Head of Pre-Issuance Solutions, Sylvera
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Software underpinning carbon markets
Job no longer available
Software underpinning carbon markets
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make carbon offsets work for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Has experience managing a team focussed on rapid delivery and iteration, with proven ability to motivate and focus on personal development
- Has results-oriented project and team management capabilities; able to lead and execute effectively with capacity to translate big ideas into action
- Looks for continuous improvement opportunities in terms of ways of working, tooling & processes, output, esp. in terms of driving repeatability, consistency and velocity
- Has a strong sense of customer empathy, seeks to understand customer context and address their specific needs
- Has excellent communication skills, and demonstrable experience managing cross-functional and external stakeholder relationships
- Fast learner, self-starter, intellectually curious, quantitative and ready to get up-to-speed in a complex and technical domain; a keen interest and awareness of the Voluntary Carbon Market and international and political affairs
- Is excited to help with the development and introduction of new products
- We’d like someone highly ambitious, motivated and eager to propel their career forward
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a mission-driven leader to manage and coordinate the delivery of leading edge insights to customers for early stage (“pre-issuance”) projects being developed
- It’s a critical role at the heart of our business - you’ll coordinate with the leaders of a number of divisions on a daily basis and with leaders across Sylvera every week
- Coordinating the delivery of pre-issuance project insights to ensure critical delivery schedules are met and owning the associated stakeholder management, including customer and developer engagements where necessary
- Identifying and executing the most efficient way to generate early stage project and project type insights at scale, incl. working with Tech colleagues to leverage automation and data to drive insights
- Iterating our pre-issuance deliverables to ensure the content remains at the market leading edge and of the highest utility to our customers
- Identifying recurring client needs and ensuring those are met in the most efficient manner, spotting opportunities to leverage existing, under development and to-be-proposed Sylvera products
- Managing and scaling a team of Carbon Project Analysts and market specialists, contributing towards their development and training, and instilling best and compliant Ratings practices where applicable
- Being ultimately accountable for the insights surfaced to customers, and responsible for any subsequent communication with market participants and journalists about our pre-issuance insights or Sylvera’s analytical approach
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Sylvera is scaling carbon markets with software, by developing tools to quantify stocks of carbon stored in vegetation using AI applied to satellite or drone data.
Using current quantification techniques, it is not possible to provide accurate and regular data on the performance of forestry projects, which leads to issues with corruption, fraud and uncertainty. This leads to significant financial and reputational risk for corporates purchasing offsets and makes it hard for high quality forest projects to secure fair prices and low cost finance at large scale.
By providing a quantitative sequestration audit trail and associated risk ratings, Sylvera intends to underpin effective voluntary carbon markets. This will allow the market to scale to keep the planet under 2C of warming, and unlock huge co benefits for nature and society.
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
279% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Meaningful work
"Sylvera's mission to bring transparency to the Voluntary Carbon Market leveraging data and expertise is a privilege to be a part of -- being able to..."
Company benefits
- Unlimited Holiday
- Christmas Shut Down
- Private Medical & Life insurance
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- Monthly Friday lunch budget
- Team social budgets
- One-off WFH allowance
- Enhanced Paid Sick Leave
- Mental Health support
Company values
- Own it - We believe in giving people the autonomy to own their impact
- Stay curious - Our business is built on revealing truths and debunking misperceptions
- Do What’s Right, Even When It’s Hard - The right path isn’t always easy or obvious
- Collaborate with Kindness - Great teams are built on open communication and respect
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Allister Furey
(CEO)Allister is a repeat entrepreneur with a PhD in Machine Learning and an MBA from London Business School. As well as 10 years developing technology in the renewables industry, he has built and operated business units in Asia, Continental Europe and the UK
Samuel Gill
(President)Sam started his career in the City working for top U.S. law firms. He specialised in the formation and regulation of Investment Funds, working on a number of high-profile launches. More recently, he focused on ESG products, and has advised on major carbon offset issuances
People progressing
Felix joined us at a Carbon Markets & Commercial Strategy Intern. He's created incredible impact, and has since been promoted 3 times to Commercial Operations & Strategy Manager.
Jess joined us as a Senior GIS Engineer and has since seen 3 subsequent promotions. Jess is now our VP Ratings.
Diversity & Inclusion at Sylvera
Jen Burry (Head of Talent)
- We have launched a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee, to continue to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company while constantly learning with a humble attitude. We have team members focused across the following pillars to establish a baseline and track progress
- Recruitment: Attract great talent and increase the pool of diverse candidates at all levels
- Training: Develop a training library intended to build inclusive behaviours and DEI competency
- Lifecycle metrics: Use data and metrics to track progress across all DEI pillars
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): Create and support employee resources groups to foster representation, inclusion, and belonging
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