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Land Partnerships Associate / Senior Associate
Remote Commercialization 6 Land Partnerships / Full-time / Remote Living Carbon is a public benefit company that transforms marginal land into high-value environmental assets. Living Carbons team turns previously mined land and degraded agricultural land into diverse, thriving forests, and develops underperforming land for sustainable feedstock purposes. Were backed by prominent investors including Temasek, Toyota Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Felicis Ventures, and YCombinator. Living Carbon is seeking a proactive individual for its Land Partnerships team. This individual will primarily be sourcing land for Living Carbons renewable feedstock projects but may also be involved in land sourcing activities for carbon projects. Living Carbon is looking for someone with excellent engagement skills, who can quickly build positive and productive relationships with private landowners, land trusts, nonprofits, corporates, government agencies, and tribal nations. The key activities relevant to this role include parcel identification and research, landowner outreach and engagement, proposal preparation, deal negotiation, and closing. The individual in this role should be comfortable both working independently and in partnership with a high-functioning team of land agents, foresters, carbon scientists, GIS specialists, finance professionals, and commercial strategists. This role requires an entrepreneurial candidate, who can clearly and effectively communicate with both external partners and internal groups. The successful candidate will be conscientious, highly proactive, and capable of thinking creatively about project opportunities and how win-win solutions might be structured for the benefit of all stakeholders. We highly encourage diverse candidates to apply and contact us with any questions about the application process.
Primary Responsibilities
- Using Living Carbons land criteria and screening tools, identify and catalog land parcels suitable for use by Living Carbon
- Establish contact with landowners, confirm site suitability, and create a pipeline of land opportunities with positive and professional early engagement
- Prepare and present project materials and partnership proposals
- Answer landowner questions and advance negotiations by increasing engagement while simultaneously conducting diligence
- Close deals
- Travel as necessary to achieve the above
Additional Responsibilities
- Build and maintain relationships with land advisors, regional experts, and industry organizations, including state agencies, extension programs, and landowner groups
- Master and continuously improve the Living Carbon site qualification and landowner engagement process
- Synthesize and share feedback to improve Living Carbons landowner partnership proposals and project economics
- Collaborate effectively with internal teams including forestry, finance, supply chain, and legal to develop workable project plans
- Work collaboratively and productively in a remote role
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in land management, land acquisition, agricultural leasing, business development, or sales with a track record of relevant successes
- Demonstrated expertise in outreach, relationship building, and advanced negotiations
- Must live within driving distance or be willing to relocate to the Midwest, Southeast , or US Appalachian Region
- Able to communicate complex concepts , align stakeholders , receive feedback ,and iterate quickly
- Willing and able to travel multiple times per month if necessary
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in natural resource management , environmental science , agriculture , economics or business
Strong Pluses
- Experience in the agriculture or forestry industries or farmland investment , planning ,and management
- Existing landowner or/and land advisor relationships
- Mapping software , GIS data ,and remote sensing expertise
Salary: $80 ,000 - $95 ,000 a year In addition to the listed base salary there will be significant additional outcome-based incentives Benefits: Competitive compensation ; generous healthcare dental vision insurance Location: Remote ; must live within driving distance or willing to relocate to Midwest / Southeast / US Appalachian Region Employment Type: Full-time Experience Level: 5+ years relevant experience Remote Work Mention: Yes (remote role ; work collaboratively productively in remote role)
Living Carbon specializes in restoring abandoned mineland and degraded agricultural land through innovative reforestation, generating income for landowners and enhancing biodiversity. They conduct extensive site preparation and plant native species to create diverse forests that generate annual income and improve long-term property value. The company develops high-quality carbon removal projects in the U.S. with true additionality, limited leakage, and unique co-benefits. They offer custom carbon projects for emissions mitigation and procure carbon credits. Living Carbon is developing fast-growing poplar trees that accumulate more biomass than other lines, partnering on custom biomass feedstocks near processing facilities or supply chains.
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