Regenerative Agriculture Lead

PUR is a global, impact-focused B-Corp specializing in the development of environmental restoration projects, known as 'nature-based solutions' (NbS). Since 2008, we have been helping the world’s largest organizations meet their ESG targets, reduce their environmental footprint, and regenerate the ecosystems they depend on across complex supply chains. Having developed over 45 projects in more than 30 countries, PUR is recognized as both a pioneer and leader in a sector that is now at the forefront of global efforts to address the ongoing climate and biodiversity crisis.

At the heart of our mission is a commitment to fostering and operationalizing insetting strategies—interventions by companies within their own value chains designed to reduce GHG emissions while creating positive impacts for communities, landscapes, and ecosystems. By championing this insetting approach, we aim to create a holistic range of benefits that extend beyond ecological restoration, encompassing social and economic dimensions through enhanced agricultural yields and resilience to climate change-induced stresses, among others.

One of the distinctive features of our work is our ability to tailor projects to the specific needs of different regions and communities. By recognizing the unique characteristics of each ecosystem and the cultural context of the communities involved, we ensure our initiatives are contextually relevant and have a meaningful and sustainable impact. All our projects are developed in close collaboration with local actors, including cooperatives, NGOs, governments, and corporations.Today, we employ 200 staff across 16 countries with key offices in Paris (HQ) and Toronto.

• Develop and lead the product and technical vision for regenerative agriculture initiatives in tropical and temperate ecosystems;

• Ensure all project and technical specifications of regenerative initiatives align with PUR’s strategy, mission, values and targeted outcomes goals; while in partnership with commercial team achieving market attractiveness;

• Incorporating best in class technical expertise & ensure compliance with industry and company specific standards (e.g. SAI, RA, VCI); &

• Ensure project design deliverables align with the due diligence requirements necessary to unlock project financing.

• Develop regenerative framing practices and assessment methodologies, in collaboration with global teams, that are tailored to diverse landscapes and communities that prioritize soil health, biodiversity, water and carbon; 

• Lead the development of technical specifications for project design and implementation of regenerative agriculture activities that meet/exceed industry best practice, drive market competitiveness and farmer interest;

• Advise global teams, clients and partners, on regenerative practices including, but not limited to, low/no-till farming, cover & inter-cropping, crop rotation, soil amendments – with a focus on soil carbon sequestration and carbon emissions reductions.

• Support the preparation of pricing, business cases, budgets and financial models for regenerative initiatives, ensuring profitability and long-term viability; &

• Identify and support mitigation of risks related to regenerative agriculture project design, including environmental, financial and operational challenges.

• In partnerships with the Operations Team, establish criteria for which to evaluate long-term project performance against technical design criteria; &

• Review ongoing performance of projects against established criteria and develop concepts for technical adaptive management of project design and operations to support long-term outcome and efficiency objectives.

• Represent PUR at conferences, stakeholder meetings and industry events;

• Advocate for improvements to industry frameworks that best represent the sustainability needs of the regenerative movement, and unlock opportunities to drive the industry forward;

• Lead coordination with global operations, commercial, data, finance and impact teams related to regenerative agriculture implementation, data definition and collection, outcomes verification and adaptive management; 

• Resource teams, and budgets, effectively to support annual and multi-annual execution roadmaps;

• Train and mentor a multidisciplinary team of project designers and commercial team members on regenerative agriculture design, practices and market positioning.