Context 

The Center for Green Market Activation™ (GMA) is a US-based, globally-focused nonprofit launched in June 2024. Through innovative book-and-claim systems, creative procurement approaches, and demand-aggregating buyers’ alliances, GMA catalyzes and scales the uptake of low- and zero-carbon goods and services in the hardest-to-abate sectors. 

GMA’s organizational design combines shared expertise and infrastructure with sector-specific programs, consolidating value chain mitigation initiatives under a single nonprofit umbrella. This structure helps companies accelerate their Scope 3 emissions mitigation across multiple sectors. 

GMA seeks employees committed to addressing the climate crisis, who are highly entrepreneurial, possess strong people skills, and can quickly learn and communicate complex technical subjects with authority. Our motto is “Getting more done, together”, and we prioritize collaboration and implementation over perfection. 

Work/Life Balance 

GMA takes work/life balance very seriously. Outside of stakeholder meetings, we will be as flexible as possible on work hours to meet your particular home life needs. Staff will be expected to work an average of 8 hours/day. 

Location 

Remote, contiguous United States (no AK or HI due to time zone). Applicant must currently live in and have the right to work in the United States. Preference will be given to applicants in (list states) 

Key Responsibilities and Qualifications 

The Standards and Guidance lead will play a critical role in GMA, serving as the lead facilitator and driving force behind GMA’s GHG accounting and reporting work with a focus on the Advance and Indirect Mitigation (AIM) Platform. The role requires a deep level of GHG accounting and target setting expertise and provides a unique opportunity to help unlock critical corporate climate action.  

In addition to leading on the technical components of the work of the AIM Platform in partnership with C2ES and the Gold Standard, this individual will be responsible for building, managing, and maintaining strong relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders, including corporate buyers, industry partners, policymakers, civil society organizations, and technical standard-setting bodies. A central function will be ensuring the AIM Platform remains a trusted, credible, and widely adopted framework by proactively engaging key players, facilitating meaningful dialogue, and integrating multi-stakeholder input into the ongoing development of the AIM Standard and Guidance. The team lead will also manage and oversee GMA’s engagement in international standards organizations (e.g., ISO Technical Advisory Groups, Greenhouse Gas Protocol) to ensure that GMA’s standards and guidance remain aligned with global best practices. 

Finally, this individual will work closely and collaboratively with GMA’s program teams to provide advice and thought leadership on environmental attribute certification systems and chain-of-custody frameworks GMA creates for the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors of the global economy. The Standards and Guidance Lead will report directly to the CEO and manage 2-3 staff members. The ideal candidate is an experienced team leader, strategic facilitator, and stakeholder engagement expert with a deep understanding of carbon markets, environmental standards, and Scope 3 mitigation approaches. 

Key Responsibilities: 

Overarching role: In close collaboration with the GMA CEO, manage all work for GMA and the AIM Platform related to GHG accounting or target setting standards and guidance.   

Advanced and Indirect Mitigation (AIM) Platform Leadership 

• Oversee all aspects of the AIM Platform, including:  

• Lead on the AIM Platform’s governance and decision-making processes, ensuring transparent and effective facilitation. 

• Oversee drafting of all AIM Platform outputs, including personally drafting significant portions of the outputs.  

• Oversee AIM Platform’s pilot testing and stakeholder feedback processes as well as the process to update the AIM Standard and Guidance draft documents based on pilot and stakeholder feedback results. 

• Oversee the integration of the AIM Platform’s work across GMA’s sectoral alliances (e.g., Aviation, Maritime, Trucking, Cement & Concrete, Chemicals, Steel). 

Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management 

• Build upon and execute a comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategy for the AIM Platform, ensuring strong buy-in, credibility, and adoption. 

• Develop and maintain relationships with corporate sustainability leaders, policymakers, technical experts, and civil society organizations as necessary to support the mission of the AIM Platform and GMA. 

