People Operations Associate, Carbon Direct
$110-135k
Science-backed carbon management solutions
Be an early applicant
Science-backed carbon management solutions
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$110-135k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable meaningful, equitable, and science-based climate action.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in People Operations, HR Operations, or Benefits Administration
- Hands-on experience administering HRIS, LMS, and people systems (e.g., Rippling, Lattice, Tilt, JIRA, or similar)
- Strong operational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and execute reliably
- Proactive, improvement-minded operator who can streamline workflows, leverage automation and AI, and thrive in a fast-growing, remote-first environment
- High attention to detail with strong documentation, process discipline, and data/spreadsheet skills
- Clear, empathetic communicator comfortable serving as a first point of contact for employee questions, including benefits
- Working knowledge of benefits and compliance basics (health plans, FSA/HSA, leave, COBRA, ACA/ERISA/HIPAA); vendor or broker coordination a plus
What the job involves
- The People Operations Associate owns the execution and day-to-day operations of Carbon Direct’s people processes and systems, ensuring our team can do their best work in support of climate action
- This role is responsible for the smooth, consistent operation of employee lifecycle processes, benefits administration, and people systems, with a strong focus on employee experience
- By serving as the operational backbone of the People & Culture Team, this role enables senior leadership to focus on organizational health and running and maintaining programs that scale with Carbon Direct’s growing, global team
- Own day-to-day administration of people systems (Rippling, Lattice, Tilt, Jira), including continuous improvement through automation and AI-enabled workflows
- Manage onboarding, offboarding, benefits and leave administration, compliance, and contractor onboarding and offboarding with accuracy and consistency
- Serve as the first point of contact for employee People & Culture questions via the help desk and direct support
- Maintain clear, accurate documentation, process guides, and internal resources
- Execute and manage logistics for engagement surveys, performance cycles, and continuous feedback processes
- Support the execution of company off-sites, engagement events, swag, and recognition programs
- Proactively identify opportunities to streamline workflows, reduce administrative friction, and improve employee experience
Our take
The urgency in addressing climate change has intensified, with the scientific consensus emphasizing the necessity of removing billions of tons of CO₂ annual to meet the 1.5°C target. Carbon Direct is playing a pivotal role in facilitating this transition by bridging the gap between carbon science and actionable climate strategies.
It does so through two main services: software for Fortune 500 companies to build serious carbon management plans, and an investment arm that backs high-quality carbon removal projects around the world. It's all grounded in science and its known for its team of experts, some of whom helped shape efforts like Elon Musk's $100M XPRIZE for carbon removal.
And its momentum isn't slowing down anytime soon, It now counts big names like Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, Meta, and JetBlue as clients. It's also been chosen as an Implementation Partner for the World EconomiC Forum's First Movers Coalition and made LinkedIn's Top Startups list two years running. The challenge now? Keeping up the pace. With the clock ticking on climate change, execution at scale matters now more than ever.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Aug 2022
$60m
LATE VC
Total funding: $60m
Company benefits
- overage: While we love our work, our lives aren’t defined by it. At Carbon Direct, we offer a robust benefits package that considers the whole person, their partners, and their families – and we’re always looking to improve
- Time off as needed: Flexible vacation policy and ten company-wide holidays, plus annual winter break
- WFH reimbursement: Reimbursement for your work-from-home setup
- Parental leave: 16 weeks of fully paid parental and family leave with no tenure requirement
- Remote-friendly: Remote-friendly work culture with annual company-wide retreats
Company HQ
Financial District, New York, NY
Leadership
Jonathan Goldberg
(Founder & CEO)Prior to founding Carbon Direct, Jonathan was the founder and Managing Partner of BBL Commodities. Before this, they were a partner at Glencore and an Investor at Goldman Sachs in the J. Aron commodities division.
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