing cross-functional workflows and keeping diverse teams aligned toward a common deliverable - you keep all the trains running on time
Experience preparing reporting or materials that synthesize complex operational activities for investors, project finance partners, or senior leadership
A business builder mindset - you understand how operational excellence connects to commercial outcomes and are motivated by the challenge of scaling something that matters
Exceptional organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail - you are the kind of person who builds the system, not just follows it
Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to translate technical or complex information into clear, actionable narratives for both internal teams and external stakeholders
Comfortable operating with ambiguity and creating structure where it doesn't yet exist
A collaborative, team-first orientation - you are energized by helping others do their best work, not just by doing your own
Mission-aligned and genuinely curious about carbon projects, natural climate solutions, and the challenge of developing high-integrity environmental assets at scale
Experience in carbon markets, natural resource management, environmental finance, or climate-related project development is a plus, but not required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business, environmental science, economics, or a related field; MBA or graduate degree a plus but not required

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive compensation
generous healthcare
dental insurance
vision insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementproduct managementreportingcross-functional workflowsoperational excellencedata analysismilestone trackingrisk managementproject development lifecycleenvironmental finance

Soft Skills

organizational skillsattention to detailwritten communicationverbal communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilityleadershipteam orientationcuriosity

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMBA