Project Development Manager, Agriculture, Carbon Markets

Project Development Manager – Agriculture & Food Supply ChainEvery day, we work together for what matters – bold, swift, and equitable climate action.3Degrees helps organizations around the world implement renewable energy, transportation decarbonization, and other high-impact climate solutions to address their scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions To support the rapid expansion of our carbon and environmental attribute project portfolio, we are seeking an experienced, deal-oriented Project Development Manager – Agriculture & Food Supply Chain to serve as a core originator across agricultural and land-based decarbonization sectors.In this role, you will act as a commercial hunter and partnership builder, identifying, evaluating, and closing long-term development and monetization agreements. You will focus on expanding our agricultural practice, including livestock projects (manure management, enteric fermentation, low carbon feed)), regenerative agriculture solutions for arable land, low carbon fertilizer initiatives to fulfill multi-year enterprise demand.This is a full-time, exempt role reporting directly to the Senior Project Development Manager. The Manager will collaborate closely with 3Degrees' technical Carbon Operations and MRV teams, legal counsel, and commercial sales teams who manage attribute offtake and corporate climate partnerships.We value camaraderie, team collaboration, and the benefits of in-person connection, while offering flexibility. For this role, we strongly prefer candidates who can join us in a voluntary, flexible hybrid work style based out of our office hubs in San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Portland, ME, with an additional preference for candidates located along the US East Coast.For exceptional remote candidates, we prioritize those located in states where 3Degrees is currently eligible to hire: CA, OR, NY, WA, ME, TX, CO, MI, FL, MA, MN, VA, DC, GA, UT, and IL. 3Degrees does not provide relocation assistance or visa sponsorship for this position.The Project Development Manager will function as a pure-play project originator, managing multi-stakeholder partnership development cycles across agricultural sectors from prospect identification through contract execution. Core responsibilities include:Proactive Agricultural Sourcing: Prospect and establish direct relationships with agricultural technology providers, dairy/livestock producers, ag co-ops, and aggregators to build a robust pipeline of high-integrity agricultural carbon assets.Flexible Commercial Deal Structuring: Negotiate tailored commercial structures and offtake agreements — including spot transactions, long-term revenue-sharing models, and fixed-price offtakes.Pipeline Ownership: Inherit, maintain, and expand existing key dairy industry relationships and ongoing project pipelines, driving deals through execution.Financial Modeling: Build and refine discounted cash flow (DCF) models, credit issuance projections based on herd size/acreage, and monetization frameworks to underwrite commercial viability.Protocol & Due Diligence Oversight: Lead commercial and operational due diligence on counterparties, agricultural technology, historical farm data, credit delivery risk, and protocol eligibility under existing carbon frameworks (i.e. CAR, Verra, Gold Standard)as well as emerging scope 3 / supply chain pathways.Cross-Functional & Field Engagement: Partner with Carbon Operations/MRV, agronomy leads, legal, and commercial sales to shepherd deals through Risk Management Committee approval, while representing 3Degrees at industry events.