• Convene and facilitate highly technical multi-stakeholder discussions, including but not limited to leading AIM Platform Governing Committee meetings, to align diverse perspectives and drive consensus-based decision-making, and proactively identify and address stakeholder concerns. 

• Serve as a key spokesperson for the AIM Platform and GMA, representing the organization at conferences, roundtables, industry forums, and policy discussions. 

• Translate technical concepts into accessible formats, ensuring stakeholders understand and can effectively implement AIM methodologies. 

Standards Organizations 

• Manage GMA’s relationship with, participation in, and response to calls for comment to international standards organizations, including ISO Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the Science Based Targets Initiative, and others.  

Strategic Leadership & Team Management 

• Oversee 2-3 staff members. 

• Manage and mentor team members, ensuring smooth collaboration across workstreams and alignment with GMA’s strategic objectives. 

• Collaborate closely with GMA’s senior leadership team, including program leads, to integrate GHG accounting best practices within broader GMA initiatives. 

Skills and Qualifications: 

Required 

• Deep expertise and experience in GHG accounting and target setting standards. 

• Deep expertise and experience in GHG emission reduction project development, in one or more sectors. 

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with experience building coalitions, facilitating multi-stakeholder processes, and working with diverse industry partners. 

• Demonstrated ability to convene and facilitate complex discussions on technical topics. 

• Strong technical writing and communication skills, with the ability to distill complex topics into accessible guidance for corporate sustainability leaders. 

• Strategic mindset with a solutions-oriented approach to standards development and program implementation. 

• Excellent project management skills, with experience overseeing multi-year initiatives and coordinating cross-functional teams. 

• Experience working with international sustainability-related standards organizations, such as the GHG Protocol, ISO, SBTi, RSB, and ISCC. 

Preferred 

• Direct experience in ISO, GHG Protocol or other standards development processes.  

• Experience with book and claim systems, supplier engagement programs, and other Scope 3 mitigation approaches. 

• Existing relationships with key industry stakeholders, carbon market experts, and sustainability standard-setters. 

• Proven leadership experience, including managing teams and reporting directly to executive leadership. 

Salary and Benefits 

We are hiring at the Senior Manager or Director level, based on qualifications.  GMA pay ranges are approved by the GMA Board of Directors and are dependent on geographical location.  

• Salary $140,000 – $200,000 dependent on qualifications and geographical location   

• Eligibility for 20% year-end bonus   

• Full health, vision and dental insurance coverage for employee and 50% coverage for all dependents   

• 6% matching 401k   

• Unlimited PTO   

• Paid day off for all US Federal holidays, the day after Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas and New Years   

• Unlimited sick days (doctors notice required in extreme situations)   

• 3 months paid parental leave  

The Center for Green Market Activation is committed to equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.   

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Context

The Center for Green Market Activation™ (GMA) is a US-based, globally focused nonprofit that catalyzes and scales the uptake of low- and zero-carbon goods and services in the hardest-to-abate sectors through innovative chain of custody systems, new and creative procurement approaches, and demand aggregating buyers’ alliances. GMA’s organizational design combines shared expertise and infrastructure with sector-specific programs. By consolidating a range of value chain mitigation initiatives under a single non-profit umbrella, we help companies ramp up their Scope 3 mitigation quickly, starting in one sector and easily moving into another. 

GMA seeks employees committed to addressing the climate crisis, who are highly entrepreneurial, with strong people skills, and an ability to learn new, technical subject matter and speak to it with authority. Our motto is “Getting more done, together,” so we only seek employees who love working collaboratively and are focused on implementation over perfection. 

Work/Life Balance

GMA takes work/life balance very seriously. Outside of stakeholder meetings, we will be as flexible as possible on work hours to meet your particular home life needs. Staff will be expected to work an average of 8 hours/day.

Location

Remote, contiguous United States (no AK or HI due to time zone). Applicant must currently live in and have the right to work in the United States.

Key Responsibilities and Qualifications

The position will help design and implement GMA’s newest program, GMA Chemicals. GMA Chemicals is focused on accelerating deep decarbonization of the chemicals sector, while at the same time supporting efforts to address non-climate impacts of the sector (e.g., plastic waste). 

