Project Manager

Project Manager – Carbon Operation

Location: India (with regional coordination across Indonesia and Vietnam)

Department: Innovation & Carbon Projects

Reports to: Head – Innovation and Carbon Projects

Job description

About Rize:

Rize (rize.farm) is a leading Agri-Tech startup uniquely positioned to build solutions that make rice cultivation more sustainable and improve farmer livelihoods in Asia. These sustainable solutions are urgently needed as rice cultivation is one of the largest polluting forms of agriculture globally. Formed through a joint venture between Temasek, Wavemaker Impact, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and GenZero, Rize’s technology captures vital agricultural data essential for implementing sustainable farming practices. This makes rice farmers more climate-resilient, increases their crop yields, lowers costs, and facilitates efficient access to finance. Rize currently has operations in Indonesia and Vietnam and plans to expand further within the region. To expand, Rize is unlocking climate/green financing facilities to help serve more farmers in their transition to sustainable rice cultivation. Rize has recently received substantial global media attention, acknowledging our efforts in this journey. Please read more here: Bloomberg, Business Insider, DealStreetAsia.

What are we building:

We are developing a platform which will help our field operations team to effectively manage their task, capture cultivation logs from million plus hectares of paddy fields, effectively manage the supply chain of agri-inputs and aggregate third party services required during the lifecycle of paddy fields.

Role Overview:

The Project Manager – Carbon Team will be responsible for end-to-end project management of Rize’s sustainability and carbon initiatives across Southeast Asia.. The role requires a blend of technical understanding of agriculture and carbon systems, strong project management skills, and strategic business acumen to drive projects from design to delivery.

This individual will coordinate across multiple teams — agronomy, MRV, legal, finance — and external stakeholders, including partners, vendors, and research collaborators, ensuring timely, high-quality execution of carbon project activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead comprehensive project planning, budgeting, and timeline management for carbon and sustainability projects across India, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
• Develop and maintain project implementation frameworks, ensuring strong governance, risk management, and on-time delivery of outcomes.
• Ensure alignment with carbon standards and protocols (e.g., Verra, Gold Standard, JCM) and coordinate documentation for project registration and verification.
• Work closely with agronomy and MRV teams to translate field data into carbon quantification models, ensuring quality, consistency, and traceability.
• Conduct or commission market research on evolving carbon regulations, methodologies, and credit pricing to inform strategy and business decisions.
• Support the development of carbon projections and emission models tailored to local agronomic and climatic conditions.
• Track key performance indicators (KPIs) for project progress and prepare high-quality reports, dashboards, and presentations for leadership and investors.
• Support the design of new project concepts around sustainable rice cultivation, water efficiency, residue management, and farmer engagement.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Rize’s carbon MRV framework and implementation protocols.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in, Environmental Science, Climate Change, Sustainability, Finance or related field.
• 4–6 years of experience in project management within sustainability, carbon markets, or agritech sectors.
• Strong understanding of agriculture-based GHG mitigation, sustainability standards, and carbon crediting frameworks.
• Proven experience managing multi-country or multi-stakeholder programs with measurable outcomes.
• Familiarity with the rice sector and sustainable agricultural practices is a strong advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to connect technical detail with business logic — translating field outcomes into commercial and impact metrics.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills; ability to prepare professional reports and presentations for investors, partners, and certifiers.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, cross-cultural environment with distributed teams.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to carbon market modelling, scenario analysis, or MRV systems.
• Experience with digital platforms or agri-data systems for monitoring and reporting.
• Ability to interpret remote sensing or GIS-based data is an added plus.
• Fluent in English; knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia or Vietnamese is advantageous.