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.

As Project Sourcing Manager, you will play a foundational role in building and scaling veritree’s global supply chain of verified trees. You will lead the identification, due diligence, and onboarding of new planting partners, while cultivating the relationships and processes that ensure quality, transparency, and supply continuity at scale.

This role is well-suited to someone who has built sourcing or partnership systems from scratch, understands what high-integrity field operations look like, and can bring structure to complexity without losing sight of the relationship context that makes partnerships work. The successful candidate will start with a focused mandate and grow into the full scope of the function as they establish themselves within the team.

6 Month Key Outcomes (6mKOs)

1. Sourcing system built: Design and implement a repeatable process for identifying, screening, and advancing new planting partners from first contact to contracting decision. The end-to-end process should be fully documented in Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and executable by a two-person team. Deliverable: A complete, maintained SOP playbook for partner sourcing, ready for execution.

2. New partners advanced: Identify and move three to five new planting partners through the pipeline across priority supply needs: mangrove diversification outside Kenya and Tanzania, lower-cost supply options for cost-sensitive corporate buyers, and domestic restoration partners in the US. Deliverable: Contracts signed with 3-5 new planting partners.

3. Partner accountability embedded: Work with Leadership and the Forest team to establish clear performance expectations, milestone tracking, and an underperformance response process for all active and newly onboarded partners. The partner accountability framework should be fully documented in a partner accountability SOP. Deliverable: A finalized partner accountability SOP and tracking system actively used across all partners.

Key Responsibilities

Process and Systems Development

• Build sourcing playbooks and SOPs that make the process repeatable, trainable, and scalable.
• Use data and partner performance signals to continuously improve sourcing criteria, due diligence rigour, and onboarding quality.
• Identify gaps in current partner coverage and proactively flag emerging supply risks.

Sourcing and Pipeline Development

• Identify new planting partner opportunities across priority geographies and restoration types, using networks, databases, inbound signals, and direct outreach.
• Design and maintain a sourcing pipeline that provides the team with clear visibility into partner status from first contact through contracting.
• Build relationships with restoration NGOs, government bodies, and sector networks to maintain a pipeline of credible future partners.

Screening and Due Diligence

• Own the screening process: define minimum criteria, document the questions and materials required at each gate, and make clear what disqualifies a partner from advancing.
• Lead full due diligence on partners who clear screening: assess governance, field capacity, track record, monitoring capability, and scalability.
• Develop and maintain a scoring framework that allows consistent comparison of candidates across different geographies and contexts.

Partner Contracting, Performance and Accountability

• Collaborate with legal and finance to structure partnership agreements, scopes of work, and service-level agreements.
• Act as a senior point of contact for active planting partners, managing performance expectations, early escalation of delivery risk and enforcement of MSA terms.
• Own the underperformance response process: remediation first, escalation when needed, and offboarding when the relationship is no longer viable, with a stopgap plan to protect supply continuity.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Operations on tree forecasting, inventory visibility, and delivery coordination.
• Collaborate with Product and Tree Delivery on field methodology standards, SOP alignment, and monitoring requirements for new partners.
• Support the Revenue team with partner data, sourcing context for customer-facing commitments, and bespoke sourcing requests.

Requirements

Qualifications

Experience

• 5+ years in sourcing, partnership development, operations, or a related function, with direct experience in nature-based solutions, restoration, or sustainability sectors strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to build sourcing or partnership systems from scratch, including due diligence processes, onboarding frameworks, and partner accountability structures.
• Experience managing a portfolio of partners across international contexts, particularly in Africa or other emerging market geographies.
• Track record of making and executing difficult partner decisions, including performance management and offboarding when required.
• Familiarity with restoration monitoring, field data collection, or ecosystem-specific operational realities is a strong asset.

Skills and Attributes

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward a rapid pace.
• Intellectual curiosity and strong process orientation: able to translate complexity into clear, repeatable systems that others can follow.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a bias for action: You build things before they are broken; you don’t wait to be asked.
• Sound judgment in ambiguous situations, particularly where documentation is limited and relationship context matters.
• Direct communicator who can hold partners accountable without damaging the relationship.
• Comfortable with a fast-paced environment where delivery expectations are high and the work moves quickly.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Product, Operations, Revenue, and Finance without requiring significant coordination overhead.
• Deep care for the mission and the people building it.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Business, environmental science, supply chain, or international development preferred.
• Graduate degree or MBA an asset but not required.

Benefits

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 $95,000 to $125,000 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.