GHG Standards & Verification Manager

GHG Standards & Verification Manager

This position is remote/virtual.

As the GHG Standards & Verification Manager, you will work with the business to create the most credible, rigorous, transparent carbon offsets, insets and other assets in the market. Your primary objective will be to develop an industry-leading, value chain-based approach for Truterra’s Carbon and Livestock projects that aligns our work with best-in-class market standards and ensures high quality projects across enteric, manure, crops/ feed production and energy footprints.

A successful candidate will be adaptive and creative with a depth of knowledge of agricultural-focused standards with experience in validation and verification of carbon projects who can excel in a fast-growing startup environment.

Truterra is the sustainability and innovation business of Land O’Lakes, Inc. As the only farmer-owned, farmer-driven food and ag sustainability program in the U.S., Truterra believes farmers have the greatest potential to protect and restore the environment. As a member of the Truterra team, you will be helping bring row crop, dairy, and livestock production and related agronomic insights and industry connections to farmers, so they can protect and restore their land and the environment, as well as unlocking deeper value of sustainability.

As a rapidly growing business, Truterra is seeking individuals that are genuine, supportive team-players, hungry to collaborate cross-functionally to build better solutions to hard problems and have a meaningful impact in agriculture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of verification projects for livestock, dairy, and row crop agriculture. Maintain and regularly update documentation to reflect the most up-to-date understanding of Truterra’s approaches.
• Act as a technical or subject matter expert to peers and other staff. Interface with project stakeholders, field implementation teams, operations teams, sales and commercial teams, and science teams to ensure projects reflect standards and methodology requirements.
• Monitor external carbon and climate standards to stay up-to-date with changes and help shape Truterra’s growth strategy. Build an internal knowledge system for carbon and climate standards and public/private sector reporting best practices.
• Lead and manage relationships with third-party consultants, external verifiers and carbon credit registration bodies. This role will provide support with internal and external due diligence and customer reporting obligations.
• Establish internal quality control and auditing processes to ensure the validity and quality of the greenhouse gas assets created through the Truterra platform.
• Assist in developing future MRV processes to constantly drive economic and quality improvement to ensure Truterra produces, transacts, and maintains the highest quality greenhouse gas assets available.
• Contribute to ongoing improvement of proprietary Scope 3 process and on-farm tool development for dairy.     
• This role does not have direct supervisory authority but the ideal candidate will use their experience and knowledge to influence without direct authority.

Required Experience & Education:

• High school degree or higher
• 5 or more years of work experience in corporate greenhouse gas/sustainability programs (preference for agriculture, food/beverage, or textiles experience)      
• Proven knowledge or experience with leading climate standards that inform best practices in both the private and public sectors, such as the GHG Protocol, the Science Based Targets Initiative, Value Change Initiative, CAR Soil Enrichment Protocol, Verra VM0041/VM0042, and the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market. Past participation in working groups a plus.
• Understanding of the key principles of carbon and climate standards such as Verra, Climate Action Reserve and Gold Standard, the UN Clean Development Mechanism, Paris Agreement Article 6 requirements, European carbon standards, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Experience with the validation and verification processes, including the development of Intervention Design Documents and Monitoring Plans and Reports.
• Experience collaborating with third parties on technical documentation, such as consultants, auditors, or verification bodies (or as a consultant/auditor)
• Fully conversant with developments and trends in nature-based solutions, carbon markets, and climate policy 
• Experience managing complex and fast-paced projects in a dynamic environment

Competencies-Skills (Required):

• Demonstrated team player
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to build on existing knowledge to develop new approaches
• Self-starting, goal directed with proven ability to achieve results through self and others
• Demonstrated project planning and management acumen
• Demonstrated customer focus with a strong business acumen
• Ability to understand, translate and align internal and customer business dynamics and strategies
• Ability to create new processes and standards
• Broad depth of understanding in ag retailers, farmers, and NGOs, dairy or crop production knowledge and experience is highly desirable
• Ability to work effectively cross functional within multiple business units
• Excellent written, verbal, and delivery of communication skills

Salary range: $120,880 - $181,320

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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