Application Guide
How to Apply for Sourcing & Partnerships Manager - Nature
at Climeworks
🏢 About Climeworks
Climeworks is a pioneering direct air capture company leading the charge in carbon removal technology, with a mission to reverse climate change by removing CO₂ from the atmosphere. What makes them unique is their dual focus on environmental impact and economic value—they're proving that decarbonization can drive growth and prosperity while reclaiming control of our climate future.
About This Role
As Sourcing & Partnerships Manager - Nature, you'll be responsible for identifying, developing, and managing strategic partnerships with nature-based solution providers, landowners, and conservation organizations to scale Climeworks' carbon removal portfolio. This role is impactful because it directly expands the company's ability to deliver verified carbon removal through nature-based approaches while creating economic opportunities for partners.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve researching potential nature-based partners in specific US regions, developing partnership outreach strategies, negotiating agreement terms that balance environmental integrity with business value, and collaborating with Climeworks' technical teams to ensure partnership alignment with carbon removal goals. You'll likely spend time analyzing land use data, understanding regulatory requirements, and building relationships with diverse stakeholders from conservation NGOs to private landowners.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Climeworks Is Looking For
- A forward-thinking changemaker with 5+ years experience in partnership development, sourcing, or business development within environmental sectors, nature-based solutions, or carbon markets
- Someone who combines climate passion with business acumen—able to negotiate complex agreements while advancing climate goals
- An entrepreneurial self-starter who thrives in dynamic scale-up environments and can build partnerships from scratch in the emerging nature-based carbon removal space
- A collaborative problem-solver with experience navigating political and regulatory landscapes related to land use, conservation, or carbon projects
📝 Tips for Applying to Climeworks
Quantify your partnership achievements—show how many partnerships you've built, their value, and their environmental impact
Demonstrate specific knowledge of nature-based carbon removal methodologies (e.g., afforestation, soil carbon, blue carbon) and certification standards
Highlight experience working at the intersection of environmental goals and business realities—Climeworks values this balance explicitly
Show how you've turned ambitious climate goals into reality despite challenges, referencing specific projects or partnerships
Emphasize your ability to thrive in a scale-up environment—mention experience with rapid growth, ambiguity, or building processes from scratch
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your specific experience developing partnerships in nature-based solutions or environmental sectors', 'How you balance climate passion with business pragmatism—give concrete examples', 'Your approach to turning ambitious climate goals into executable partnership strategies', "Why Climeworks' dual mission (climate impact + economic value) resonates with your professional philosophy"]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Climeworks' existing nature-based partnerships and projects (check their website and press releases)
- → The US regulatory landscape for nature-based carbon projects and voluntary carbon markets
- → Climeworks' specific technology and how it complements (rather than competes with) nature-based solutions
- → Recent Climeworks funding rounds, investors, and growth trajectory to understand their scale-up phase
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Focusing only on environmental passion without demonstrating business development or partnership results
- Generic partnership experience without specific examples in environmental/nature-based sectors
- Showing preference for established corporate environments rather than dynamic scale-up cultures
- Lack of knowledge about carbon removal methodologies, certification, or the voluntary carbon market
📅 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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