Associate, Impact Measurement

About Galvanize

Galvanize is a global asset manager focused on delivering compelling returns through deep specialization in energy and the business of decarbonization. The firm invests across asset classes including venture capital and growth equity, public equities, and real estate, to accelerate commercially competitive solutions, products, and services. Built by investors and operators with proven track records scaling multibillion dollar strategies, Galvanize is structured to identify and execute on investment opportunities across all sectors of the economy. Its model pairs top-tier institutional investment talent with expertise across technology, science, market development, policy, and geopolitics. The firm has offices in San Francisco, New York, and London

Role

As Impact Associate, you will play a key role in Galvanize’s mission to provide the capital, expertise, and partnerships necessary to produce and scale urgent climate solutions, ensuring that we drive meaningful climate impact through our investments. You will help implement impact measurement frameworks across all our investment strategies (e.g. venture capital, public equities, real estate, credit and capital solutions), including asset classes for which climate impact frameworks are nascent. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of finance, climate, and data, helping to define how Galvanize and the broader market measure and manage climate impact with rigor and transparency.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Impact Diligence

• Support impact diligence through qualitative research and quantitative analysis of investment climate impact potential

• Prepare written impact assessments to inform investment decision-making

• Contribute to the refinement of impact screening tools and methodologies used across strategies

• Impact Measurement

• Implement and enhance impact measurement and management systems for Galvanize investment strategies across all asset classes, in line with leading practices

• Adapt and/or design climate impact estimation methodologies for private companies based on the best available science and data

• Design and maintain impact data collection systems; work with portfolio companies and investment managers to efficiently collect impact and select ESG metrics

• Reporting

• Support development of the firm's annual impact reports and regulatory disclosures

• Manage data analysis and visualization supporting internal and external reporting requirements

• Platform

• Integrate impact insights into firm-wide reporting, fundraising materials, and strategy

• Support firm-wide initiatives to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions across both Galvanize’s operations and investments.

• Represent Galvanize and/or support Impact team’s participation in networks/initiatives that advance the practice of climate impact measurement

• Be an ally in living Galvanize’s values of ensuring a more equitable and inclusive transition to the Net Zero economy

Required Qualifications

• Deep alignment with Galvanize’s mission to accelerate critical climate solutions

• 2-4+ years or more of full-time analytical or quantitative work experience in impact measurement, impact investing, impact consulting, or related fields

• Experience quantifying or modeling climate impact in sectors such as power, mobility, agriculture, carbon removal, resilience, efficiency, and carbon accounting

• Familiarity with industry frameworks and initiatives (e.g., SFDR, GHG Protocol, PCAF, TCFD)

• Comfort with interpreting and building financial and impact models; fluency in Excel and AI tools

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize technical information for senior and non-technical audiences

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams

Additional Qualifications

• Experience across multiple asset classes (e.g., venture, growth, credit, real estate, public equities)

• Familiarity with lifecycle assessment (LCA), technoeconomic analysis, and carbon accounting approaches

• Understanding of emerging climate technologies and decarbonization pathways

• Experience using data management and impact/ESG reporting platforms

Compensation and Benefits

• The estimated base salary range is $125,000–$150,000, with placement within the range based on relevant experience

• Role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus   

• Generous benefits package, including employer-paid health coverage options  

• 401(k) plan with employer match  

• 25 days of PTO which is inclusive of vacation, personal time and sick leave  

• Monthly wellness benefit that covers a broad range of activities  

• Annual stipend for employer-sponsored professional development opportunities 

• 16-weeks paid parental leave for parents of any gender