Strategic Partnerships Manager, Climeworks
Professional Services and Insurance sector
$130-165k
+ Equity
More information about location
Carbon dioxide removal as a service
Job no longer available
Carbon dioxide removal as a service
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$130-165k
+ Equity
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To impact climate at scale and inspire 1 billion people to join them.
Role
Who you are
- You have completed a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Environmental sciences or Economics
- You have 5 - 9 years of relevant work experience and have built up a network of customers in these sectors. Prior experience in the carbon credit market is a plus
- You consider yourself a skillful networker with the ability to translate and explain complex concepts clearly and easily to a wide audience
- You are a creative problem solver who can structure solutions for diverse client requirements and are self-motivated with strong time management skills
What the job involves
- Your mission at Climeworks is to bring the Direct Air Capture (DAC) industry to scale by implementing the go-to-market strategy for Climeworks’ carbon dioxide removal (CDR) services for B2B enterprise customers in the US
- You lead prospecting and building relationships with key customer stakeholders by delivering proposals to potential and existing customers in person and online for the professional services and/or insurance industry in the US market
- You provide written proposals and subject matter expertise for Climeworks’ services for the professional services and/or insurance industry
- You work strategically with other teams in Climeworks to improve customer conversion and retention rates
- You serve on business working groups and represent Climeworks at speaking engagements in the US
Our take
In the global fight against climate change, it is not only necessary to reduce emissions but also to remove carbon dioxide already released into the atmosphere. Climeworks is a company doing just this, operating direct air capture (DAC) to remove unavoidable and historic CO₂ emissions.
The company's DAC technology works in a 3-step process. Air is drawn in to a "collector" where it passes through a filter which traps CO₂ particles. Then, when the filter is full the collector closes and heats up. This causes the release of the trapped carbon dioxide, at which point it can be collected.
Once carbon dioxide is collected, it is permanently and securely store underground by the company's partner Carbfix in Iceland. Importantly, the DAC process uses renewable energy, energy-from-waste, or other waste heat to run, meaning it does not contribute to CO₂ emissions itself.
By tackling a vital and global issue, Climeworks no doubt has a wealth of opportunity at its feet. It has made some prominent partnerships to accelerate carbon removal, such as with Great Carbon Valley in Kenya and Deep Sky in Canada, through which it will bring large-scale DAC operations to fruition.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 12 rounds)
Jul 2025
$160.5m
LATE VC
Apr 2024
$2.7m
GRANT
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP)
- Team events
- Hybrid work environment
- Flexible hours
- Opportunity for sabbatical leave
- Weekly CrossFit & Yoga sessions
- Recurring mental-balance workshops
Company HQ
Oerlikon, Zürich, ZH
Leadership
Jan Wurzbacher
(Co-CEO)Doctor of Sciences, Mechanical and Process Engineering, who graduated from ETH Zürich.
Christoph Gebald
(Co-CEO)Member of the Board of Directors of Norsk e-Fuel. Earned a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zürich.
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