Project Development Manager, Heavy Industry & Transportation, Carbon Markets

Every day, we work together for what matters – bold, swift, and equitable climate action.

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Degrees helps organizations around the world implement high-impact solutions to address their scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions. To support the rapid expansion of our carbon and environmental attribute project portfolio, we are seeking an experienced, deal-oriented Project Development Manager – Heavy Industry & Transportation to serve as a core originator across heavy industry, transportation, chemicals and built environment climate solution sectors.

In this role, you will act as a commercial hunter and partnership builder, identifying, evaluating, and closing long-term development and monetization agreements. You will focus on high-impact opportunities across low-carbon building materials (concrete, cement, steel), transportation (EV fleets, maritime decarbonization), and low-carbon chemicals.

This is a full-time, exempt role reporting directly to the Senior Project Development Manager. The Manager will collaborate closely with 3

Degrees’ technical Carbon Operations and MRV teams, legal counsel, and commercial sales teams who manage attribute offtake and corporate climate partnerships.

We value camaraderie, team collaboration, and the benefits of in-person connection, while offering flexibility. For this role, we strongly prefer candidates who can join us in a voluntary, flexible hybrid work style based out of our office hubs in San Francisco, CA;
New York, NY;
Portland, ME, with an additional preference for candidates located along the US East Coast.

For exceptional remote candidates, we prioritize those located in states where 3

Degrees is currently eligible to hire: CA, OR, NY, WA, ME, TX, CO, MI, FL, MA, MN, VA, DC, GA, UT, and IL. 3

Degrees does not provide relocation assistance or visa sponsorship for this position.

The Project Development Manager will function as a pure-play project originator, managing multi-stakeholder partnership development cycles across industrial, transportation, and built environment sectors. Core responsibilities include:

• Proactive Sector Origination & Deal Sourcing:
  Prospect, identify, and establish direct relationships with EV charging developers, building material manufacturers, concrete producers, chemical manufacturers, and technology innovators to originate high-impact decarbonization projects that address key supply chain emissions sources for 3
  
  Degrees’ customers
• Flexible Commercial Deal Structuring:
  Negotiate tailored commercial structures and offtake agreements — including spot transactions, long-term revenue-sharing models, and fixed-price offtakes. .
• Financial & Techno-Economic Underwriting:
  Build and refine discounted cash flow (DCF) models, project revenue-sharing models, baseline calculations, and techno-economic assessments to underwrite project feasibility.
• Protocol & Due Diligence Oversight:
  Lead commercial, operational, and technical due diligence on counter parties, technology readiness levels (TRL), baseline delivery risks, and eligibility under voluntary and compliance GHG accounting methodologies.
• Cross-Functional Strategy:
  Collaborate closely with commercial sales leads to align supply origination with corporate buyer demand, managing early-to-medium stage pipelines through executive and Risk Management Committee approvals.

You are a proactive business development professional with deep literacy in industrial processes, built environment, transport, and / or low-carbon chemicals. You pair a commercial "hunter" mindset with the ability to navigate complex engineering teams, developers, and corporate procurement. Qualifications include:

• 5–15 years of experience in environmental markets, heavy industry or transportation…