Embedded Climate Strategist

About the role

Patch is at the forefront of scaling climate solutions by enabling businesses to seamlessly integrate high-integrity carbon removal and reduction into their sustainability strategies. Our platform connects organizations with vetted climate projects, ensuring transparency, impact, and credibility in the carbon markets.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance to corporate clients on carbon markets, sustainability strategy, and decarbonization pathways, ensuring alignment with science-based targets (SBTs) and net-zero commitments.
• Advise clients on market trends, high-integrity carbon credit procurement, risk mitigation, and the evolving regulatory landscape.
• Help businesses navigate climate-related claims, disclosures, and frameworks (e.g., SBTi, VCMI, CSRD) to ensure credibility and compliance.
• Develop emissions reduction scenarios and carbon budgeting approaches to support long-term corporate sustainability strategies.
• Create robust models to demonstrate the ROI of sustainability initiatives, carbon removal investments, and market-based climate solutions.
• Craft carbon and beyond carbon analysis frameworks and conduct diligence accordingly to channel capital to high-integrity climate projects.
• Engage with sustainability leaders, procurement teams, and executives, translating complex climate science into actionable business strategies.
• Partner with Account Executives as a climate subject matter expert to advise buyers on carbon strategy, diligence, and purchasing pathways.
• Collaborate with go-to-market, policy, and product teams to shape Patch’s offerings, ensuring they meet evolving client needs in the voluntary and compliance carbon markets.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in sustainability strategy, carbon markets, or climate advisory, preferably in an applied corporate and/or consulting setting.
• Deep knowledge of carbon markets, net-zero frameworks, and corporate decarbonization strategies.
• Strong understanding of carbon market mechanisms, including voluntary and compliance markets, credit quality assessments, and emerging trends in climate finance.
• Experience executing or advising clients on business case development for sustainability investments and carbon credit procurement.
• Ability to translate technical climate concepts into clear, actionable insights for diverse stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication skills with experience in client-facing roles, presentations, and thought leadership.
• Ability to work out of our San Francisco office a few days a week.

What makes you a great match

• Project development and/or climate investment experience.
• Expertise in lifecycle assessments (LCA), climate risk modeling, or policy (a plus).
• Experience productizing services and building recurring revenue models (a plus).

What you'll get

• A mission-obsessed crew building with speed and sky-high standards.
• Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
• Onsite culture in San Francisco with annual offsites for deep strategy and team bonding.
• Unlimited vacation and generous parental leave.
• Monthly wellness stipend (mental and physical).

Commitment to Diversity

Patch is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant, candidate, or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

Compensation Range

$175K - $230K