Head of Global Programs

Job Mission

As the Head of Global Programs, you will oversee Terraformation’s ambitious native forest restoration projects around the world, leading a team of program managers, contractors, and global partners to hit critical milestones and scale carbon projects throughout Africa, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. This highly cross-functional role will work closely with leaders across all teams at Terraformation to ensure projects are supported from design through implementation and monitoring. 

Location: Remote; overlap with US working hours required, with support needed on various global time zones

Salary: $130,000 - $150,000, plus equity (depending on location and experience)

Responsibilities

Lead and implement a strategy for scaling global forestry partner operations

• Manage a team of program managers in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Colombia, and the Philippines

• Ensure the success of a portfolio of reforestation and agroforestry projects 

• Ensure consistency and best practices across projects and countries

Serve as a primary leadership liaison with forestry partners, local communities, government officials and strategic stakeholders globally

• Build strong relationships and effective collaborations aligned with local needs and ways of operating 

• Use judgment to work through challenging situations with local partners, ensuring accountability to agreements and helping overcome barriers to success

• Serve as advocate for the success of our partners with governments and other strategic stakeholders

Lead the implementation and monitoring phase (Phase 3) of Terraformation’s Seed to Forest Carbon Accelerator

• Create and iterate on processes and operations needed to ensure strong oversight and accountability to keep projects on track to hit key milestones

• Lead process of internal and external partner reporting, carried out in coordination with the product team, ensuring that reporting meets requirements for carbon verification bodies and investors

Lead elements of annual budgeting and goal-setting; create and iterate on annual company KPIs related to our global programs and report regularly on the progress toward these goals

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading teams and managing relevant projects across multiple geographic locations
• Past history of work managing forestry or ecosystem restoration projects required; working knowledge of the nature based carbon market sector strongly preferred 
• Ability to manage multiple partners with varying and complex project needs while engaging and tracking effective collaboration and trust with local communities
• Experience working with NGOs, private sector, and government agencies
• Extremely strong communication skills used both internally and externally
• Strong emotional intelligence and ability to act with humility and respect 
• Demonstrated experience securing and implementing grants and/or RFPs
• Experience working with landowners and/or international groups carrying out ecosystem restoration work 
• Experience building and improving processes to manage and execute complex projects and global teams
• Knowledge of forestry, biodiversity and/or native restoration techniques
• Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation best practices and incorporating learnings into programmatic and operational changes 
• Ability to travel internationally, often to remote locations (up to 25%)

About Terraformation

Terraformation is committed to addressing climate change through the power of native forest restoration. Our portfolio of high-quality projects is designed to restore forests that will remove high quantities of carbon, renew ecosystems, enhance biodiversity, and create sustainable long-term community income and benefits. Our project teams have planted over one million biodiverse and native trees, stored 131 million seeds, supported 19 forestry projects, and created over 700 jobs through reforestation efforts worldwide. 

Our innovative approach not only equips local forestry teams with training, technology, and access to capital, but also empowers businesses to be a part of the solution to climate change. By investing in our projects, businesses can directly address climate change, offset carbon emissions, meet net zero commitments, and enhance corporate sustainability initiatives. 

Terraformation’s mission-driven global team, which includes experts in forest science, carbon markets, operations management, and business development, demonstrates how diverse backgrounds drive innovation and create significant impact.

Learn more at terraformation.com

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where relevant.