Quality and Technical Director

Quality & Technical Director

Would you like to play a pivotal leadership role within a globally recognised climate solutions organisation, driving significant and lasting environmental impact?

Do you thrive in roles that blend high level technical strategy with proactive, hands on leadership, across a global quality and integrity function?

A rare and prestigious senior leadership opportunity has arisen to join a pioneering climate solutions company as a Quality & Technical Director.

This critical role will lead and evolve a global technical engine, directly advancing the mission to reduce Carbon. The Quality & Technical Director will shape enterprise level quality frameworks and influence how the world’s largest companies approach carbon removal and reduction, all while ensuring technical performance is inextricably linked with climate consequence.

Why you should apply for the Quality & Technical Director position:

• Make a Measurable Impact – This role is at the heart of their mission, to deliver high quality, thoroughly vetted climate projects. Every technical sign off directly contributes to ambitious global climate goals.
• Lead a Critical Function – You will lead and coordinate multiple specialist teams (Due Diligence, NBS, and Health & Livelihoods), ensuring technical insights are translated into robust commercial outcomes.
• Influence the Market – You will serve as a senior technical leader and climate expert, influencing C suite stakeholders and positioning the organisation as the partner of choice for high integrity climate action.
• High Profile Opportunity – This is a senior leadership role at the centre of the business, with the authority to define the technical strategy for a diverse and growing global portfolio.

The successful Quality & Technical Director will:

• Bring exceptional leadership capabilities to build and develop proactive, high performing technical teams across multiple geographies.
• Possess deep expertise in carbon markets with a minimum of 7 years' experience and preferably an advanced degree (MSc or PhD) in a relevant environmental or climate science field.
• Demonstrate a strong track record of leading technical due diligence and MRV strategies, including the integration of emerging technologies like remote sensing and dMRV.
• Have the presence and credibility to chair the Due Diligence Committee and represent the organisation in global industry forums and advisory bodies.
• Be a collaborative operator, effectively partnering with Sourcing, Legal, and Go to Market teams to balance technical integrity with business objectives.

In return, you will receive:

• An opportunity to work in an exciting, fast paced team at the forefront of the sustainability sector.
• The chance to define and own a global technical strategy across Nature Based Solutions, Engineered Solutions, and Health & Livelihoods.
• The opportunity to make a significant and lasting impact on the most pressing issue of our time.

If this could be of interest, please apply through retained executive search partners, GS2 Partnership, who are exclusively managing this process.