Senior Associate / Associate Manager – Carbon Projects (AFOLU / ARR)

Varaha Varaha; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOPs

Job summary

Varaha ClimateAg seeks a driven professional to lead the technical development of AFOLU-based carbon projects from feasibility through registration and credit issuance. You will head a cross-functional team, design PDDs, and ensure robust baseline and uncertainty analyses for issuance.

The role requires hands-on experience with international standards, strong documentation skills, and the ability to coordinate across disciplines to deliver audit-ready projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on carbon project development experience.
• Experience in AFOLU projects.
• Strong understanding and hands-on experience with leading international carbon standards and methodologies across voluntary carbon markets.
• Demonstrated experience writing PDDs.
• Experience in modelling and uncertainty calculations.
• Strong research and technical writing skills.
• Familiarity with Verra validation and verification processes.
• Experience working with environmental, spatial, or project monitoring datasets.
• Experience working with carbon registries other than Verra (Gold Standard, Isometric, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of carbon projects under various methodologies.
• Prepare, review, and refine Project Design Documents.
• Develop project-specific emissions reduction and removal calculations, including baseline assessments, leakage analysis, and uncertainty assessments, as applicable.
• Design baseline scenarios and strong additionality thesis for each project.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure accuracy and methodological consistency.
• Manage documentation for validation and respond to auditor and client queries.
• Maintain structured, audit-ready technical documentation.

Skills

Verra validation

Geospatial datasets

Gold Standard

Isometric

Validation and verification processes

PD writing

VCS Standard 4.7

AR-ACM0003 methodology

team management

project management

GIS analysis

ER calculation

NPRR calculation

Uncertainty calculation

Ground audit preparation

plantation monitoring

Job description

About Varaha

Varahais a tech startup at the intersection of climate, agriculture, and technology. We are decarbonizing the atmosphere while ensuring longevity of investments in emission-capturing natural projects. Breathing through the mission of changing the status quo, we at Varaha are the world’s first developing economy-focused, full-stack climate tech company that aims to offset greenhouse emissions by incentivizing carbon-neutral nature-based practices. Connecting these carbon removal projects with companies and helping them address their net zero emission targets, we provide end-to-end assistance by being a one-stop destination for the creation, quantification, verification, & sale of high-quality carbon-credits.

About the Role

Varaha ClimateAg is seeking a highly motivated candidate to lead the technical development of AFOLU-based carbon projects from feasibility through registration and credit issuance. They will be responsible for the successful document design and delivery of projects and will lead a cross-functional team to take projects to issuance.

Responsibilities :-

• Lead end-to-end development of carbon projects under various methodologies.
• Prepare, review, and refine Project Design Documents.
• Develop project-specific emissions reduction and removal calculations, including baseline assessments, leakage analysis, and uncertainty assessments, as applicable.
• Design baseline scenarios and strong additionality thesis for each project.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure accuracy and methodological consistency.
• Manage documentation for validation and respond to auditor and client queries.
• Maintain structured, audit-ready technical documentation.

Qualifications :-

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on carbon project development experience.
• Experience in AFOLU projects.
• Strong understanding and hands-on experience with leading international carbon standards and methodologies across voluntary carbon markets.
• Demonstrated experience writing PDDs.
• Experience in modelling and uncertainty calculations.
• Strong research and technical writing skills.
• Familiarity with Verra validation and verification processes.
• Experience working with environmental, spatial, or project monitoring datasets.
• Experience working with carbon registries other than Verra (Gold Standard, Isometric, etc.).

What We Offer

Join a growing, ambitious, international team and enjoy:

• Competitive salary and benefits package (including ESOPs)
• A key role in shaping a fast-growing climate-tech startup
• Support for learning and professional development
• A culture of undogmatic, unbureaucratic creativity and collaboration

Skills

• Verra validation
• geospatial datasets
• Gold Standard
• Isometric
• validation and verification processes
• PD writing
• VCS Standard 4.7
• VM0047 methodology
• AR-ACM0003 methodology
• team management
• project management
• GIS analysis
• ER calculation
• NPRR calculation
• Uncertainty calculation
• Ground audit preparation
• plantation monitoring