Climate Risk Consultant - Remote - Worldwide

Waterplan•,

5d•Remote

About The Position

Waterplan is a pioneering Series A Y Combinator-backed Climate Tech startup dedicated to accelerating the journey toward a water-secure future. Through our leading AI B2B Enterprise SaaS platform, we empower companies to understand, respond, report, and monitor their ever-evolving water risk. We help businesses see the tangible benefits of mitigating water risks, fostering a future where organizations are motivated to conserve water and preserve our precious ecosystems. Waterplan's Professional Services team is hiring a Climate Risk Consultant to support our growing climate risk and disclosure work. This is an internal advisory role: you will primarily consult directly with the PS team and with Waterplan’s Product team, helping us build climate risk indicators, scenario analysis, and disclosure-ready frameworks aligned with IFRS S1 & S2 and CSRD (ESRS) requirements. Direct client interaction is not the core of this role, though occasional involvement may be requested when needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Climate Science, Environmental Science, Sustainability, MSc/PhD in Climate or Atmospheric Science, Hydrology, Geosciences or a related field.
7+ years of senior-level experience in climate risk and resilience assessment, corporate sustainability, or climate disclosure consulting, ideally including experience leading or owning climate/CSRD-type engagements end-to-end
Strong working knowledge of climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, including IFRS S2, with familiarity with CSRD/ESRS requirements
Experience with physical and transition risk scenarios and data, such as the NGFS scenarios, IEA pathways, carbon price trajectories, and sector decarbonization pathways (SBTi, TPI).
Understanding of how to translate climate scenarios into financial impact assessments
Experience integrating climate risk into enterprise risk management or disclosure frameworks
Strong data analysis skills and comfort working with evolving regulatory guidance
Strong written communication skills; able to translate technical climate concepts into clear, internal-facing guidance

Nice To Haves

Interest in software, technology, or digital transformation is a plus given this role supports a tech-enabled advisory platform; experience in any of these areas is an additional bonus
Experience with double materiality assessments (CSRS/ESRS, TCFD/IFRS use financial materiality)
Exposure to multi-country or multi-jurisdiction climate disclosure requirements
Experience developing climate risk deliverables into a data/indicator model suitable for a software platform

Responsibilities

Build and refine climate risk indicators and a climate risk framework covering both physical and transition risk
Design physical and transition risk indicators using a hazard × exposure × vulnerability structure (the IPCC AR6 framing). This includes defining thresholds, normalization, scoring and classification logic, and how indicators aggregate from grid cell to asset, basin, and portfolio level
Support the development of a solution covering scenario analysis aligned with IFRS S2 and ESRS methodologies. This includes selecting, processing, and validating climate projection datasets across emissions scenarios, time horizons, and baseline periods
Write indicator specifications, data dictionaries, and methodology notes detailed enough for the Product and Engineering teams to implement, and auditable enough to support client disclosures under CSRD limited assurance
Advise on the financial implications of climate scenarios (cost modeling, financial impact assessment) for client sectors such as manufacturing, technology, and textiles
Help develop a climate change risk resilience and adaptation opportunities library tied to addressing identified potential risks
Validate indicators against observed data and published benchmarks, run sensitivity analyses, and define how uncertainty and confidence are communicated to platform users
Support preparation of climate-related disclosures aligned with CSRD (ESRS) and IFRS S2 requirements, including mapping which data points and metrics are required
Track and interpret evolving ESRS/CSRD and IFRS regulatory guidance, flagging changes relevant to active projects
Partner with the PS team to translate technical climate/disclosure requirements into internal frameworks and deliverables
Support the team's CSRD requirements gap analysis and help define what's needed for a preliminary/dry-run and first-time disclosure exercises
Ensure alignment with Waterplan's existing water risk indicators
Provide internal training and knowledge-sharing so the broader PS team can speak to climate risk and disclosure topics