Climate Solutions Engagement Lead
Sylvera
London, UK
Posted on Aug 28, 2025
What is Sylvera anyway? 👩👨🌳
Sylvera provides trusted ratings, tools and data for carbon credits and CDR. Our mission is to incentivize investment in real climate action.
Purchasing carbon credits and CDR through the carbon markets is one of the most established and scalable ways to channel finance to effective climate solutions and work toward societal net zero. Unfortunately, the carbon markets were plagued with mistrust and a lack of effectiveness since they’ve emerged – until Sylvera.
To help organizations ensure they're making the most effective investments, Sylvera Trusted ratings, tools and data for carbon credits and CDR. Our data and software independently and accurately validates the impact of carbon projects that capture, remove, or avoid emission whether they are up and running, or in development. Our data and tools allow users to optimise both the climate and economic performance of projects as well as understand the past and future of the market. With Sylvera businesses, governments and developers can confidently invest in, benchmark, deliver, and report real climate impact.
Our team is made up of leading minds in climate change from scientists to policy, finance, and carbon market experts. We work in partnership with scientific organizations, universities, governments, and think tanks to develop and implement rigorous and holistic project assessment methodologies, leveraging the latest technology. We also partner with actors and institutions across the whole market to make data higher quality, more standard and more accessible. Founded in 2020, Sylvera has 130+ employees globally with offices in London, New York, Belgrade, and Singapore. We’ve raised over $96 million from leading investors like Fidelity, Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, and Insight Partners to date.
What will I be doing? 👩💻👨💻
We’re looking for a mission-driven, Climate Solutions Engagement Lead to join our Applied Solutions function and lead the day to day execution of client projects and collaborate to deliver on commercial goals and further our climate impact. You will lead end to end client projects, focus on execution, and translate learnings into scalable solutions.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Deliver client projects: Plan and execute climate-focused consulting projects, coordinating across internal stakeholders (policy, product, data, and engineering) to meet client needs and drive measurable impact.
- Ensure operational excellence: Own project tracking, documentation, and reporting using spreadsheets and low-code tools. Produce clear, client-ready deliverables held to a high professional standard.
- Build trusted client relationships: Act as a thoughtful, responsive point of contact—understanding client priorities and helping them derive maximum value from Sylvera’s products and insights.
- Align internal teams: Coordinate cross-functional colleagues around delivery milestones and timelines. Bring clarity, remove blockers, and escalate constructively when needed to keep projects on track.
- Innovate with technology: Test, prototype, and deploy early applications of AI and automation to improve workflows and deliver novel client solutions—bringing a “0 to 1” problem-solving mindset.
- Learn and adapt quickly: Develop a working understanding of complex ideas (e.g., climate policy, geospatial data, techno-economic analysis) to drive conversations forward and support informed decision-making.
- Manage scope and expectations: Maintain focus and integrity in the face of shifting client demands. Push back constructively where needed, reinforcing value and building trust.
- Scale solutions: Identify opportunities to turn bespoke work into repeatable, scalable processes and products. Leverage existing data, tools, and infrastructure creatively to unlock broader impact.
We’re looking for someone who: 🧠💚
- Brings 5+ years of experience in project management, ideally gained in a fast paced environment such as consulting/professional services, or a (Climate) Tech startup or scaleup
- Loves building structure from ambiguity, and gets energy from “figuring things out”
- Is analytically sharp, comfortable with spreadsheets and systems, and meticulous about detail
- Has strong communication skills and thrives in a role that combines execution with stakeholder management
- Enjoys testing new tools and isn’t afraid to experiment or propose new workflows
- Is eager to grow quickly and take ownership of key workstreams
- Balances ambition with humility, and is energized by both deep work and team collaboration
- Cares deeply about the climate and ecosystems of the earth
- Is a self-starter who thrives in constantly evolving environments, ideally with early-stage experience
- Prior practical exposure to geospatial analysis and/or knowledge of techno economic analysis will be highly beneficial.
We are looking for someone London-based who is willing and able to work from our Shoreditch office for at least 2-3 days per week. Please note that at this time, we will not be able to offer visa sponsorship for this position.
We’d like someone highly ambitious, motivated and eager to propel their career forward. We prioritise grit, positivity, and the willingness to get stuck in, and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match this job description
Benefits 💰
- Equity in a rapidly growing startup
- Private Health Insurance and Life Assurance
- Unlimited annual leave
- Enhanced parental leave
- Access to Mental Health support via Spill
- Office bar tab once a month
- Weekly drinks in the office
- Catered lunch once a month in office
- Monthly Deliveroo/equivalent allowance once a month
Location 🌍
London, Old Street. We foster hybrid working and require you to physically attend all 1-2-1, retros and divisional meetings in person.
Our Values 🙌
Own it: We make new mistakes. We build on the momentum of our wins and reflect on and learn from our failures.
Stay curious: We keep our focus on the long-term, even if that means short-term challenges.
Do what’s right - even when it’s hard: We take a growth mindset to our work, our customers, our market and the opportunities ahead of us.
Collaborate and challenge with empathy: Our teams deliver through active collaboration. We invest in each others’ success and make the company stronger in the long-run.
Empower Customers: Make extraordinary efforts to exceed our customer expectations. If we’re serving our customers to the fullest, we can help direct more investment into real climate impact.
What if you’re a partial fit? 🌱
We prioritise grit, positivity, and the willingness to get stuck in, and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match this job description.
Equal employment opportunity 🌈
Sylvera is an equal opportunity employer: we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.