Senior Research and Development Manager

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Head of People @ InPlanet | the-ROCK-IT | Brazil | Climate | Art x Science

About InPlanet

REMOTE WITHIN BRAZIL (ideally SP)

Fluency in English and Portuguese both written and oral

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We are an impact-driven, remote-first, ClimateTech (CDR) startup headquartered in Germany and Brazil to reverse climate change and make tropical agriculture more regenerative, low-carbon, and sustainable. We are working with Enhanced Rock Weathering in tropical agriculture, focusing on Brazil. We do this to create a liveable planet for future generations and, specifically, to regenerate soils and ecosystems, grow nutritious food, and increase food security and sovereignty in the tropics.

People-first, Performance Culture : We believe that focus on people and performance can co-exist with the right cultural vision. Our philosophy is to blend these two essential components. The Rocket symbolizes our commitment to peak performance, excellence, and reaching new heights. The Heart represents our dedication to our people, fostering empathy, compassion, and genuine care for every team member's well-being.

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are proud to have an internationally growing team and we are designing our people practices to serve psychological safety, belonging, and authenticity.

You can check out independent reviews by other candidates on Glassdoor to check how people find interviewing with us.

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About the Role

As our Senior Research and Development (R+D) Manager you will lead and be responsible for managing our research and development programme relating to deployment of Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) as a carbon dioxide removal technique in Brazil, with a special focus on agronomic trials. You will design, manage and interpret data from experiments in order to effectively monitor agronomic parameters and as well as addressing fundamental research questions relating to ERW. You will be based in Brazil, with presence onsite at various locations within Brazil when necessary.

The Impact you can make

This role will oversee and manage team members and you will take ownership over experiments, driving forward our scientific strategy. You lead on our reporting on farmer co-benefits and impact metrics, providing robust scientific evidence to support the case for our wider impact. You will play a key role in managing and driving our science strategy and will be expected to maintain and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Core working relationships

Reporting to the Head of Science and Research (Christina), you will support and work effectively with all members of the science and operations teams. You will manage and work closely with our Science and Impact Lead (Phil).

Key Responsibilities

• Management of team members within our R+D programme
• Overseeing and planing our R+D programme such as design of experiments and communication with external stakeholders
• Generating, analysing, presenting and publishing data from experiments and deployments to wide-ranging and high-profile audiences
• You will support operations to provide the robust scientific evidence for our farmer pitches and case studies
• You drive research and the wider science team strategy
• You manage communications and partnerships with leading researchers globally, with a specific focus on Brazil
• You will work flexibility in Brazil, with travel to onsite experiments within Brazil and to visit partners (expectation & benefit)

You can be a Rock-Star if you have

Core Skills & Experience

Key Qualities

Bonus Points (but not essential)

Living Our Values

At InPlanet, we have a big vision of solving climate change, and we are looking for individuals who are genuinely passionate about making a positive difference in the world of Carbon Removal Solutions. Trust guides our actions, drive fuels our efforts, and impact is our goal.

InPlanet Compensation Philosophy

At InPlanet, our philosophy revolves around ensuring fair and unbiased compensation and equitable equity pay, coupled with competitive benefits, across all regions where we operate.

The reason behind our salary range being wide or undefined at the first stages of the interview is because of our international presence and globally distributed workforce, we utilise geo ranges to account for varying pay differentials, forming a crucial part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive across diverse markets as we expand our reach.

These ranges are determined by role, level, and location, recognising the nuanced demands of each market. The actual base pay for the selected candidate is influenced by factors such as location, skills, experience, training, business requirements, and market dynamics, with the range subject to potential adjustments in alignment with our commitment to fairness and transparency.

Application Process

Roughly 6 hours across 3-6 weeks from CV-screening.

(optional third interview)

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Being an equal opportunities employer is very important to us, and we are committed to ensuring that no applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions which cannot be shown to be justifiable. We design our processes to be fair and equitable, and we believe in continuous learning.

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