Biomass Partnerships & Sourcing Manager

Azolla Ventures; Fort Lupton (CO); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

100% employee healthcare premiums

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

HSA contributions

401(k) match

Paid leave

Professional development stipend

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Charm Industrial is hiring a Biomass Partnerships & Sourcing Manager to secure biomass supply and ensure high-quality documentation for verification. You will start in Colorado, engaging forestry contractors and expanding supplier networks while liaising with local agencies on wildfire mitigation projects.

Regular travel within-state and to expansion regions will be required. You will own supplier contracts, coordinate with logistics for timely deliveries, and maintain chain-of-custody evidence

Qualifications

• Experience in supply chain, procurement, forestry, wildfire mitigation program work, natural resource partnerships, or agricultural products.
• Credibility with land managers and contractors: comfortable at meetings and field sites.
• Hands-on contracting experience: drafted or negotiated supply/purchase agreements, MOUs, or partnerships.
• Discipline with CRM, documentation, and follow-through; able to manage affidavits and chain-of-custody records.
• Commercial judgment on price, volume, and risk and ability to assess partner timelines.

Responsibilities

• Open new contractor and project supply in Colorado; build a pipeline with land managers and agencies.
• Turn relationships into signed supply agreements and manage pricing, specs, and haul terms.
• Own day-to-day supplier management with regular updates on projects, status, and deliveries.
• Support broader engagement with federal, state, and local agencies; attend meetings and field tours.
• Coordinate with Charm’s logistics team on project timing, pickups, and volume forecasts.
• Own evidence collection for sourcing and chain-of-custody; prepare packages for registry submission.

Skills

Supply chain

Procurement

Forestry partnerships

Wildfire mitigation

CRM documentation

Contracting

Commercial judgment

Travel readiness

Job description

About Charm

Our mission is to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂. We convert excess inedible biomass into carbon-rich bio-oil and inject it into underground storage for permanent carbon removal. At scale, we can use bio-oil to make fossil-free iron.

Our carbon removal efforts began in 2020 with initial purchases from customers like Stripe, Shopify, and Microsoft. Since then, we’ve scaled to thousands of tons of carbon removal, grown to over a hundred employees, and established three locations in San Francisco, Colorado, and Louisiana.

We're expanding our team of ambitious, creative, and hands-on problem solvers. We value psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous learning. We take calculated risks and treat mistakes as opportunities to improve. If you're excited about tackling big challenges, we encourage you to explore our company values.

Come help us reverse climate change. Gigatons or bust!

About the Role

Our pyrolyzers only run as fast as biomass arrives. Every tonne of forest residue that reaches our plant with complete chain-of-custody evidence becomes verified carbon removal. A tonne left masticated on a hillside, or delivered without paperwork, does not.

As Biomass Partnerships & Sourcing Manager, you'll support the front end of our supply chain, securing biomass that feeds our operations to build our final product. You'll start in Colorado on two fronts at once: reaching new forestry contractors, and staying current with every contracted supplier. You'll also become a liaison for local agencies behind the wildfire mitigation work to understand their upcoming projects and biomass offtake challenges. Over time you'll travel to other regions Charm identifies, supporting and expanding markets.

You'll turn relationships into signed supply agreements, keep deliveries flowing in close coordination with our logistics team, and make sure every tonne meets carbon-registry documentation standards. You'll own sourcing evidence collection for every supplier you manage, so each tonne arrives ready for verification.

This role is hybrid with regular time at our Fort Lupton site, regular in-state field travel, and periodic trips to other expansion regions.

Your Responsibilities

• Open new contractor and project supply in Colorado: reach forestry contractors we don't yet work with, and build a pipeline of fuel-reduction and forest health projects alongside land managers, counties, conservation districts, utilities, and fire collaboratives. Track RFPs, RFQs, and grant cycles (FRWRM, CWDG, COSWAP) and position Charm as a biomass partner.

• Turn relationships into signed supply: negotiate supply agreements, purchase agreements, project appendices, and LOIs with contractors, agencies, and landowners. Structure pricing, material specs, haul terms, and volume commitments that hold up operationally.

• Own day-to-day supplier management: hold a regular cadence of engagement with every contracted Colorado supplier and get updates on each of their projects, including status, timing, forecasts, equipment delays, and delivery tickets.

• Support broader federal, state and local agency engagement with status updates, meetings and field tours.

• Work hand in hand with Charm’s logistics team: share project timing, pickup windows, and volume forecasts with our logistics team so they can plan hauling and site storage.

• Own evidence collection so every tonne is creditable: collect sourcing and chain-of-custody evidence (forester affidavits, wood-tracking forms, non-merchantable material attestations, funding documentation) that meets the Isometric Biomass Feedstock Accounting Module. Build evidence requirements into supplier agreements up front, chase missing documents before material ships, and hand the MRV team complete evidence packages for registry submission.

• As needed, travel to new geographies Charm is developing to understand the biomass landscape.

You Bring

• Experience in supply chain, procurement, forestry, wildfire mitigation program work, natural resource partnerships, or agricultural products.

• Credibility with land managers and contractors: you're as comfortable at a county commissioners' meeting or a Forest Service district office as you are on a forestry landing with a chipper running.

• Hands-on contracting experience: you've drafted or negotiated supply agreements, purchase agreements, MOUs, or partnership agreements.

• Discipline with CRM, documentation, and follow-through. You'll own affidavits and chain-of-custody records for your suppliers, and you're comfortable learning a technical protocol well enough to spot a gap before an auditor does.

• Commercial judgment on price, volume, and risk, including when a partner's timeline or scope puts supply at risk.

• Enthusiastic about building new supply chains where no biomass market exists yet, and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-moving startup.

• Valid driver's license and comfort with up to 30% travel.

Bonus if you Bring

• MRV or carbon-registry experience, especially biomass sourcing, chain-of-custody, or sustainability criteria (Isometric, Puro, Verra, or similar).

• Existing relationships in Colorado's wildfire mitigation ecosystem: CSFS, conservation districts, fireshed collaboratives, or Front Range forestry contractors.

• Experience sourcing sawmill residuals, pellet or biomass-power feedstock, or agricultural residues.

• Working knowledge of how fuels treatments get funded and contracted, such as grants, stewardship and timber sale contracts, Good Neighbor Authority, and public bids.

• A forestry degree, forester credential, or GIS skills for mapping supply.

• Bulk material logistics experience: trucking, chipping, moisture, and storage.

$108,000 - $120,000 a year

What We Offer

• Equity ownership through stock options
• 100% employee healthcare premiums covered
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with multiple plan options
• Employer-funded HSA contributions for eligible HDHP plans
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 50% match on contributions up to 6%
• Paid leave, including parental and medical leave
• PPE and workwear allowances
• Annual professional development stipend
• Employee recognition programs that celebrate impactful work and team contributions
• Opportunities for internal growth, career development, and transition into climate from a range of industries and backgrounds

Visa Sponsorship Policy

Since we are a small startup, certain accommodations for visa sponsorship may not be within our capability. At this time, Charm Industrial is only sponsoring E3 and TN visas.

Our Commitment

Charm Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skills, experience, and passion for our mission. Climate challenges require a wide range of perspectives and expertise, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We're excited to grow our team with people who bring unique strengths and help us improve as a company.