Climate Risk Consultant - Remote - Worldwide

Waterplan; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work environment

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Waterplan is seeking a Climate Risk Consultant in a remote, advisory role within the Professional Services team to support climate risk indicators, scenario analysis, and CSRD/IFRS disclosure work. Direct client interaction is not the core focus, but collaboration with PS and Product teams is essential.

You will help build indicators for physical and transition risks, align with IFRS S2 and ESRS, assess financial impacts, and prepare disclosure-ready documentation while staying aligned with

Qualifications

• 7+ years in climate risk, resilience, or disclosure consulting.
• Experience with IFRS S2 and CSRD/ESRS requirements.
• Ability to translate climate scenarios into financial impact assessments.

Responsibilities

• Build climate risk indicators and a risk framework for physical and transition risk.
• Design indicators using hazard × exposure × vulnerability concepts and aggregate logic.
• Support scenario analysis aligned with IFRS S2 and ESRS methodologies.
• Write specifications, data dictionaries, and methodology notes for product teams.
• Advise on financial implications of climate scenarios for client sectors.
• Contribute to CSRD disclosures and internal knowledge sharing.

Skills

Climate risk

Data analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Self-directed

Education

Bachelor's in Climate Science or related field

MSc/PhD in climate-related field

Job description

Are you passionate about making a significant impact on one of our generation's most pressing environmental challenges? Join us in creating and leading a new category in the Climate Tech industry.

About Waterplan

Waterplan is a pioneering Series A Y Combinator-backed Climate Tech startup dedicated to accelerating the journey toward a water-secure future. Through our leading AI B2B Enterprise SaaS platform, we empower companies to understand, respond, report, and monitor their ever-evolving water risk. We help businesses see the tangible benefits of mitigating water risks, fostering a future where organizations are motivated to conserve water and preserve our precious ecosystems.

Role Summary

Waterplan's Professional Services team is hiring a Climate Risk Consultant to support our growing climate risk and disclosure work. This is an internal advisory role: you will primarily consult directly with the PS team and with Waterplan’s Product team, helping us build climate risk indicators, scenario analysis, and disclosure-ready frameworks aligned with IFRS S1 & S2 and CSRD (ESRS) requirements. Direct client interaction is not the core of this role, though occasional involvement may be requested when needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and refine climate risk indicators and a climate risk framework covering both physical and transition risk
• Design physical and transition risk indicators using a hazard × exposure × vulnerability structure (the IPCC AR6 framing). This includes defining thresholds, normalization, scoring and classification logic, and how indicators aggregate from grid cell to asset, basin, and portfolio level
• Support the development of a solution covering scenario analysis aligned with IFRS S2 and ESRS methodologies. This includes selecting, processing, and validating climate projection datasets across emissions scenarios, time horizons, and baseline periods
• Write indicator specifications, data dictionaries, and methodology notes detailed enough for the Product and Engineering teams to implement, and auditable enough to support client disclosures under CSRD limited assurance
• Advise on the financial implications of climate scenarios (cost modeling, financial impact assessment) for client sectors such as manufacturing, technology, and textiles
• Help develop a climate change risk resilience and adaptation opportunities library tied to addressing identified potential risks
• Validate indicators against observed data and published benchmarks, run sensitivity analyses, and define how uncertainty and confidence are communicated to platform users
• Support preparation of climate-related disclosures aligned with CSRD (ESRS) and IFRS S2 requirements, including mapping which data points and metrics are required
• Track and interpret evolving ESRS/CSRD and IFRS regulatory guidance, flagging changes relevant to active projects
• Partner with the PS team to translate technical climate/disclosure requirements into internal frameworks and deliverables
• Support the team's CSRD requirements gap analysis and help define what's needed for a preliminary/dry-run and first-time disclosure exercises
• Ensure alignment with Waterplan's existing water risk indicators
• Provide internal training and knowledge-sharing so the broader PS team can speak to climate risk and disclosure topics

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Climate Science, Environmental Science, Sustainability, MSc/PhD in Climate or Atmospheric Science, Hydrology, Geosciences or a related field.
• 7+ years of senior-level experience in climate risk and resilience assessment, corporate sustainability, or climate disclosure consulting, ideally including experience leading or owning climate/CSRD-type engagements end-to-end
• Strong working knowledge of climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, including IFRS S2, with familiarity with CSRD/ESRS requirements
• Experience with physical and transition risk scenarios and data, such as the NGFS scenarios, IEA pathways, carbon price trajectories, and sector decarbonization pathways (SBTi, TPI).
• Understanding of how to translate climate scenarios into financial impact assessments
• Experience integrating climate risk into enterprise risk management or disclosure frameworks
• Strong data analysis skills and comfort working with evolving regulatory guidance
• Strong written communication skills; able to translate technical climate concepts into clear, internal-facing guidance

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest in software, technology, or digital transformation is a plus given this role supports a tech-enabled advisory platform; experience in any of these areas is an additional bonus
• Experience with double materiality assessments (CSRS/ESRS, TCFD/IFRS use financial materiality)
• Exposure to multi-country or multi-jurisdiction climate disclosure requirements
• Experience developing climate risk deliverables into a data/indicator model suitable for a software platform

Core Skill Set

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Self-directed, high-initiative, comfortable operating with ambiguous or evolving requirements
• Collaborative; able to work closely with a cross-functional, distributed team
• Ability to multi-task across concurrent workstreams and shifting priorities
• Able to work independently and deliver results with limited day-to-day oversight
• Proactive: flags gaps, risks, and open questions before they become blockers

Why Join Waterplan?

• Impactful Mission: Contribute to a meaningful cause with a clear vision of fostering a water-secure future.
• Dynamic Team: Work alongside a talented and passionate team dedicated to making a difference.
• Growth Opportunity: Be at the forefront of our industry's growth, shaping the future of water security and sustainability.
• Culture & Values: Enjoy a remote working environment with unlimited PTO, rooted in our core values: I dive in & own the outcome; I’m guided by nature when making decisions; I treat every customer as precious as water; I’m always iterating towards excellence; I make others successful; I listen with depth and respect.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Thrive in a workplace that champions diversity and inclusivity at every step of our journey.