Jobs in Sydney, Australia

About the role

Pollination is seeking an Executive Manager, Science & Technical Services to lead the scientific and technical integrity of our Carbon & Nature Projects portfolio across Asia Pacific. This is a senior, platform-wide leadership role operating as a matrix function across our Asia platform and our Australian carbon and biodiversity projects. This role connects deep scientific rigour with commercial and investment insight, a balance that defines Pollination’s approach to nature-based solutions and underpins investor confidence in our platform. You will govern portfolio-wide carbon integrity, ensure origination aligns with emerging science, regulatory and market direction, standardise MRV systems and modelling frameworks, and provide technical sign-off at investment stage-gates; all while leading and developing a growing technical team.

What you'll bring

• Degree in environmental science, forestry, geospatial science, geography, carbon accounting or a related field
• postgraduate qualification highly regarded
• 10+ years’ experience in carbon project development, GHG quantification or land-sector project delivery, including demonstrated leadership of technical teams
• Deep expertise across carbon methodologies (e.g. ARR, REDD+, IFM, WRC) and major standards and frameworks (VCS, Gold Standard, ACCU Scheme, JCM, etc.)
• Proven experience leading and developing technical staff, including performance management and structured capability-building
• Track record of engaging directly with standards bodies, registries and third-party auditors/VVBs at a senior level
• Strong technical writing and communication skills, with experience leading preparation of PDDs, monitoring reports and verification packages
• Proficiency with project management skills and experience
• Experience supporting Investment Committee processes and capital raising, including leading investor technical due diligence
• Comfortable operating across interdisciplinary teams and diverse geographies, in a matrixed, platform-wide capacity
• Operates with enterprise-level thinking about platform risk and technical governance
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, fast-scaling environment through curiosity and a problem-solving approach

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