Head of Forestry (f/m/d)

The Senior Forestry Specialist is a functional expert within the organisation, serving as the point of contact for other teams and stakeholders when forestry professional expertise is required. He/she owns the assurance of quality within the Data Operations Team.

• Functional lead and role model of the Forestry Specialist sub team, supporting them along the delivery process of Climate Projects.
• Technical counterpart to the partner management team (Sales) in customer handover meetings, Climate Project Sales pitches, and similar (potential) customer appointments.
• Presenting forest inventory analysis results to customers and assisting them in developing forest management plans (also for Climate Projects).
• Go-to person for any forestry-related questions and unclarities that determine the product and affect its deliveries.
• Defining and continuously optimizing operations processes, with a special focus on forestry knowledge-based topics.
• Ensuring that forestry knowledge is made transparent in the Data Operations Team and across the company, where required.
• Challenging and owning the quality of delivered products and increments along the processing pipeline from a forestry expert's point of view.
• Pursuing quality assurances along the processing pipeline, defining quality criteria and ensuring these are met for product deliveries, i.e., handover to customers.

• Studies in forestry engineering/management with extensive practical experience in Forestry Sciences, preferably a PhD in this field.
• Strong technical expertise in the field of forestry, focusing on forest management and strategic forest management planning (possibly forest economics).
• Senior appearance at appointments with forestry partners; experience in customer handover talks is desired.
• Proficient English skills for international customer appointments prepared and held in English.
• Ideally, prior knowledge of German forest inventory methods and procedures.
• Ideally, prior knowledge of forest management practices in the Nordic countries.

• We work towards a common purpose: you actively contribute to climate protection with your work and ensure that forests can realize their full potential. We also provide you with an Impact Day to support social or ecological projects.
• We develop our employees: You can participate in our regular internal training courses and use a budget of €1,000 per year for external training opportunities.
• We live flexibility: you can organize your working hours individually and utilize our mobile and office culture: You have the opportunity to work half of your working hours in the Mobile Office and also work from abroad for up to 6 weeks.
• The best ideas arise when people from different backgrounds work together. That's why we actively promote an open and inclusive culture in which everyone can flourish.
• We are looking for doers! With us, you can contribute your own ideas, shape your scope of action, and take on a lot of responsibility.