Policy & Partnerships Manager - South East Asia

Mitti Labs Limited; Philippines; In loco; PHP 1.800.000 - 3.000.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Mitti Labs Limited seeks a Head of Policy, South East Asia to lead regulatory strategy for compliant entry across SEA markets. You will coordinate LoA authorizations, engage ministries, and build partnerships with buyers and regional bodies.

Role requires deep carbon policy expertise, regional fluency, and the commercial instinct to translate policy outcomes into Mitti's expansion plan. Collaboration with C-suite and country heads is essential.

Competenze

• 5–7 years in carbon markets, climate policy or related field.
• Strong understanding of compliance carbon markets in Asia (CORSIA, Singapore, JCM, GX-ETS).
• Ability to navigate multiple regulatory regimes and ministries across SEA.
• Experience building government authorizations and engaging with buyers or partners.
• Track record of turning policy insights into business outcomes.

Mansioni

• Market entry strategy and intelligence for SEA compliance pathways.
• Build and maintain country dossiers on regulation, LoA requirements, and market size.
• Lead LoA applications with host governments ensuring alignment to NDC and environmental criteria.
• Coordinate with country heads and ministerial offices to remove blockers.
• Engage local partners and Mitti's senior advisor network to unlock doors.
• Represent Mitti at policy forums, roundtables, COP/SB sessions.
• Develop partnerships with regional orgs (IRRI, ADB, World Bank, JICA).
• Support demand-side access to credits under CORSIA, Singapore, JCM and GX-ETS.
• Collaborate with India team to extend partnerships across SEA.

Conoscenze

Carbon policy

Regulatory affairs

Stakeholder engagement

SEA regional knowledge

Policy writing

Descrizione del lavoro

The rules that will set the revenue ceiling for rice methane credits over the next decade are being written now. Article 6 authorization frameworks across South East Asia, CORSIA's eligible-unit requirements, Singapore's international carbon credit framework under its carbon tax, and Japan's JCM and GX-ETS are all moving at once. Whoever secures credible, authorised pathways early will define the market for everyone else. Mitti needs clear, tangible entry proof-points in these compliance markets.

The single most important lever is a Letter of Authorization (LoA) from host-country governments for our Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) projects, backed by a clear route to buyers in Singapore, Japan and international aviation. The Head of Policy, South East Asia is the person who makes that happen.

This is not a traditional communications or government affairs role. It is a technical-political-commercial role. You need carbon market literacy to understand the sticking points in AWD and rice methane methodologies, policy fluency to navigate a dozen fast-moving regulatory regimes, the relationships and cultural range to sit in any room from a ministry in Jakarta to a buyer in Singapore, and the commercial instinct to turn all of it into Mitti's expansion strategy.

This means prioritizing across multiple countries and regimes, knowing when to lean on internal teams versus external advisors, and not stopping until real outcomes are achieved: an authorization granted, a methodology accepted, a buyer able to use our credits for compliance.

Working alongside the C-suite, the Head of South East Asia and our country heads, you'll help drive Mitti's SEA compliance market entry and be the company's policy expert across the region.

Role responsibilities

Market entry strategy and intelligence. Support the Head of South East Asia and the C-suite in shaping Mitti's compliance market pathway and country sequencing: Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia on the supply side, and Singapore, Japan and CORSIA on the demand side.

Build and maintain a dossier for each target country covering its regulatory landscape, Article 6 architecture, LoA requirements, timeline to first compliance revenue and addressable market size, giving leadership the policy insight they need to prioritise.

Host-country authorization (LoAs). Working alongside the Head of South East Asia, identify the decision‑makers in each host government and drive LoA applications through to approval, making sure each one aligns with the country's NDC, sustainable development criteria, corresponding adjustment approach and environmental integrity requirements.

Country heads lead local stakeholder engagement while you engage at national and ministerial level, so the two move in step. Together, spot and resolve blockers early, from hyper‑local issues through to national policy.

Where needed, bring in local partners, in‑country experts or Mitti's senior advisor network to open doors, and manage them to deliver tangible progress towards LoAs.

Representation and coalitions. Represent Mitti, alongside the Head of South East Asia, at SEA and Asia-Pacific policy forums, ministerial roundtables, and COP and SB sessions.

Help build partnerships on shared priorities with regional organizations such as IRRI, ADB, the World Bank and JICA, as well as national rice research institutes, NGOs and other agricultural carbon developers.

Work with the India team to draw on Mitti's track record there and strengthen these partnerships across SEA.

Demand-side compliance access

Support the co‑founders and commercial team in establishing how Mitti credits qualify under CORSIA, Singapore's international carbon credit framework and bilateral Implementation Agreements, and Japan's JCM and GX-ETS.

Attend compliance demand conferences and help get Mitti into closed‑door meetings with buyers and intermediaries to understand demand and price points.

Policy and standards horizon scanning

Track and anticipate regulatory, Article 6 and methodology developments across the region, including at JCM Joint Committees and the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body.

Work with our science and operations teams so Mitti's dMRV stack and ground operations keep pace, and provide insight to the commercial team on pricing and contracting implications.

Where the commercial value is high advocate for changes in regulatory text that serve Mitti's position.

Essential 5 to 7 years in carbon markets, climate policy, international environmental governance or a closely related field, including significant time working in South East Asia.

Strong understanding of compliance carbon markets relevant to Asia: CORSIA, Singapore's carbon tax and international carbon credit framework, Japan's JCM and GX-ETS, and emerging domestic schemes across SEA.

If you're not yet fluent in every one, you have a track record of getting to expert level fast.

Working command of Article 6 mechanics: 6.2 cooperative approaches, 6.4 (PACM), I