This position gets to join GMA at an exciting time for the chemicals program as we design a market-based framework to address financial and structural barriers to chemicals sector decarbonization. Such tools will include a chain of custody systems (e.g. book and claim system) that allow the separation of the environmental attributes of a chemical product from the product itself. While helping build this framework, this position will also be assisting with the preparation of a chemicals buyers alliance to support collective procurement on behalf of those buyers. 

The ideal candidate has a strong, technical background in the chemicals sector, and demonstrated skills in problem solving, project management, research and analysis, and communication and facilitation, as well as the organizational skills required to lead crucial components of this innovative program. 

This position will be a core member of the GMA Chemicals team, working closely with the rest of the chemicals program members as well as coordinating with members of other GMA program teams on matters that cross GMA programs. As the position will also be engaging with external stakeholders that are providing input to GMA on chemicals program development, a strong candidate must be able to drive consensus and reach concrete outcomes amongst groups with differing perspectives and goals, and must be comfortable with managing constructive conflict between stakeholders. GMA seeks individuals with a positive, get-to-yes mentality. 

Responsibilities include:

• Procurement Design and Implementation 

• • Support the development of metrics, baselines, and rules for a robust and credible chain of custody framework for the environmental attributes of products from the chemicals sector. 

• • Support the development of a public facing, universally accessible registry to drive transparency and standardization of the environmental attributes of chemicals products. 

• • Help define sustainability requirements for chemicals products to ensure that GMA members support investment in only the highest quality climate solutions. 

• • Develop information for organizations on how to calculate and report the impact of their investments in low emission chemical products. 

• • Find suppliers, evaluate proposals, help negotiate terms, and support execution of contracts that help members meet their targets for decarbonizing their chemicals footprints. 

 

• Relationship and Program Management 

• • Serve as primary subject matter expert on chemicals decarbonization pathways and emissions accounting. 

• • Provide technical analysis and strategic input to inform GMA Chemicals performance targets and metrics, as well as the development of recruitment and other member-facing materials. 

• • Manage communications and relationships with stakeholders across the GMA Chemicals community. 

• • Serve as a representative for GMA in public settings, including conferences, industry convenings, nonprofit meetings, and other external events.

Skills and Qualifications

Required: 

• Strong commitment to and enthusiasm for addressing the climate crisis. 

• Bachelor’s degree in the physical sciences, engineering, or a related field. 

• At least five years of direct work experience in the chemicals sector. 

• Applied experience with climate mitigation in the chemicals sector and chemicals sector greenhouse gas emissions accounting. 

• Ability to understand complex technical information and distill and communicate that information clearly and effectively to lay audiences. 

• Ability to manage time effectively, including meeting tight timelines, working autonomously and with a small team, and managing multiple processes and projects at the same time. 

• Strong professional and diplomatic interpersonal skills. 

• Strong customer service and solution-focused orientation – a “Yes, and” attitude. 

Preferred: 

• A deep understanding of product carbon accounting and chain of custody standards, tools and frameworks (e.g., Together for Sustainability product carbon footprint guidelines, ISO standard 14067, ISO standard 22095, RSB Advanced Product Standard). 

• Applied experience with corporate sustainability, climate target setting, alternative chemicals feedstocks, or carbon markets. 

• Existing relationships within the chemicals producer, converter, and buyer community. 

Salary and Benefits

• Level of position (Associate, Manager or Senior Manager) will depend on qualifications  

• Salary dependent on qualifications and geographic location ($90,000-180,000) 

• Eligibility for a minimum year-end bonus of 15% (depending on qualifications) 

• Full health, vision and dental insurance coverage for employee and 50% coverage for all dependents 

• 6% matching 401k 

• Unlimited PTO 

• Paid day off for all US Federal holidays, the day after Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas and New Years 

• Unlimited sick days (doctors notice required in extreme situations) 

• Two months paid parental leave and option for part-time work schedule up to four additional months 

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