Commercial Director

Key Carbon is seeking a Commercial Director (full-time)

Key Carbon is an investment company providing capital to leading carbon project developers globally. We are building a portfolio of high-quality carbon credit streams across multiple project categories and are seeking an experienced senior commercial lead to drive our commercialization strategy and execution.

This is a full-time role working closely with the company's executive leadership team (CEO, President and CFO) and responsible for the successful sale and monetization of carbon credits from our growing project portfolio.

Location: Dubai, UAE. This role is Dubai-based; we understand that international relocation requires planning and location-specific considerations, and are open to a remote start for the initial months.

The Role

The Commercial Director will own the company's commercial strategy and execution, with a clear mandate to drive the sale of carbon credits across both spot markets and structured, multi-year offtake agreements.

The focus of the role will include commercialization across several project categories, including:

Clean cookstove credits (2M+ credits per year from 2026 onward, including CORSIA-tagged and CCP-labelled credits)

European soil carbon credits (spot sales from 2026 and large forward offtake agreements for vintages from 2027 onward)

Mangrove restoration credits (offtake agreements for credits expected to be issued from 2027 onward)

Responsibilities

Lead and execute Key Carbon's global carbon credit sales strategy across CORSIA and voluntary carbon markets

Develop and manage relationships with corporate buyers, intermediaries and market participants

Build and maintain a strong pipeline

Originate and close spot transactions and structured offtake agreements

Define pricing strategy, market positioning and sales approach across the portfolio

Work closely with the executive leadership team on commercial strategy and execution

Ideal Candidate

Significant experience selling carbon credits across voluntary and/or compliance-linked markets

Proven track record of closing carbon credit transactions, including spot and/or multi-year offtake agreements

Strong existing relationships with corporate buyers, intermediaries and trading counterparties

Deep understanding of carbon market dynamics, pricing and buyer demand

Familiarity with Verra and/or Gold Standard methodologies

Highly commercial, entrepreneurial and execution-focused

This is an opportunity to take a front-line commercial leadership role within a fast-growing carbon investment platform, working with a high-quality portfolio of carbon assets and a lean, entrepreneurial and mission-driven team.

Role Details

Full-time position

Based in Dubai, UAE (flexibility to start remotely)

If this opportunity is of interest, we would be pleased to hear from you. Please apply via LinkedIn.

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Please note that we will only be able to contact candidates selected for the next stage of the process and may not be able to respond individually to every applicant. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Key Carbon.