Coral Future is seeking a Business Development Associate to join its project and corporate consulting team, focusing on sustainability advisory services for international and local clients. This role involves identifying new business development opportunities in Project Development and Corporate Sustainability Consulting, particularly in Thailand. Key responsibilities include developing lead generation strategies, managing client relationships from initial contact to project delivery, and preparing proposals. The ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of business development experience, strong commercial skills, and familiarity with carbon markets and climate frameworks, contributing to Coral Future's mission to address climate change.

Must Have

• Identify business opportunities in Carbon and RECs project sourcing, Corporate carbon footprinting, GHG inventory, decarbonization, life cycle assessment and Net Zero strategies.
• Develop strategies for new lead generation and business development.
• Hand hold potential clients through the entire journey of opportunity identification to final delivery.
• Prepare proposals, presentation and delivery to clients.
• Stay informed on emerging trends, client expectations and competitor analysis.
• Attend and represent Coral Future at events and conferences.
• University degree, ideally at a Master’s level or higher, in Engineering, Economics, Environmental Sciences, Business, or a sustainability related field.
• At least 1-3 years of business development experience in a management consulting firm or similar.
• Excellent stakeholder and client management skills.
• Excellent commercial skills to be able to win opportunities in a competitive market.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced international multicultural environment.
• Skilled in using Google Workspaces and MS office applications.
• Should be a Thai National only with excellent Thai and English language skills.

Good to Have

• Entrepreneurial mindset and big picture thinking.
• Decision-making ability based on cost-benefit trade-offs.
• Familiarity on issues linked to Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Sustainability is a plus.

Business Development Associate

• Full-time

Company Description

Coral Future is on a mission to create simple solutions to the world's most complex problem - Climate Change. We are quickly becoming a leader in offering innovative sustainability services to our clients globally. Our creative solutions have earned us brand recognition and a reputation for being a breath of fresh air in the industry. We believe that businesses need to be disruptive and creative in order to thrive and employees are our most important clients. If you are a smart, ambitious and dynamic sustainability professional who believes in making a real difference, this job might be for you.

Job Description

We are looking for a Business Development Associate to join our project and corporate consulting team. As a rapidly growing service line, you will play a key role in embedding sustainability advisory services to our offerings to international, regional, and local clients.

This is a diverse role with many potential opportunities to identify news business development opportunities in Project Development and Corporate Sustainability Consulting sector. The position will play a key role in creating a business development strategy in Thailand and deliver high quality mandates.

Responsibilities

• Identify business opportunities in Carbon and RECs project sourcing, Corporate carbon footprinting, GHG inventory, decarbonization, life cycle assessment and Net Zero strategies
• Develop strategies for new lead generation and business development
• Hand hold potential clients through the entire journey of opportunity identification to final delivery
• Familiarity with emission reduction projects, carbon credits and RECs
• Familiarity climate related disclosures and frameworks such as GRI, SBTs, SASB, and TCFD
• Market research and trend analysis in corporate climate change sustainability space
• National climate change policy review
• Prepare proposals, presentation and delivery to clients
• Stay informed on emerging trends, client expectations and competitor analysis
• Attend and represent Coral Future at events and conferences

Qualifications

• University degree, ideally at a Master’s level or higher, in Engineering, Economics, Environmental Sciences, Business, or a sustainability related field
• At least 1-3 years of business development experience in a management consulting firm or similar
• Excellent stakeholder and client management skills
• Excellent commercial skills to be able to win opportunities in a competitive market
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced international multicultural environment
• Skilled in using Google Workspaces and MS office applications
• Should be a Thai National only with excellent Thai and English language skills

Additional Information

Preferred:

• Entrepreneurial mindset and big picture thinking
• Decision-making ability based on cost-benefit trade-offs
• Familiarity on issues linked to Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Sustainability is a plus

Please include a cover letter along with salary expectation describing how you might be a good fit for the position. Due to large number of applications, we will be able to contact only the shortlisted candidates.