Biodiversity Lead Expert

At Klim, we work with farmers and food companies to make regenerative agriculture scalable and financially rewarding for farmers. Through our platform, we help farmers restore soil health, increase biodiversity and capture carbon while creating new, reliable income streams. We’re a Berlin-based AgriTech startup backed by $22M in Series A funding, partnering with global food leaders such as Nestlé and Kaufland to reduce emissions across their supply chains and build long-term resilience. Since 2020, we’ve supported 3,500 farmers managing over 900,000 hectares. If you’re passionate about building a sustainable food system and driving real climate impact, join us and help create a healthier planet! Your mission: You are responsible for translating regenerative agricultural expertise and science in arable farming systems in temperate climates into actionable, scalable digital products for farmers on Klim's platform. You ensure that Klim’s digital products are agronomically sound, farmer-relevant, commercially viable and delivered with high quality. Your responsibilities: * Own the agronomic logic behind farmer-facing recommendation and assessment engines. * Translate agronomic principles into digital products and clear product and engineering specifications. * Own and evolve digital agronomy products, including digital decision-support and assessment tools for farmers * Expand Klim’s capabilities for regenerative practices in temperate arable systems, including method prioritization, trade-off assessment, and scientific evidence integration. * Own and review agronomic datasets, literature, and assumptions used in digital products. * Contribute to roadmap and prioritization decisions based on farmer value, willingness to pay, partner value, technical feasibility, and strategic relevance. * Validate agronomic models, algorithms, and prototypes by challenging assumptions, stress-testing outputs against field reality, and approving agronomic soundness before release. * Support farmer validation through interviews, feedback analysis, test cases, and field-reality checks. * Monitor competitors and support expansion into new markets, geographies, and climate zones. * Serve as the internal expert on regenerative arable farming, supporting Product, Sales, Farmer Success, Marketing, Data, and Remote Sensing teams. * Review agronomic content, farmer-facing explanations, and English/German copy for accuracy and credibility. Depending on your experience, profile, skills and Klim’s team setup, this role may also include an Agronomy Team Lead scope with responsibility for managing the agronomy team. * Manage the agronomy team, translating strategic projects into execution * Review team outputs and ensure high standards of agronomic quality, scientific robustness and farmer relevance. Your profile: Agronomic Experience * You have 5+ years of experience in agronomy, regenerative agriculture, farm advisory, agricultural science, or a related field. * You have strong practical experience working with arable farms through farm management, agronomic advisory, or farmer-facing research. * You have a solid academic background in agronomy, agricultural sciences, or a related discipline. * You have a deep understanding of regenerative arable farming in temperate climates, including soil health, nutrient management, crop rotations, cover crops, tillage, and reduced-input systems. Skills * You can translate agronomic expertise into scalable digital products and critically assess models, algorithms, and recommendations. * You exercise strong judgement and can develop solutions in ambiguous or novel situations. * You are pragmatic, innovative, and motivated to create scalable value for farmers. * You are an effective communicator and collaborator across functions. * You have an interest in mentoring or team leadership (a plus, not a requirement). * You are comfortable using AI tools to improve efficiency while maintaining high-quality standards. Languages * You are fluent in English; German is a strong advantage. Your benefits: * Opportunity: Be part of our journey from the very beginning, working on an equal footing with the leadership team to build a new company. * Impact: Make a daily and active contribution to combating climate change, promoting consumer education, and fostering fair conditions for our climate-conscious farmers. * Autonomy: Take ownership of your projects and enjoy a high degree of creative freedom. * Flexible work model: At Klim, we foster a flexible, hybrid work approach and facilitate remote work (within the EU). It is advantageous for this role if you live in Berlin or can be present in our office regularly. * Additional benefits for Germany-based employees: We offer a subsidy for a membership in Urban Sports Club or the Deutschlandticket, a company pension scheme, plus team lunches (if based in Berlin) and regular team events. At Klim, we believe that a thriving workplace is built on the diverse backgrounds, talents, and perspectives of our team. We grow stronger together by embracing and building on each individual’s unique strengths. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. All hiring and personnel decisions are made solely based on qualifications, performance, and the needs of the company - ensuring fairness and equal opportunity for all. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You might be the perfect fit for our team in ways you don’t yet realise!

