Project Development Manager, Heavy Industry & Transportation, Carbon Markets

3Degrees • New York, NY

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

3Degrees is seeking an experienced, deal-oriented Project Development Manager to originate and develop carbon and environmental attribute projects across heavy industry, transportation, chemicals, and the built environment. The role focuses on identifying, evaluating, structuring, and closing long-term development and monetization agreements for opportunities such as low-carbon building materials, EV fleets, maritime decarbonization, and low-carbon chemicals. The position is full-time and exempt and reports directly to the Senior Project Development Manager.

The manager will serve as a commercial project originator, building partnerships with developers, manufacturers, producers, and technology innovators. They will work with Carbon Operations and MRV teams, legal counsel, and commercial sales teams to align project supply with corporate climate partnership and attribute-offtake needs. The role involves commercial structuring, financial and techno-economic analysis, due diligence, and progressing opportunities through internal executive and Risk Management Committee review.

3Degrees values collaboration and in-person connection while offering flexibility. The company strongly prefers a voluntary, flexible hybrid arrangement based from its office hubs in San Francisco, New York, or Portland, Maine, and prefers candidates located along the US East Coast. Exceptional remote candidates may be considered if located in a state where 3Degrees is eligible to hire. Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship are not provided.

Success includes completing onboarding and building internal relationships in the first month; taking ownership of origination campaigns, qualifying partners, and assessing feasibility within 90 days; advancing opportunities and issuing substantive term sheets within six months; and closing long-term agreements that contribute to enterprise supply commitments within one year.

Requirements

• 5–15 years of experience in environmental markets, heavy industry or transportation decarbonization, environmental commodity origination, or clean-technology commercialization.
• Demonstrated success originating, structuring, and closing commercial contracts, technology partnerships, or project-finance deals.
• Experience in at least one relevant vertical: chemicals, the built environment, or transportation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Sustainable Infrastructure, or a related field.
• Understanding of life cycle assessments, Scope 1–3 emissions accounting, discounted cash flow financial modeling, and Environmental Attribute Certificate markets for Scope 3.
• Ability to build commercial relationships and work across engineering teams, developers, and corporate procurement.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with or selling alongside industry alliances, market-making nonprofits, or sector buyer groups.
• Experience selling or supporting sales processes for Scope 3 Environmental Attribute Certificates to enterprise clients.
• Advanced degree or MBA.

Responsibilities

• Prospect and establish direct relationships with EV charging developers, building-material manufacturers, concrete producers, chemical manufacturers, and technology innovators to originate decarbonization projects.
• Negotiate tailored commercial structures and offtake agreements, including spot transactions, long-term revenue-sharing models, and fixed-price offtakes.
• Build and refine discounted cash flow models, revenue-sharing models, baseline calculations, and techno-economic assessments to evaluate project feasibility.
• Lead commercial, operational, and technical due diligence on counterparties, technology readiness, baseline delivery risks, and eligibility under voluntary and compliance greenhouse-gas accounting methodologies.
• Collaborate with commercial sales leads to align supply origination with corporate buyer demand.
• Manage early- to medium-stage project pipelines through executive and Risk Management Committee approvals.
• Develop relationships across industrial, transportation, and built-environment sectors and advance opportunities from origination through agreement execution.
• Build working relationships with Carbon Operations/MRV teams, commercial leads, legal counsel, and the Senior Project Development Manager.
• Qualify project partners, conduct project feasibility evaluations, prepare term sheets and due-diligence packages, and support supply commitments with exclusivity agreements or letters of intent.
• Provide strategic input and partner leads to support expansion into new market verticals.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible paid time off
• Potential eligibility for discretionary bonus programs, including profit sharing and an annual performance bonus

What This Job Offers

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