Policy & Partnerships Manager - South East Asia

The rules that will set the revenue ceiling for rice methane credits over the next decade are being written now. Article 6 authorization frameworks across South East Asia, CORSIA’s eligible-unit requirements, Singapore’s international carbon credit framework under its carbon tax, and Japan’s JCM and GX-ETS are all moving ever secures credible, authorised pathways early will define the market for everyone else.

Mitti needs clear, tangible entry proof-points in these compliance markets. The single most important lever is a Letter of Authorization (LoA) from host-country governments for our Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) projects, backed by a clear route to buyers in Singapore, Japan and international aviation.

The Head of Policy, South East Asia is the person who makes that happen. This is not a traditional communications or government affairs role. It is a technical–political–commercial role. You need carbon market literacy to understand the sticking points in AWD and rice methane methodologies, policy fluency to navigate a dozen fast-moving regulatory regimes, the relationships and cultural range to sit in any room from a ministry in Jakarta to a buyer in Singapore, and the commercial instinct to turn all of it into Mitti’s expansion strategy.

This means prioritizing across multiple countries and regimes, knowing when to lean on internal teams versus external advisors, and not stopping until real outcomes are achieved: an authorization granted, a methodology accepted, a buyer able to use our credits for compliance. Working alongside the C-suite, the Head of South East Asia and our country heads, you’ll help drive Mitti’s SEA compliance market entry and be the company’s policy expert across the region.

• Market entry strategy and intelligence. Support the Head of South East Asia and the C-suite in shaping Mitti’s compliance market pathway and country sequencing:
  Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia on the supply side, and Singapore, Japan and CORSIA on the demand side. Build and maintain a dossier for each target country covering its regulatory landscape, Article 6 architecture, LoA requirements, timeline to first compliance revenue and addressable market size, giving leadership the policy insight they need to prioritise.
• Host-country authorization (LoAs). Working alongside the Head of South East Asia, identify the decision-makers in each host government and drive LoA applications through to approval, making sure each one aligns with the country’s NDC, sustainable development criteria, corresponding adjustment approach and environmental integrity requirements. Country heads lead local stakeholder engagement while you engage at national and ministerial level, so the two move in step.
  
  Together, spot and resolve blockers early, from hyper-local issues through to national policy. Where needed, bring in local partners, in‑country experts or Mitti’s senior advisor network to open doors, and manage them to deliver tangible progress towards LoAs.
• Representation and coalitions. Represent Mitti, alongside the Head of South East Asia, at SEA and Asia‑Pacific policy forums, ministerial round tables, and COP and SB sessions. Help build partnerships on shared priorities with regional organizations such as IRRI, ADB, the World Bank and JICA, as well as national rice research institutes, NGOs and other agricultural carbon developers. Work with the India team to draw on Mitti’s track record there and strengthen these partnerships across SEA.
• Demand‑side compliance access. Support the co‑founders and commercial team in establishing how Mitti credits qualify under CORSIA, Singapore’s international carbon credit framework and bilateral Implementation Agreements,…