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# Pitch a Role / General Opportunities at Cascade Climate

- **Company:** Cascade Climate
- **Location:** Boston, MA / San Francisco, CA / Washington, DC / New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2024-01-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-01
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/cascade-climate/37d42043-6c86-4d0d-af18-6db9f01a4052

## Job description

Are you curious to join the Cascade team, but do not see an active role that fits what you're looking for? Apply below.

-- Join Cascade Climate, a new global nonprofit accelerating progress in climate interventions that leverage Earth’s natural systems—from soils to oceans to glaciers—to stabilize our climate. As a philanthropically-backed nonprofit, we work across science, industry, and policy to overcome the bottlenecks that are holding back the most promising open-system climate interventions.

Since launching in June 2023, Cascade has organized around three main programmatic pillars: 1) market shaping, 2) accelerating science, and 3) driving policy outcomes. Our initial focus is advancing the development of Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) as a promising climate-smart agriculture and carbon removal solution, underpinned by its scientific evidence base and its potential for gigaton-scale, durable carbon dioxide removal. This year, we are excited to expand into other open system climate intervention pathways, such as marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). For more context, you can read our blog post about the outlook for the ERW market or our broader thoughts on leveling the playing field for open-system carbon dioxide removal.

We care most about you—your capabilities and mindsets—than about your exact background. Do you consistently show up with humility and contagious curiosity? Do you independently learn new things quickly and hungrily? Can you operate without a roadmap that’s been handed to you—tackling ambiguous problems and quickly imposing your own framework and structured plan? Are people wowed by the quality of written and analytical outputs you produce?

Location Cascade is headquartered in Boston with small hubs in Washington DC, New York, and the Bay Area. We are open to candidates who are based in one of these hubs or willing to relocate.

We are a hybrid workplace and love seeing each other in person. We gather regularly (often in Boston) for team time like retreats, learning experiences, and whiteboarding sessions.  Be ready to travel at least once per month—and occasionally a bit more as needed—for conferences, team gatherings, and partner meetings.

Diversity At Cascade, our mission is to dramatically accelerate progress across a range of open-system climate interventions in order to ensure a healthy, livable Earth for all humanity. Recruiting, hiring, mentoring, and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve is critical to our success.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Cascade is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Work Authorization: Please note that Cascade Climate is unable to sponsor H-1B work visas for this role. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for H-1B visa sponsorship at the time of application.

(This is not an active posting, we will get back to you if there is a relevant opportunity that matches your skillset and experience).

## About Cascade Climate

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cascade Climate is a philanthropy-backed nonprofit that accelerates high-potential climate solutions by orchestrating ambitious initiatives across markets, policy, and science.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Nonprofit)
- **Headquarters**: Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Dai Ellis (CEO), Hara Wang (Chief Programs Officer), Vilas Rao (COO)

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Environmental Services / Climate Change Mitigation
- **Target Customers**: Works with researchers, policymakers, industry partners, and philanthropic organizations; operates in a B2B/B2G/Research capacity.
- **Mission**: Propel high-potential climate solutions from the margins to the mainstream, addressing near-term warming, durable carbon removal, and irreversible tipping points.

## Products & Services
Cascade Climate operates as a program-driven nonprofit rather than a product company. Key initiatives include:
- **Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) Coordinated Research Network**: A global network of standardized field trials to accelerate ERW science and deployment.
- **HFC Destruction in Article 5 Countries**: Guiding carbon finance and policy to destroy potent refrigerants under the Montreal Protocol.
- **Super Pollutant Mitigation**: Developing market and policy foundations to reduce methane and HFC emissions for near-term warming relief.
- **The Data Quarry**: A platform offering commercial datasets from real-world ERW projects to advance research and transparency.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not applicable (nonprofit)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of ~$4M (2024 estimate), with $500K in total funding (grant from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, Dec 2023)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Patrick J. McGovern Foundation; partners across science, policy, and industry (e.g., ERW field trial networks).
- **Growth Signals**: 23 employees (+19% YoY, +8.7% monthly growth); LinkedIn followers grew 61.4% annually; expansion into APAC (APAC Research Lead in cooling/refrigerants).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unique Orchestration Model**: Cross-sector initiatives that span science, policy, and markets—filling gaps no single actor addresses.
- **Humility and Trust-Based Approach**: Earns invitations to lead by building deep relationships with humility, independence, and a singular focus on climate impact.
- **Focus on Neglected Solutions**: Targets high-potential interventions overlooked by mainstream climate action (e.g., ERW, super pollutants).
- **Learning-by-Doing**: Embeds R&D cycles in real-world deployment to accelerate progress.

## Strategic Focus
- Expand work from ERW into near-term warming mitigation (super pollutants like methane, HFCs).
- Scale the Coordinated Research Network (CRN) for ERW across diverse geographies.
- Build market and policy infrastructure for refrigerant recovery and carbon finance.
- Continue to develop tools and platforms that speed learning and resource allocation to emerging climate solutions.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Culture**: Humble, empathetic, curious team tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time.
- **Collaboration**: Regular in-person gatherings (retreats, whiteboarding) to strengthen relationships and creativity.
- **Flexible Work**: Hybrid/remote-friendly with hubs in Boston, San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York City; coworking and home-office stipends provided.
- **Benefits**: Medical/dental/vision, 401k with employer match, unlimited time off, learning & development stipend, Peloton memberships, and holiday shutdown.
- **Inclusive Environment**: Diversity and climate justice are core to the mission; the team is encouraged to bring their full selves to work.

## Sources
1. [cascadeclimate.org](https://cascadeclimate.org/)
2. [cascadeclimate.org/about-us](https://cascadeclimate.org/about-us)
3. [cascadeclimate.org/people](https://cascadeclimate.org/people)
4. [cascadeclimate.org/careers](https://cascadeclimate.org/careers)
5. [linkedin.com/company/cascade-climate](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cascade-climate)

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