Climate Analyst

Pulsora • Chicago, IL

3h • Hybrid

About The Position

Pulsora is a sustainability software startup that provides an enterprise platform for managing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability programs. The Climate Analyst sits between customers and the product team and owns carbon accounting methodology. This hands-on role works with enterprise sustainability leaders on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, target setting, and disclosures, and ensures calculations are transparent, defensible, and suitable for audit or regulatory review.

The role owns the emission factor library and calculation methodology, including factor sourcing, versioning, provenance, retirement of superseded editions, and management of global warming potential (GWP) sets. It also translates regulatory and standards changes into product requirements, shapes product capabilities for GHG accounting and decarbonization, and supports clients through onboarding, training, and ongoing platform use. The analyst collaborates with clients and internal teams to gather and prioritize requirements and uses AI-assisted coding tools to build prototypes, internal tools, and applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, business, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in climate consulting, sustainability analyst roles, or related domains, with significant experience in carbon accounting, sustainability consulting, framework advice, or regulatory counseling.
• Deep understanding of the GHG Protocol, the ISO 1406X family of standards, and sustainability regulations, frameworks, and standards such as CSRD, CDP, SBTi, PCAF, GRI, SASB, TCFD, EU Taxonomy, SFDR, and EDCI.
• Hands-on experience building or auditing a full Scope 1–3 inventory under the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard.
• Fluency in emission factor sourcing and application, including source editions, source revisions, and how GWP changes affect restated inventories.
• Familiarity with sustainability assurance and audit practices, including ISAE 3000/3410, AA1000AS, limited and reasonable assurance, and the data lineage, controls, and documentation needed for third-party audits.
• Understanding of decarbonization strategy, SBTi target setting, CDP disclosures, marginal abatement cost curves, scenario analysis, and operational reduction plans for net-zero commitments.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or Replit, and comfort using them to ship working tools; deep AI/ML engineering experience is not required.
• Comfort operating amid ambiguity at the intersection of regulated domains and fast-moving AI, making considered trade-offs involving accuracy, latency, cost, and compliance risk.
• Self-starter who takes ownership, works independently, manages multiple simultaneous projects, and handles ambiguity and last-minute changes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to translate complex requirements into actionable product plans.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage and influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in an agile development environment and familiarity with product management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience working with a global team and willingness to work outside regular business hours with Pulsora's offshore team in India.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced master's degree or MBA.
• Industry and market knowledge of ESG and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer engagements with enterprise sustainability leaders covering GHG inventory development, assurance, decarbonization planning, and voluntary and regulatory reporting.
• Perform the methodology and calculations behind recommendations and ensure platform outputs can be explained and substantiated to auditors, CFOs, and regulators.
• Shape product capabilities for Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG accounting, decarbonization target setting and tracking, and audit-ready data lineage.
• Own the emission factor library, including sourcing, versioning, provenance, and retirement of superseded editions.
• Manage GWP sets across IPCC AR4, AR5, and AR6 and the transition logic between them.
• Advise and support clients on carbon accounting, sustainability regulations, and standards during onboarding, training, and ongoing platform use.
• Gather requirements from clients, stakeholders, and internal teams, and collaborate with engineering, design, and other cross-functional teams to prioritize requests.
• Use AI-assisted coding tools to build working prototypes, internal tools, and AI applications to accelerate discovery, validate ideas with customers, and deliver solutions.

Benefits

• Salary, equity, and benefits.
• Hybrid-friendly work environment, with in-office work 2–3 times per week for employees in New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Munich.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior