Application Guide
How to Apply for Senior Progam Manager
at Cultivo
🏢 About Cultivo
Cultivo is unique as a mission-driven company that combines nature-based solutions with science-based technology to accelerate land regeneration and reduce emissions. Working here offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful environmental impact while collaborating with diverse stakeholders including corporate clients, NGOs, and research institutions.
About This Role
As Senior Program Manager at Cultivo, you'll serve as the central coordination point for assigned programs, owning end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives with budgets in the tens of millions. This role is impactful because you'll directly shape how Cultivo scales its land regeneration programs while interfacing with external partners across sectors.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve coordinating with Cultivo's functional teams on program execution, leading check-ins with external partners like corporate clients or NGOs, identifying and mitigating program risks, and refining program management frameworks to improve scalability. You'd balance strategic planning with hands-on coordination across technical, operational, and scientific workstreams.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Cultivo Is Looking For
- Has 7+ years managing large, complex programs with budgets exceeding tens of millions of dollars, ideally in environmental tech or sustainability sectors
- Demonstrates experience managing programs that span technology delivery, field operations, and scientific/technical components simultaneously
- Possesses proven ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups including corporate clients, NGOs, government agencies, and research institutions
- Has experience developing program management frameworks and repeatable systems that can scale across multiple programs
📝 Tips for Applying to Cultivo
Quantify your program management experience with specific budget sizes (e.g., 'managed $25M program with 15 stakeholders') rather than vague descriptions
Highlight specific experience with nature-based solutions, carbon markets, or environmental programs if you have it - this isn't required but would be highly valued
Demonstrate your cross-functional coordination skills by describing how you've aligned technical, operational, and scientific teams in past roles
Show how you've built scalable systems by mentioning specific frameworks or tools you've developed for program management
Research Cultivo's existing programs and mention how your experience aligns with their specific approach to land regeneration
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your experience managing multi-stakeholder programs with budgets in the tens of millions of dollars', 'Specific examples of coordinating across technology delivery, field operations, and scientific components simultaneously', "How you've developed program management frameworks or systems that improved scalability and repeatability", "Why you're passionate about Cultivo's mission of land regeneration through nature-based solutions"]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Cultivo's specific nature-based solutions and technology platform - understand their approach to land regeneration
- → Their current partnerships and programs (check their website and recent announcements)
- → The science behind carbon sequestration and land regeneration to understand the technical components you'd be managing
- → Their leadership team and company values to align your application with their culture
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Applying with generic program management experience without demonstrating experience with large budgets (tens of millions) and multi-stakeholder complexity
- Failing to show how you've managed programs spanning both technology and field/operational execution
- Not researching Cultivo's specific mission and programs - this shows lack of genuine interest in their environmental focus
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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