Director, Asset Management

Company Rubicon Carbon is a next-generation carbon solutions provider. Led by a world-class management team, Rubicon is an innovative platform that channels capital to unlock at-scale decarbonization projects and delivers trusted, enterprise-grade solutions for carbon credit purchases. Rubicon strives to deliver greater scale, confidence, and innovation across all facets of the carbon market and meet the growing demand for end-to-end, high-integrity emissions reduction solutions.

Position Overview As a Carbon Projects Asset Manager, you will report to the Head of Asia & Asset Management. You will oversee the operational, technical, and financial performance of Rubicon’s carbon assets to ensure they achieve their original investment objectives and deliver value to external clients. You will be responsible for assessing, managing, and reporting on Rubicon’s carbon project assets, initially focused on Rubicon’s NBS removals project investments globally. You will work with Rubicon’s Science, Investments, Trading, and Strategy teams to provide technical support and problem solve with Rubicon’s partner developers to achieve overall NBS portfolio performance goals. This is a new role to Rubicon and requires an agile, analytical self-starter who can continuously identify ways to add value to the organization and reshape the role accordingly.

Role location is flexible, with a strong preference for candidates based in Singapore

Key Responsibilities Asset Performance & Delivery

• Maximize operational performance from Rubicon’s carbon project assets
• Track project progress, asset health, issuance outlook, and delivery expectations across the portfolio
• Analyze data related to asset performance and expected delivery from carbon assets, and own all reporting requirements related to project performance, including status, risks, and expected delivery, for internal and external stakeholders
• Support implementation of tools, frameworks, and operating processes that strengthen asset management discipline across a growing portfolio

Project Oversight & Risk Management

• Identify ongoing project risks, including implementation, delivery, regulatory, legal, political, and counterparty risks, and work with project partners on mitigation strategies
• Collaborate to manage and resolve legal, contractual, regulatory, and operational issues as they arise, ensuring compliance with projects’ governing documents
• Coordinate with internal teams and stakeholders on project milestone delivery and related finance deployment in line with investment agreements and portfolio requirements
• Maintain a strong understanding of industry developments, operating best practices, and relevant tools or platforms that can improve asset monitoring and management

Technical & Quality Coordination

• Work closely with Rubicon’s Science and Supply teams, as well as project developers, to support sound project implementation, monitoring, and long-term asset performance
• Partner with the Science team to support implementation of dMRV protocols, geospatial tools, and other monitoring approaches where relevant to improve visibility on project performance
• Work closely with Science and Supply teams to monitor project alignment with relevant quality, safeguards, and market frameworks, including registry requirements, social and biodiversity safeguards, FPIC expectations, and external quality benchmarks
• Help assess technical and operational risks affecting credit quality, issuance readiness, and long-term portfolio value

Stakeholder & Commercial Support

• Lead day-to-day stakeholder relationships with project developer partners and serve as internal source of truth on project asset health and performance
• Support Sales and Trading teams commercialization of project forward carbon credits through materials creation, select client / prospect calls, inventory management, etc.
• Prepare high-quality presentations, updates, and insights for senior leadership and board audiences
• Ensure cross-functional alignment across Science, Supply, Commercial, Finance, Legal, and Asset Management teams
• This role may require occasional international travel to project sites depending on project and partnership needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as environmental science, forestry, ecology, engineering, finance, or a related discipline
• At least 7-10 years of relevant experience in asset management, project operations, infrastructure, renewables, natural capital, or related real-asset environments, with at least 3-5 years of experience in carbon markets or environmental markets, including project delivery, carbon asset oversight, or related operational roles
• Strong knowledge of the carbon credit market, including project implementation, the carbon credit lifecycle, key standards, methodologies, monitoring requirements, and delivery risks
• Familiarity with major registries, market frameworks, safeguards, FPIC, and project quality considerations; prior operational experience in solar, wind, or other environmental commodity industries a plus
• Demonstrated experience managing complex infrastructure project operations and stakeholder relationships across project partners, internal teams, and external counterparties
• Ability to understand financial models and assess how operational performance affects investment outcomes
• Understanding of legal contracts, accounting, and contract negotiations
• Strong analytical, project management, and organizational skills, including experience with large project budget management and monitoring
• High proficiency in Excel and familiarity with operational and collaboration tools such as Asana and G-Suite; familiarity with GIS, remote sensing, dMRV, or other monitoring systems preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently, research new areas, and implement knowledge with minimal supervision
• Willingness to travel internationally, including to remote project sites
• Commercial mindset, strong prioritization, communication, and organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a knack for clear, concise storytelling
• Passion for climate change, sustainability, and innovation
• English language proficiency is required; Multilingual skills would be a plus.