At Klim, we are building a movement together with farmers and companies to make regenerative agriculture scalable and impactful. As an AgriTech startup based in Berlin, we work with farmers to regenerate soils, promote biodiversity and sequester carbon – and through our platform, farmers receive fair compensation for doing so. With a Series A funding round of $22 million, we are expanding and are working with leading companies in the food industry such as Nestlé and Lorenz Snackworld to help them reduce emissions along their supply chains while simultaneously increasing their resilience and profitability. Since 2020, we have convinced more than 4,000 farmers managing more than 1.000.000 hectares across Germany and Poland to join us, and we are now the leading provider of Scope 3 solutions in Europe! If you are passionate about building a sustainable food system and creating real climate impact, come join us and help create a healthier planet! Klim is seeking an impact-driven Head of Scientific Modelling to lead the scientific backbone of our climate and regenerative agriculture work. This is a unique opportunity to shape and scale the scientific foundation of Klim's regenerative agriculture programs, making sure our models are not only robust and scalable, but also audit-ready, aligned with leading standards and certification frameworks as well as clients’, farmers’ and strategic requirements. Your mission: As Head of Scientific Modelling, you will lead the development, integration, and validation of Klim's modelling ecosystem, spanning soil carbon and broader regenerative agricultural impact models. You will lead the development of our core models (RothC and other process-based biogeochemical models) and act as the scientific authority responsible for ensuring consistency and rigour across every scientific model used in the company. In addition to owning the development and calibration of our core SOC models, you will define and drive an ensemble modelling strategy, integrating multiple models and data sources into a coherent, scientifically robust, and scalable setup. You will ensure that Klim's modelling approach is not only scientifically sound, but also aligned with certification requirements and capable of supporting decision-making across diverse geographies and farming systems, while meeting our customers’ and farmers’ requirements. This role sits within the MRV team with a strong focus on model integration, validation, and system-level thinking. You will also manage Klim's soil scientists in a matrix organisation, setting technical standards, mentoring on scientific quality, and growing the team's modelling capability over time. You will work closely with product, data, and engineering teams to translate complex modelling approaches into operational, audit-ready workflows. Your responsibilities: * Work with the core model squad, owning the development and application of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) models (e.g. RothC) and adjacent biogeochemical models that underpin Klim's regenerative agriculture programs. * Strong individual contributor with a hands-on approach, spending a significant portion of the role directly building and delivering models rather than primarily providing oversight. * Provide scientific leadership and management to Klim's soil scientists, setting modelling standards, reviewing scientific work, and developing the team's capabilities. * Ensure scientific consistency across all of Klim's models, so that assumptions, parameterisations, and outputs hang together coherently across SOC, emissions, and farm-system models. * Define and drive an ensemble modelling strategy, leveraging different models and approaches to improve robustness, reduce uncertainty, and ensure consistency across use cases. * Lead the design and implementation of Klim's modelling architecture, integrating multiple models into a unified framework. * Ensure alignment of modelling approaches with certification standards and methodologies (e.g. Verra VM0042/VM0053, ISO 14064/14067, SBTi FLAG, GHG Protocol, and emerging EU CRCF). * Work closely with product and data teams to ensure models support both scientific credibility and operational delivery. Your profile: * Substantial hands-on experience with RothC or other soil organic carbon models, including calibration, parameterisation, and application at scale. * Proven track record building and applying biogeochemical models across more than one model family (e.g. RothC, DayCent, DNDC), with comfort working across different model paradigms rather than only within a narrow specialty. * Prior experience leading or managing scientific or modelling teams, including line management or strong disciplinary leadership. * Proven experience in model validation and scientific verification, including calibration against field data and uncertainty assessment. * Working understanding of Python sufficient to read modelling code, collaborate effectively with engineers, and reason about implementation choices. Expert-level coding is not required. * Experience working with or interpreting carbon methodologies and certification frameworks (e.g. Verra VM0042/VM0053, ISO standards, SBTi FLAG, GHG Protocol). * Understanding of MRV systems, including the link between modelling, sampling, and verification. * Experience applying models across different geographies, soil types, and farming systems. * Ability to translate complex scientific models into practical, scalable, and audit-ready solutions. * Experience engaging with third-party auditors, validation bodies, or registries. * Startup/commercial mindset with experience in fast-paced environments, making pragmatic trade-offs between scientific rigor and delivery speed. Ability to apply expertise beyond academia to deliver practical business outcomes. Nice to Have * PhD in soil science, biogeochemistry, agronomy, ecology, or a related field. * Experience in startup or high-growth environments. Your benefits: * Opportunity: Be part of our journey from the very beginning, working on an equal footing with the leadership team to build a new company. * Impact: Make a daily and active contribution to combating climate change, promoting consumer education, and fostering fair conditions for our climate-conscious farmers. * Autonomy: Take ownership of your projects and enjoy a high degree of creative freedom. * Flexible work model: At Klim, we foster a flexible, hybrid work approach and facilitate remote work (within the EU). It is advantageous for this role if you live in Berlin or can be present in our office regularly. * Additional benefits for Germany-based employees: We offer membership in the Urban Sports Club or subsidisation of the Deutschlandticket, a company pension scheme, plus team lunches (if based in Berlin) and regular team events. At Klim, we believe that a thriving workplace is built on the diverse backgrounds, talents, and perspectives of our team. We grow stronger together by embracing and building on each individual’s unique strengths. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. All hiring and personnel decisions are made solely based on qualifications, performance, and the needs of the company—ensuring fairness and equal opportunity for all. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You might be the perfect fit for our team in ways you don’t yet realise!