Head of Product (Geospatial)

Sylvera Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an ambitious individual to join their team at a pivotal moment in their growth. This role involves leveraging cutting-edge science and data to support climate action initiatives. You will work alongside experts in climate change, utilizing innovative tools to drive effective investments in carbon projects. If you are motivated, eager to learn, and ready to make a real impact in the climate sector, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a dynamic team that values curiosity, collaboration, and the drive to exceed customer expectations in the pursuit of real climate solutions.

Benefits

Equity in a rapidly growing startup

Private Health Insurance

Unlimited annual leave

Enhanced parental leave

Mental Health support via Spill

Monthly office bar tab

Weekly drinks in the office

Catered lunch once a month

Monthly Deliveroo allowance

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of climate change and carbon markets.
• Experience in geospatial data analysis and project management.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of methodologies for carbon project assessments.
• Leverage data and engineering competencies to meet client needs.

Skills

Data Analysis

Climate Science Knowledge

Project Management

Geospatial Analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science

Master's Degree in Climate Studies

Tools

Satellite Imagery Software

Data Visualization Tools

Job description

Sylvera provides trusted ratings, tools and data for carbon credits and CDR. Our mission is to incentivize investment in real climate action.

Purchasing carbon credits and CDR through the carbon markets is one of the most established and scalable ways to channel finance to effective climate solutions and work toward societal net zero. Unfortunately, the carbon markets were plagued with mistrust and a lack of effectiveness since they’ve emerged – until Sylvera.

To help organizations ensure they're making the most effective investments, Sylvera Trusted ratings, tools and data for carbon credits and CDR. Our data and software independently and accurately validates the impact of carbon projects that capture, remove, or avoid emission whether they are up and running, or in development. Our data and tools allow users to optimise both the climate and economic performance of projects as well as understand the past and future of the market. With Sylvera businesses, governments and developers can confidently invest in, benchmark, deliver, and report real climate impact.

Our team is made up of leading minds in climate change from scientists to policy, finance, and carbon market experts. We work in partnership with scientific organizations, universities, governments, and think tanks to develop and implement rigorous and holistic project assessment methodologies, leveraging the latest technology. Founded in 2020, Sylvera has 130+ employees globally with offices in London, New York, Belgrade, and Singapore. We’ve raised over $96 million from leading investors like Fidelity, Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, and Insight Partners to date.

Sylvera’s geospatial capabilities are key to our current and future differentiation in carbon and adjacent markets. We deploy them to empower internal customers as well as serving external users directly. Starting with Sylvera’s world-leading proprietary biomass data we build data products, tools, and visualizations to unlock insights about carbon projects & beyond. An example of our day-to-day is monitoring deforestation, forest conservation, or reforestation by combining satellite imagery and our proprietary ground truth data collected via remote sensing.

Reporting to our VP Product, you will join at a critical juncture of our growth, ensuring we serve emerging external and internal needs leveraging our leading edge science, data and engineering competencies.

We’d like someone highly ambitious, motivated and eager to propel their career forward. We prioritise grit, positivity, and the willingness to get stuck in, and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match this job description.

Benefits:

1. Equity in a rapidly growing startup
2. Private Health Insurance and Life Assurance
3. Unlimited annual leave
4. Enhanced parental leave
5. Access to Mental Health support via Spill
6. Office bar tab once a month
7. Weekly drinks in the office
8. Catered lunch once a month in office
9. Monthly Deliveroo/equivalent allowance

London, Old Street. We foster hybrid working and require you to physically attend all 1-2-1, retros and divisional meetings in person.

Our Values:

1. Own it: We make new mistakes. We build on the momentum of our wins and reflect on and learn from our failures.
2. Stay curious: We keep our focus on the long-term, even if that means short-term challenges.
3. Do what’s right - even when it’s hard: We take a growth mindset to our work, our customers, our market and the opportunities ahead of us.
4. Collaborate and challenge with empathy: Our teams deliver through active collaboration. We invest in each others’ success and make the company stronger in the long-run.
5. Empower Customers: Make extraordinary efforts to exceed our customer expectations. If we’re serving our customers to the fullest, we can help direct more investment into real climate impact.

What if you’re a partial fit? We prioritise grit, positivity, and the willingness to get stuck in, and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match this job description.

Equal employment opportunity: Sylvera is an equal opportunity employer: we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.