Senior Manager, Carbon Project Sourcing

Senior Manager, Carbon Project Sourcing

We're seeking a strategic and operational leader to shape how we identify and advance the right partners and sites for our carbon and restoration projects. As Senior Manager of Sourcing, you'll lead the design and execution of sourcing approaches across geographies, bringing structure, clarity, and adaptability to our work. You'll partner closely with in-country staff, technical teams, and market-facing colleagues to define how and where we grow, and ensure teams are equipped to deliver. This role blends high-level strategy with practical executionsetting direction, building systems, and enabling strong project origination.

Location : Remote; US, EST preferred

Salary : $100,000-$120,000 plus equity (depending on location and experience)

10-15% Strategy : Set and adapt sourcing priorities in alignment with local realities and business needs.

• Contribute to country-level sourcing strategies (where we have Country Reps) or lead them (where we don't), embedding market trends and technical considerations.
• Synthesize intelligence from desk research, TF's internal network, applications, and carbon markets to identify emerging opportunities and pivot points.
• Manage sourcing priorities across countries, monitoring the context and adjusting as needed to ensure priorities are aligned with our broader business goals.
• Collaborate with Carbon Strategy, Restoration, Climate Impact, Country Reps, and Project Finance to incorporate regulatory dynamics, partner landscapes, and financing models into strategy.

40% Operations : Build and drive sourcing processes to facilitate alignment and efficiently move high-potential projects through our pipeline.

20% Project Origination : Partner with local teams and partner-facing TF staff to support and quality-check early-stage project development

25% Manage Sourcing team

Qualifications

Terraformation is committed to addressing climate change through the power of native forest restoration. Our portfolio of high-quality projects is designed to restore forests that will remove high quantities of carbon, renew ecosystems, enhance biodiversity, and create sustainable long-term community income and benefits.

Our innovative approach not only equips local forestry teams with training, technology, and access to capital, but also empowers businesses to be a part of the solution to climate change. By investing in our projects, businesses can directly address climate change, offset carbon emissions, meet net zero commitments, and enhance corporate sustainability initiatives.

Terraformation's mission-driven global team, which includes experts in forest science, carbon markets, operations management, and business development, demonstrates how diverse backgrounds drive innovation and create significant impact.