About Spark Climate Solutions

We are a science-driven, philanthropically funded non-profit that accelerates progress on unsolved climate challenges. Our goal is to enable a safer climate by filling targeted gaps in current climate actions. We look around the corner at the key blind spots that pose big climate risks or offer big climate opportunities—like major sources of unabated emissions. Then we work to speed up the development of the fields needed to address those challenges.

Rather than betting on individual pathways or innovations, we work to grow a field as a whole so that the most effective science and solutions can be surfaced and scaled. We use a large suite of field-building tools to support new research, markets, policies, and talent development, through both in-house initiatives and building broader coalitions. We are currently focused on super pollutants from agriculture, warming-induced greenhouse gas emissions, and methane removal.

About the Role

The Operations Director will lead Spark’s organizational infrastructure to strengthen and scale, as needed, the core functions that keep Spark running effectively. This role will oversee Operational Strategy, Finance, People and Culture, and day-to-day Operational systems, setting the vision and strategic direction for each while ensuring smooth and efficient delivery of overall operations. We're looking for a candidate who is motivated by building fit-for-purpose systems that enable our teams to maximize their focus on delivering climate impact.

The Operations Director will serve as a key thought partner to the leadership team, advising on strategy and execution for various operational functions, and will also partner with the development, program, and other domain management as needed to support their work. This newly created dedicated role will report to the Executive Director and will lead, mentor, and scale the current operations team (currently 1.5 FTEs). This is a unique opportunity to help shape an organization at the forefront of climate innovation.