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Root Global

Root Global

Software Engineering
Berlin, Germany
Posted on Jul 21, 2024

🌎 What we do

We build software that helps companies along the food system get to Net Zero.

~31% of global GHG emissions originate from food-related activities. For the first time in history, climate performance has become an overall business performance indicator. Enterprises are mandated by regulatory bodies to disclose their climate performance, which leads to increasing pressure from investors, competitors, retailers, and consumers to prevent and reduce their CO2e emissions. Over the next 10 years, companies have set ambitious reduction targets that need to be met. Enterprise software and new business processes can help.

We raised >€10m in funding in the first 2 years of our existence, we launched our enterprise product, signed and onboarded some of the largest F&B players in Europe, and put together what we believe is the best-suited early stage tech team in Europe. Will you be the next to join us? 🚀

🔭 What you will work on

Your mission

Initiate, own and successfully deliver end-to-end projects (and products) that will bring us closer to our company north star and grow ARR.

Upcoming project:

Over the next 12 months we aim to build and launch a new product offering, as part of our enterprise software suite. Customers have been assertively asking for a solution to help them achieve their climate targets and we have a strong base of "superfans" that are willing to spend time and resource on co-developing the new offering with us.

Your job will include:

  • Managing the project scope, timeline, and decisions to deliver value to customers

  • Understanding user goals and pain points and conceptualising solutions for immediate impact

  • Calculating CO2 footprints to understand industry-specific processes and challenges

  • Co-developing, testing, and launching products with users

  • Collaborating with our tech team to gradually softwarise our product offering

  • Working with the Go-To-Market Team to frame and sell the new offering

  • Gaining an in-depth understanding of climate protocols and standards like GHG Protocol and Science-Based Targets

  • Building a team of climate specialists, generalists, and product builders

🦾 How we support you

You will report to one of our co-founders: Eric

Meet the rest of the team

Some of our angel investors that will actively mentor you

It is important to us to give you the best conditions for learning and career growth.. This is why we have designed our cap table in a way that all our early employees get functional experts as mentors by your side. See more of our other angel investors and mentors HERE.

🧺 What you bring along

You might be a good fit if:

  • You bring 3+ years of customer-facing experience in high pace environments, such as in early stage tech companies or consulting

  • You took full responsibility for the end-to-end delivery and outcome of your projects and tasks

  • You have fun crunching numbers and playing with complex datasets

  • You excel at understanding client needs and building strong relationships

  • You are organised, reliable, and can clearly communicate your ideas

  • You are fluent in German and English

  • Bonus: You worked in a climate-related field or enjoy spending time learning more about how companies can better manage and reduce their climate footprint

🤗 You don't feel like you fulfil all the criteria? We get it: confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But guess what?! There is no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. The only thing you need to ensure along the recruiting process and beyond is that the problem that we are solving with Root is one you cannot wait to get out of bed for on Monday morning!

🎢 Hiring Process

Our ambition is to offer you an end-to-end experience that is fast and uncomplicated - we aim to keep the end-to-end process to 10 working days. We send you prep material for each step and maximise transparency at every step.