Project Manager, Terrestrial

veritree and Job Overview

veritree is an award-winning climate tech start-up based in Vancouver. Launched in 2021, our technology measures and verifies the impact of global restoration efforts from the ground up. We are on a mission to plant 1 billion verified trees by 2030, collaborating with businesses, planting organizations, and consumers who believe in the transformative power of verified restoration projects to create real and meaningful impact for the planet, nature, and people.

veritree is seeking a Project Manager, Terrestrial, to own our North American terrestrial reforestation portfolio end-to-end, along with a small number of global terrestrial accounts. This is a hands-on relationship and process role: you will run the day-to-day relationships with multiple planting partners across Canada and the United States, keeping monitoring on track, ensuring partners follow our processes, and building and refining the standard operating procedures (SOPs) that govern how terrestrial projects run. 

This role suits a Registered Professional Forester who is organized, comfortable running multiple partner relationships at once, keeping monitoring programs on schedule, and developing the processes that make results repeatable. We value candidates who are direct, transparent, and accountable.

Given this is a hybrid role based in Vancouver, BC, priority will be given to local candidates who are able to work from our office on a hybrid basis.

6 Month Key Outcomes (6m KOs)

• Own the end-to-end relationships with all of our terrestrial planting partners, running recurring business reviews, triaging field issues, and following through consistently so partners experience veritree as organized, transparent, and dependable.
• Ensure data collection and monitoring is on track across every account: high-integrity planting data, survival checks scheduled and completed on an annual cadence, and partners following our processes consistently.
• Finish, document, and stabilize the core terrestrial SOP set (planting session, evidence requirements, survival monitoring) and make it repeatable across partners and regions.

What You'll Do

Account & Relationship Management

• Manage multiple terrestrial planting partner relationships in parallel and serve as the primary point of contact.
• Manage a small number of global terrestrial accounts (for example, in the Philippines and Australia), applying the same standards and processes, and supporting the corporate partners who fund them.
• Own and run all recurring partner meetings and business reviews: setting agendas, driving decisions, and owning follow-through.
• Communicate clearly, concisely, and transparently with partners operating across different contexts, and be accountable for every commitment made internally or externally.
• Triage issues that arise in the field and coordinate the right internal teams to resolve them.
• Travel to planting sites for audits and partner visits as needed.
• Experience flying drones and processing data is an asset. 

Data, Monitoring & Tree Tracking

• Keep each partner's planting, monitoring, and survival data accurate and current: owning data hygiene and quality checks on data flowing into our system.
• Make sure monitoring tasks (survival checks at defined intervals, with first survival reports one year after planting) are created, scheduled, and completed across all accounts.
• Manage outstanding monitoring backlogs with a prioritized, batched plan, and provide regular status updates on progress against targets.

SOPs & Process

• Create, refine, and audit the SOPs that define what we expect of terrestrial projects: from planting sessions and evidence requirements to survival monitoring.
• Hold partners to the process: make sure each account follows our SOPs consistently, and work with partners to close gaps where they aren't.
• Write SOPs at a level general enough to adapt across regions, species, and partner capacity, so they can be standardized across all terrestrial projects.

Qualifications

Professional Requirements or Qualifications

• Registered Professional Forester (RPF) or Registered Forest Technologist designation, or eligibility for registration.
• Bachelor's degree or technical diploma in forestry, silviculture, environmental science, or a related discipline.
• Hands-on North American reforestation experience: planting operations, silviculture, or forest monitoring.
• Strong knowledge of North American tree species and reforestation practices.
• Demonstrated project or account management experience, including managing multiple external partners in parallel and delivering on timelines.
• Highly organized: able to keep monitoring schedules, follow-ups, and processes on track across multiple accounts at once.
• Ability to travel within North America, with occasional international travel (10-15% of time).

Personal Strengths

• Strong people skills: builds trust quickly and maintains healthy long-term partner relationships.
• Highly accountable and consistent: you do what you say you will do.
• Clear and concise communicator, especially in cross-cultural partner relationships.
• Comfortable building structure and process in a fast-moving startup environment.

Nice to Haves (not mandatory)

• Hands-on experience with UAV (drone) operations, including flight planning, image processing, and imagery analysis, is an asset.
• Experience working with Indigenous partnerships and community-led restoration.
• Familiarity with carbon or MRV/MMRV monitoring workflows.
• People management or mentoring experience.

Benefits & Compensation Overview

At veritree, we recognize that compensation and performance development are key to attracting and retaining top talent. Our approach is grounded in fairness, transparency, and creating opportunities for growth as both our people and business scale.

Some highlights you can expect include:

• Competitive salary with a performance-driven framework that ensures fair and consistent compensation reviews, tied to individual impact and business growth
• Extended health, dental, and vision benefits
• Additional Health Spending Account (HSA) / Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) to support your well-being and lifestyle interests
• A variety of time-off programs, including vacation, personal days, and a 4-week remote work program each year
• Employee discount with tentree, our sister company
• A flexible, hybrid work environment designed for collaboration and focus-driven impact

veritree ensures that compensation is reviewed fairly and consistently, with opportunities for salary progression tied to sustained performance. As such, the salary range for this role is $90,000 to $120,000 CAD.

This range is positioned around the 50th–75th percentile of market data we've collected, reflecting our commitment to competitive pay. Final offer amounts are based on individual experience and skillset of the candidate demonstrated during the recruitment process.

We reserve the >75th percentile of our salary ranges for internal employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at veritree.

veritree is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business needs.