Head of Certification

at  Klim

YOUR MISSION

We are seeking a Head of Certification to lead and advance Klim’s certification activities, aligning with the needs of our corporate clients and farmers in the agri-food value chain.

Responsibilities:

• Certification Lead: Develop and lead the overall certification, credit, and MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification) strategy and a team of experts and scientists. Ensure credits meet company goals, quality standards, and evolving market and regulatory requirements, maintaining sound unit economics.
• Team Collaboration: Design and lead effective collaboration with the Klim farmer-, business-development-, finance-, and product teams on all certification-related tasks to ensure all activities are aligned and fulfil the individual teams and customer’s needs.
• Regulatory 360°: Develop and maintain a deep understanding of both insetting and offsetting regulatory developments and trends to derive key strategic and tactical insights, forming conclusions and recommendations for Klim.
• Market Standards Influence: Influence relevant national and international market standards to shape the operating environment for our certification program.
• Sales Interaction: Collaborate with the sales team to understand customer and market needs.
• Customer Advisory: Provide expert advice on our certification process during engagements with both prospective and existing corporate clients, such as Food Retailers, large CPGs, and other stakeholders in the food value chain.
• Effective Communication: Present findings to a multidisciplinary audience, including the Senior Management Team, with expertise and confidence.
• Reporting, Inventory and Registry Management: Deliver certification program results to clients on time. Manage internal inventory and third-party public registry activities to prevent risks like double counting.

ABOUT US

We are Klim, a Berlin-based clean tech company that is revolutionizing climate protection by advancing regenerative agriculture in Germany and Europe.
We have launched the world’s first digital platform for regenerative agriculture, which is already being used by thousands of farmers. By marketing the associated climate protection services to companies, primarily from the food industry, we enable farmers to receive financial compensation for regenerative measures as well as high-quality advisory services.

• Certification Lead: Develop and lead the overall certification, credit, and MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification) strategy and a team of experts and scientists. Ensure credits meet company goals, quality standards, and evolving market and regulatory requirements, maintaining sound unit economics.
• Team Collaboration: Design and lead effective collaboration with the Klim farmer-, business-development-, finance-, and product teams on all certification-related tasks to ensure all activities are aligned and fulfil the individual teams and customer’s needs.
• Regulatory 360°: Develop and maintain a deep understanding of both insetting and offsetting regulatory developments and trends to derive key strategic and tactical insights, forming conclusions and recommendations for Klim.
• Market Standards Influence: Influence relevant national and international market standards to shape the operating environment for our certification program.
• Sales Interaction: Collaborate with the sales team to understand customer and market needs.
• Customer Advisory: Provide expert advice on our certification process during engagements with both prospective and existing corporate clients, such as Food Retailers, large CPGs, and other stakeholders in the food value chain.
• Effective Communication: Present findings to a multidisciplinary audience, including the Senior Management Team, with expertise and confidence.
• Reporting, Inventory and Registry Management: Deliver certification program results to clients on time. Manage internal inventory and third-party public registry activities to prevent risks like double counting