Senior Director, Climate

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 113764 - 162519

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position summary:

The Global Programs department is responsible for supporting Rainforest Alliances strategy through global initiatives regional projects and partnerships. It ensures consistent programmatic design and delivers services in a synergistic manner. The Senior Director Climate leads all aspects of the Climate unit within the Global Programs department activating the full potential of the organizations climate work.

This role provides strategic direction strengthen Rainforest Alliances positioning as a thought leader and ensures that climate programs and solutions are data-driven producer-centric and responsive to partner and market needs. The Senior Director ensures effective collaboration across Rainforest Alliance departments and is committed to providing clear direction and supporting teams in driving impact. The Senior Director contributes to a data-driven and conscientious culture by defining clear priorities and enabling creative solutions to complex problems. Identifying critical cross-departmental and external alliance growth opportunities and having the expertise and communication style to positively influence these collaborations are key to the success of this role.

Responsibilities:

Lead the Climate unit and ensure delivery of high-quality climate services and solutions in close collaboration with the Senior Director Global Programs and team members;
Drive the organizations 2030 Strategy on climate ensuring speed scale and simplification in program design implementation and impact creation;
Measure report and communicate Rainforest Alliances climate impact to stakeholders and partners ensuring robust data collection and analysis to support fundraising and strategic engagement;
Develop and promote climate solutions that address market needs of corporate partners and strengthen Rainforest Alliances positioning in the global climate space.
Represent Rainforest Alliance as a thought leader at key forums coalitions working groups and industry roundtables;
Provide thought leadership and programmatic expertise in proposal development select program implementation and integration of climate work into data and technology platforms;
Ensure consistency coordination accountability and continuous learning across expertise areas ensuring Rainforest Alliances broader interests are prioritized.
Guide program design and implementation using research evidence and stakeholder feedback and to deliver data-driven and impactful climate interventions;
Cultivate a collaborative and inclusive culture ensuring cross-functional synergies and embedding continuous learning and simplification in processes;
Embed a producer-centric approach across climate programs and initiatives ensuring farmer needs are at the core of design and implementation;
Supervise staff in accordance with the organizations policies laws and corporate behavioural framework including hiring mentoring and evaluating performance evaluation and professional development
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Masters degree in Climate Change Natural Resource Management Environmental policy or Sustainability-related field AND a minimum of 12 years work experience in climate change or corporate sustainability.
Proven expertise in climate mitigation adaptation and resilience strategies particularly in agricultural value chains.
Strong knowledge and practical experience applying climate standards guidance and regulatory frameworks (e.g. SBTi GHG Protocol LSRG EUs CSRD and CSDDD EUDR Canadian laws UK laws and Californias laws) with emphasis on mitigation strategies in the forest land and agriculture sectors.
Experience or familiarity with carbon markets credits and offsets and GHG accounting methodologies for the forest land and agriculture sectors.
Demonstrated experience developing joint workstreams with or working within agribusiness companies on climate mitigation and adaptation.
Knowledge and understanding of climate finance and international and national climate policy especially for the forest land and agriculture sectors.
Experience in the coffee tea or cocoa sectors (desired)
Excellent communication skills including English writing editing and verbal communication; foreign language proficiency preferred (Spanish French Portuguese)
Strong organizational and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a time-sensitive manner; adapt quickly in fast-paced environments and maintain attention to detail.

Level: 1

Deadline: 28 November 2025

Salary:For USA based candidates only:

National Salary range (Excluding NY and DC) -$106322 - $151887
New York Salary Range -$115796 - $165422
Washington DC Salary Range -$113764 - $162519

Notes: Only candidates legally authorized to work in locations where the Rainforest Alliance is registered will be considered.

If you have any questions about the job vacancy please contact the HR department:

The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization. With this commitment to diversity we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender race color ethnicity religion sexual orientation gender identity ages disability and any other protected group.

Required Experience:

Exec

Position summary:The Global Programs department is responsible for supporting Rainforest Alliances strategy through global initiatives regional projects and partnerships. It ensures consistent programmatic design and delivers services in a synergistic manner. The Senior Director Climate leads all as...

Lead the Climate unit and ensure delivery of high-quality climate services and solutions in close collaboration with the Senior Director Global Programs and team members;
Drive the organizations 2030 Strategy on climate ensuring speed scale and simplification in program design implementation and impact creation;
Measure report and communicate Rainforest Alliances climate impact to stakeholders and partners ensuring robust data collection and analysis to support fundraising and strategic engagement;
Develop and promote climate solutions that address market needs of corporate partners and strengthen Rainforest Alliances positioning in the global climate space.
Represent Rainforest Alliance as a thought leader at key forums coalitions working groups and industry roundtables;
Provide thought leadership and programmatic expertise in proposal development select program implementation and integration of climate work into data and technology platforms;
Ensure consistency coordination accountability and continuous learning across expertise areas ensuring Rainforest Alliances broader interests are prioritized.
Guide program design and implementation using research evidence and stakeholder feedback and to deliver data-driven and impactful climate interventions;
Cultivate a collaborative and inclusive culture ensuring cross-functional synergies and embedding continuous learning and simplification in processes;
Embed a producer-centric approach across climate programs and initiatives ensuring farmer needs are at the core of design and implementation;
Supervise staff in accordance with the organizations policies laws and corporate behavioural framework including hiring mentoring and evaluating performance evaluation and professional development
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Masters degree in Climate Change Natural Resource Management Environmental policy or Sustainability-related field AND a minimum of 12 years work experience in climate change or corporate sustainability.
Proven expertise in climate mitigation adaptation and resilience strategies particularly in agricultural value chains.
Strong knowledge and practical experience applying climate standards guidance and regulatory frameworks (e.g. SBTi GHG Protocol LSRG EUs CSRD and CSDDD EUDR Canadian laws UK laws and Californias laws) with emphasis on mitigation strategies in the forest land and agriculture sectors.
Experience or familiarity with carbon markets credits and offsets and GHG accounting methodologies for the forest land and agriculture sectors.
Demonstrated experience developing joint workstreams with or working within agribusiness companies on climate mitigation and adaptation.
Knowledge and understanding of climate finance and international and national climate policy especially for the forest land and agriculture sectors.
Experience in the coffee tea or cocoa sectors (desired)
Excellent communication skills including English writing editing and verbal communication; foreign language proficiency preferred (Spanish French Portuguese)
Strong organizational and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a time-sensitive manner; adapt quickly in fast-paced environments and maintain attention to detail.

Level: 1

Deadline: 28 November 2025

Salary:For USA based candidates only: