Head of Science

UNDO is tackling the greatest challenge of our time: climate change. We are a fast-growing for-profit business that is already one of the biggest carbon removal companies in the world. But this is only the start - we have ambitious plans aligned with great funding, excellent people and an inclusive team. In 2025 UNDO was named one of four global winners of the $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, giving further recognition and credibility to enhanced rock weathering (ERW) as a carbon removal pathway, and UNDO as a scientific world leader in this field. In addition to our successful ERW operations, we’re now leveraging our expertise and underlying technology to deliver the UNDO Platform; the digital, financial, and scientific infrastructure that enables project developers around the globe to run scalable, bankable, and verifiable ERW carbon removal projects, generating billions of tonnes of verified CDR. Role overview As UNDO’s Head of Science, you’ll be a core member of UNDO’s senior leadership team reporting directly into the executive team and accountable for our scientific strategy and delivery across a wide range of initiatives including: Developing and proving out new approaches to robustly and cost-effectively evidence and quantify CDR at scale, complying with the standards of today, but also moving the industry forwards by influencing the standards of tomorrow Creating the detailed protocols and processes that enable both UNDO’s own operations team and other project developers on our platform to successfully implement those approaches and deliver projects that reliably yield verified CDR Supporting our projects: tailoring UNDO’s approaches to new regions and deployment scenarios, providing scientific support to our project developers, and analysing the resulting measurement data to enable successful verification This isn’t a role where you will spend a lot of time doing individual science, but you will need the scientific background to enable you to collaborate with our senior scientists, review and challenge their work, and take accountability for ensuring that the science we deliver is robust and credible. Where you’ll spend your time Leading the science team, including collaboration with our Chief Product Officer on the delivery roadmap and creating an environment for our three senior scientists to thrive and grow Project management: collaborating with our product team on a roadmap that delivers maximum value to the business, and taking accountability for the team delivering against this Effectively connecting the deep science in your team with the wider business: aligning to the higher level strategy of the exec; representing Science at key forums; informing strategic decision-making, and increasing scientific literacy across the team Owning the strategy for the continuous development and improvement of our quantification approach - and the calibration and validation of our geochemical model - based on the best available science Continuous collaboration with our Head of Carbon to ensure both alignment to the existing ERW verification methodologies, and UNDO’s role in influencing and shaping future methodologies too Ongoing support of our platform partners, from feedstock and site characterisation, to verifiable MRV design and continuous scientific support as required Managing the departmental budget, balancing financial sensibility and sustainability with scientific investment Assisting with due diligence, financing / grant applications, investor relations and contract reporting where expert scientific detail is required Staying current with the latest scientific advancements and industry trends in geochemistry and enhanced weathering We’d love to see from you Expertise in a related field (geochemistry, plant sciences, soil sciences, geology, hydrology or other), including industry or commercial deployment experience Proven experience managing a team, delivering against business objectives whilst maintaining scientific rigour and progress Strong ability to translate R&D into protocols and processes that can be deployed by our labs and project developers, and following through with the support and QC required to ensure that projects yield the required outcomes Proven effectiveness as an excellent cross-functional communicator, translating scientific concepts into actionable insights for a diverse audience, influencing company priorities and decision-making, and building high-trust relationships across the organisation A balance of strategic and operational rigour, able to keep the big picture in mind whilst giving laser focus to the areas that need attention Passion for environmental sustainability and addressing climate change. Working environment We have a hybrid working model - we’re remote-friendly but also have an office in Waterloo, London and a lab space in Kingston, Ontario. For this role, there will be the need to meet in person with key stakeholder groups such as the Science team and SLT (quarterly offsites) or the executive team (adhoc, dependent on work) We recognise that there is no substitute for in-person time together and try to get the whole team together each year for in-person connection. What you'll get when you join us The opportunity to pioneer carbon removal, impacting the planet for the better A truly committed and collaborative team of passionate scientific, operational and technical specialists Stock options in UNDO Private healthcare cover in the UK and Canada, including the options to add dependents 25 days annual leave (plus regional public holidays) and other paid leave such as volunteer, generous paid sick and dependent leave Enhanced family policies to support a diverse range of personal circumstances Industry leading pension in the UK, with UNDO matching plus 3%, up to 17% total contributions / CPP matched pension contributions in Canada Pension salary sacrifice scheme in the UK Employee Assistance Programme across all regions - a confidential helpful service for you and your family. Financial, wellbeing and emotional support available. We're an equal opportunity employer. We are looking for the best candidate based on the value they can add. Our culture is hugely important to us and we welcome applicants of all race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We encourage all candidates who believe they have the required skills and experience for any of our roles to apply. We also welcome applications from candidates who have a keen interest and passion for fighting climate change.