Head of Data and GHG Reporting

CarbonChain is growing and we are looking for talented people to help us grow to the next level.

We’re a team of highly regarded engineers, consultants and economists who are trusted leaders within our fields, from guiding the growth of multi-country supply chains for Amazon Europe to developing and delivering multiple and bespoke scalable enterprise software solutions across various sectors including Sports and Leisure (English Football Association), Banking and Finance (Western Union, UBS),and providing specialist Consulting services to Oil & Gas and mining enterprises for BCG and Rio Tinto.

We are currently searching for a Head of Data and GHG Reporting to take the company to its next stage of growth.

Mission for the role

1. Source data for the world's largest carbon emissions database. Imagine google, but for carbon. Feed this data to engineering to build the database
2. Ship version 1 of the GHG reporting feature of the product which automates the live reporting of GHG emissions and outputs performance to the customer’s required standard and data accuracy level, including compliance with the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, relevant GRI items, and TCFD alignment.
3. Land and expand our platform penetration with existing banks, ensuring that a majority of their commodities trade finance (CTF) is measured using CarbonChain
4. Write industry specific measurement methodologies for Steel, Aluminium, Iron Ore and Oil and Gas. Create a public facing methodology for each area that can be published to support inbound sales leads. Create a private methodology that builds trust in our customers to secure their long term business, and their desire to grow with CarbonChain as we establish industry leading methodologies

Key results expected in the first 12 months

1. Deliver “source data” for a carbon emissions database that covers 70% of the world's annual carbon emissions down to asset and land-use level (i.e. circa 50 GT of CO2e globally emitted in 2020, therefore your target coverage is 35 GT)
2. Deliver a product that can produce thousands of end-to-end supply chain carbon emission reports at the press of a button for the world's most polluting supply chains (e.g. steel, aluminium, cement, fertilizer). Reports meet compliance standards set by the bank.
3. Create banking grade secure user interfaces that can handle thousands of daily carbon tracking requests from the finance world so that our platform becomes the trusted engine of global green trade finance
4. Achieve product/market fit with 5 major CTF banks, and their clients, and trigger the network effect of adoption of our platform based on achieving 500 banking clients

Competencies: To accomplish this, the ideal candidate will need to be strong in the related competencies

1. Locate and establish data sources to many vast and different databases in order to collect global carbon intensity information such as fuel and electricity
2. Retrieve unstructured data from multiple sources and derive structured datasets that can produce consistent metrics used for comparing against benchmarks and other scoring criteria. Engineering will be responsible for retrieving data at the data communication layer, while “Data and GHG Reporting” will be responsible for structuring that data.
3. Experience shipping a version 1 product
4. Delivering to banking industry requirements in ambitious time frames: rapidly achieving security and compliance clearance for code, interfaces and APIs

Location requirements: Must be on similar hours to the UK, ie. within 2hrs GMT

CarbonChain was born in 2019 with a mission to make supply chains green again. Our products offer quantitative and actionable solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the supply chains of the world’s most polluting industries — oil & gas, mining, metals, minerals and agriculture which is responsible for 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

CarbonChain was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2020 batch and has secured backing from the UK government’s innovation arm, InnovateUK, the NatWest accelerator and the London Business School Incubator.