Growth/Operations Head - Agriculture - IRMA/IIT/BITS

Role : Growth/ Operations Lead

(IRMA/IIT/BITS) with good knowledge of the agriculture sector, Role will be to scale up 5x the company operations in India.

Sector preferences : Agri tech companies (ITC, Arya Food, Deehat, mother diary etc)

Location : Delhi/ Bangalore

Reports to : CEO

Seniority : Senior Leadership

About The Group : Leading player in climate sustainability sector. The group is a leading climate tech company in the carbon removal and environmental services sector.

Sector : Environmental Services, Climate-Tech, Carbon Removal (CDR).

Key Operations : India (Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, expanding to 3 more states), Zambia (Mukuni Trust), Tanzania.

Role Overview :

The Growth Lead - India is responsible for leading, scaling, and optimizing the group's carbon removal and ERW delivery across multiple Indian states. This leader owns India's operational strategy, quarry and logistics partnerships, field execution, farmer deployment systems, and MRV operational discipline. The role requires someone who can move seamlessly between vendor negotiations, large-scale planning, field operations, financial modeling, and scientific collaboration.

Key Responsibilities :

• Build and execute the multi-state operations roadmap-covering sourcing, logistics, field deployment, and data workflows.
• Drive annual carbon removal targets and long-term operational expansion plans.

• Identify high-potential geographies, build state-level playbooks, and ensure region-specific operational design.

- Implement KPI systems, dashboards, and operational governance across all levels.

• Quarry, Supply Chain s Vendor Partnerships ownership

• Own relationships with quarry partners, crushers, processors, and logistics vendors.

• Ensure basalt quality, volume assurance, cost efficiency, and redundancy across suppliers.

• Negotiate long-term sourcing agreements and optimize end-to-end supply chain reliability.

- Build robust safety, QA/QC, and compliance standards.

Ideal Candidate Profile :

Experience :

• 8-15 years in agricultural sector and who has worked closely with farmers

• Proven experience running large-scale, multi-state operations in India.

• Track record of building high-performing teams and delivering operational targets.

• Experience in environments requiring deep field execution, vendor management, and system building

• Good at field execution : Lead large-scale farmer deployment programs across states; oversee capacity planning and application scheduling.