Land Acquisition Manager

Charm Industrial; Fort Lupton (CO); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Charm Industrial is seeking a Land Acquisition Manager in Fort Lupton, CO, to secure resources for bio-oil production and underground injection. You will lead negotiations, manage projects, and navigate land and carbon regulations.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and strong negotiation skills. This role involves hybrid work with travel to project sites, contributing significantly to Charm's mission of permanent carbon removal.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in land acquisition or project management.
• Strong negotiation capabilities for contracting.
• Knowledge of carbon regulation and agricultural practices.

Responsibilities

• Secure surface access and subsurface pore space for bio-oil injection.
• Lead negotiations and contracts for project development.
• Coordinate with internal teams for project execution.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Project management

Knowledge of land and subsurface rights

Understanding of carbon regulation

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

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

Charm is scaling permanent carbon removal through bio-oil production and underground injection, which requires securing both reliable biomass inputs and long-term control of land and subsurface rights. As Charm’s Land Acquisition Manager, reporting to the Chief Development Officer, you will own the commercial execution needed to secure surface access, subsurface pore space, wells, and sustainable biomass feedstocks to enable project development, permitting, and operations.

This role sits at the intersection of land, agriculture, forestry, oil & gas, and carbon regulation, and plays a critical role in unlocking new project sites from early diligence through long-term operation. It operates with significant autonomy across multiple geographies and involves frequent travel to project sites and rural communities. When not traveling, the role is expected to work onsite in a hybrid capacity. The scope spans early-stage deal sourcing, negotiation, contracting, and coordination across multiple internal teams. Success in this role directly enables Charm’s ability to deploy bio-oil injection projects at scale.

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