Carbon Project Manager

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Applicants are encouraged to apply early, as this position will close once a sufficient pool of qualified candidates has been identified. This is a two-year limited-term position with opportunities for extension based on deliverables and funding.

The Carbon Project Manager leads and manages projects in the NCSA portfolio during the Project Design phase. They ensure seamless and integrated services delivery and advisory support from NCSA Technical, Social, Finance, and Business Incubator teams. The role is responsible for project management, administrative oversight, and stakeholder coordination to steer project teams to success across the carbon portfolio, while dedicating 20% of time to ongoing Business Incubator program design and management.

The Carbon Project Manager applies advanced project management principles to lead cross‑functional teams, managing the relationships between TNC’s Global Carbon Markets (GCM) team and regional Business Unit (BU) partners. The Carbon PM helps establish project goals and success metrics, develop project work plans, budgets, and timelines with input from key stakeholders, and critically assesses project scope and objectives to ensure all risks and dependencies are addressed.

Throughout the project lifecycle, they monitor and measure progress, conduct corrective action as necessary, and communicate project status to all stakeholders.

In addition, the Carbon Project Manager supports the continued development of the Business Incubator’s approach, curriculum, and tools to support continuous improvement and optimize the Incubator’s business operations. They ensure strong engagement from cohort projects, create systems to capture learning and feedback loops to inform program design, and contribute to the Business Incubator's long‑term scaling and optimization.

• Manage a portfolio of developing carbon projects by applying project management methodologies and best practices through all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Lead teams through the initiation and planning of projects by defining scope, schedule, and budget, then collaboratively developing project plans that break down the work, clarify roles, and mitigate risks.
• Monitor and control progress throughout execution to help the team achieve milestones; actively identify and resolve issues to unblock the team, escalating where needed.
• Lead administrative and contracting processes, and coordinate tasks and documentation across project design, investment readiness, and project implementation sub teams.
• Manage relationships between the NCSA and regional BU partners, enabling appropriate influence and decision‑making while ensuring a productive and positive collaboration.
• Prepare reporting and updates tailored to different stakeholder groups; summarize and document key decisions, takeaways, and action points, turning insights into actionable forward movement.
• Ensure programmatic commitments, TNC policies and procedures, financial standards, and legal requirements are met and managed for compliance.

• Coordinate delivery of standard programming for Business Incubator cohorts, including managing facilitators, speakers, and mentors, driving engaged and high‑value experience for participants, and cultivating cross‑project pollination and learning.
• Support and advance Business Incubator program design, contributing to approach, curriculum modules, and tooling to prepare carbon projects for investment and operationalization.
• Contribute to the continued development of the cohort‑based approach that enables flexibility for projects at different stages while balancing for program scalability.
• Create systems to capture key takeaways, lessons learned, and feedback loops to inform future program design and growth, contributing to the Business Incubator’s programmatic strategy and optimization.
• Maintain and refine data management for the Business Incubator, leveraging appropriate software to unlock efficient project tracking, investor and buyer engagement, and portfolio opportunities.
• Monitor programmatic budget spend, track portfolio level KPIs, and develop…