Category: Full-time

Starting date: Immediate

Location: Bangalore

About Equilibrium:

Equilibrium is a full-stack carbon removal developer building one of the largest high-integrity carbon portfolios from the Global South, with a ~20Mt CO₂ removal pipeline. We develop bankable, high-impact projects by integrating advanced climate science, an in-house digital MRV platform, and innovative blended finance.

Our portfolio spans across nature-based and engineered removal: on nature-based, we have large-scale agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, and mangrove restoration initiatives; on engineered removal, we are building India's leading biochar platform with large-scale commercial operations. Collectively, our projects span 120,000+ hectares and will support over 150,000 smallholder farmers and coastal communities.

Our work is backed by a $3M institutional seed round from Peak XV (formerly Sequoia) and Avaana Capital, and driven by a 95+ member team with deep expertise in climate science, carbon markets, and project operations.

The Mission & Partnership:

Join a pioneering partnership between a rapidly growing start-up and an established global leader in nature ecosystem services. Together, we are embedding GIS, data and technology into the intersection of finance and nature, driving the tech-integrated step change required to deliver environmental impact at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

About the Role

This role sits at the intersection of partnership management and program delivery. It will support the overall health and management of the partnership, and own the management of EQ teams to deliver shared outcomes across the partnership’s key workstreams, with a particular focus on the GIS workstream. The key partnership workstreams are:

- GIS Core Carbon Delivery
- GIS QA/QC
- Data & Systems
- Research & Development

This role will work closely with the internal and external workstream Leads to support work planning and prioritization and will lead the translation of those priorities into execution for the EQ team.

Responsibilities

Partnership and Stakeholder Management (15%)

- Act as the primary point of coordination for across external team leads, translating those into workstream priorities internally
- Lead workstream milestone reporting,



working closely with external partners and leadership to define value-driving metrics
- Own regular communication, updates, expectations and follow-ups regarding the partnership and its ways of working
- Maintain visibility on partnership priorities, risks and opportunities
- Establish and maintain escalation protocols, ensuring issues requiring leadership intervention reach the appropriate forum
- Maintain the partnership ways of working primer and partnership management check-in cadence
- Work closely with the EQ Technical Lead to ensure technology requirements, developments and priorities remain aligned with workstream needs.

GIS Workstream: Program & Delivery Management (50%)

- Translate core carbon delivery project GIS needs into clear, shared workplans and priorities for the Equilibrium team, working closely with senior GIS experts
- Lead bandwidth planning, utilisation analysis, and work allocation for the EQ team
- Own GIS workplan tracking, ensuring project management data is up to date and smooth workplan progression between both teams
- Lead daily GIS stand-ups and support GIS work planning meetings
- Be the first point of contact for the EQ team regarding GIS work challenges and blockers
- Work with the Head of GIS to continuously improve GIS program delivery ways of working
- Proactively identify and resolve complex or ambiguous issues across the GIS workstream before they affect delivery

QA/QC, Data & Systems, R&D; Workstreams: Program and Delivery Management (20%)

- Support the translation of workstream priorities into clear, shared workplans, aligning proactively with workstream leads before work begins to confirm scope, approach, prioritisation (within and across worksstreams), feasibility and resourcing across relevant EQ teams
- Monitor workstream progress, timelines, blockers and upcoming demand




- Drive timely resolution of internal blockers and dependencies.

Team Management (15%)

- Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture for the partnership, and support team engagement and wellbeing
- Coordinate with the relevant EQ manager to conduct professional development planning for EQ team members so they are best placed to deliver on the workstream outcomes
- Liaise with external workstream leads to identify professional development opportunities for EQ team members, where appropriate, that enhance the partnership
- Provide day-to-day leadership and coaching to EQ team members, setting clear expectations and priorities aligned to workstreams

What We’re Looking For:

- 3-5 years of experience in program management, strategic operations, consulting or a similar role.
- Familiarity with GIS work, including how GIS teams plan and deliver projects
- Comfortable working with technical teams and translating business requirements into actionable work.
- Strong stakeholder and relationship management skills, with experience working across external clients and internal teams, including senior management
- Excellent project management and organizational skills.
- Ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and drive teams toward closure.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- High ownership, attention to detail and ability to operate independently in a rapid-moving workplace.

Key Attributes

- Holds yourself and others to the highest moral and ethical standards
- Owns problems end to end, solving them with sustainable, lasting solutions
- Curious and courageous in uncharted territory
- Uses intellect and street smarts to think ahead, evolve ideas and push boundaries
- Collaborates inclusively across organisational boundaries to deliver shared impact
- Builds trust over time, reading stakeholder nuance and investing in relationships for the long term
- Comfortable working with GIS, data and technology teams, with enough intent to have a technical grasp to drive decisions
- Down to earth, purposeful and humble in your approach

How to Apply

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📌 Program & Partnership Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Equilibrium
📍 Bengaluru