Commercial & Business Operations Specialist / Commercial & Business Operations Specialistess

Join Climeworks: Leading Carbon Removal Provider

Climeworks is a pioneering leader in high-quality carbon removal, combining decades of expertise in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology with a comprehensive approach to carbon removal solutions. We consult with companies on their carbon removal strategies and provide customized portfolios that include both nature-based and engineered solutions, offering end-to-end services to help achieve net-zero goals. Our commitment to high-quality carbon removal is demonstrated through our operation of the world's first two DAC plants in Iceland, backed by over 15 years of pioneering research, development, and deployment. By advancing the most reliable solutions in the market, Climeworks accelerates the global transition to net zero, unlocking economic value for businesses, governments, and society.

Your Mission

As a Commercial & Business Operations Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in building scalable operations across Climeworks Solutions, including our commercial, project sourcing, and customer success teams. Your task will be to translate business needs into effective processes, tools, analytics, and workflows, allowing us to operate more swiftly, collaborate more effectively, and make data-driven decisions. You will collaborate with your team to design and enhance digital products, including a platform that enables customers to manage and monitor their carbon removal portfolios, fostering greater transparency, accessibility, and impact visibility in the market. This role demands a problem-solver and builder who is passionate about transforming ambiguity into structure and shaping how a rapidly growing organization functions now and in the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Process & Operational Excellence: Define and enhance processes across marketing, business development, sales, project sourcing, and customer success, focusing on standardized, digital, and scalable practices. Drive adoption through documentation, training, and continuous feedback, acting as a trusted partner for operational matters.
• Business Analysis & Solution Design: Lead stakeholder meetings and workshops to comprehend business needs, map processes, define requirements, and translate them into real-world solutions. Prioritize requests and ensure improvements align with business goals and available resources.
• Salesforce Administration: Serve as the Salesforce Administrator for Climeworks Solutions, collaborating closely with the Senior Salesforce Engineer and Tech team. Configure, maintain, and optimize Salesforce and related tools to ensure efficient system usage.
• Analytics & Reporting: Create reports and dashboards using Salesforce, Power BI, and Microsoft tools to monitor business performance and aid in decision-making. Conduct ad-hoc analyses and manage data quality controls and improvement initiatives.
• Project & Change Management: Drive operational improvement initiatives, coordinating with stakeholders and communicating progress through clear updates and presentations.
• Knowledge Management: Develop and maintain an internal knowledge base that houses processes, tools, and enablement materials for easy access to best practices.

Your Story

Education & Experience: You hold a university degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Science, Engineering, Sustainability, or a related field, with at least 5 years of experience in a fast-paced, service-oriented environment such as consulting, technology, scale-ups, or startups.

Commercial Operations & Business Analysis: You have a background in business analysis, revenue operations, commercial excellence, product management, or similar roles and can effectively translate business needs into system configurations and practical solutions.

Salesforce & Business Systems: You are experienced in administering Salesforce, including user support and configuration. You are comfortable with solution design, testing, and driving user adoption, with familiarity relating to commercial technology stacks such as marketing automation and ERP systems like SAP. Salesforce Administrator certification is a plus.

Stakeholder Management: You enjoy collaborating with others and are skilled at working with stakeholders across various functions and levels of seniority.

Organization & Execution: You excel at converting ambiguous challenges into actionable work tasks, prioritize effectively, and proactively lead initiatives through implementation.

Mindset & Ownership: You demonstrate strong ownership, business judgment, and drive for continuous improvement, balancing scalability and execution speed in a dynamic environment.

Language: You possess excellent written and spoken English skills.

What We Offer

• Time Off: Enjoy 25 paid vacation days each year, in addition to public holidays.
• Flexibility: Work in a way that suits you best with a hybrid setup and up to four weeks of remote work annually within any EU country.
• Ownership: Receive fair base pay complemented by an equity package, as we value your contributions.
• Family Support: Inclusive parental leave policies.
• Continuous Learning: A dedicated budget for your professional growth.
• Referral Rewards: Help us expand our team and earn bonuses for successful referrals.
• Salary: At Climeworks, salary ranges are established based on seniority level and local market median. Individual compensation depends on your skills, experience, and the value you bring to the team.

Formalities

This position is based in Zurich, with a requirement to work onsite at least three days per week.

We do not accept candidate profiles through recruitment agencies.

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