Senior Farm Economics Specialist (all genders)

Job description

At Klim, we work with farmers and food companies to make regenerative agriculture scalable and financially rewarding for farmers. Through our platform, we help farmers restore soil health, increase biodiversity and capture carbon while creating new, reliable income streams. We’re a Berlin-based AgriTech startup backed by $22M in Series A funding, partnering with global food leaders such as Nestlé and Kaufland to reduce emissions across their supply chains and build long-term resilience. Since 2020, we’ve supported 3,500 farmers managing over 900,000 hectares. If you’re passionate about building a sustainable food system and driving real climate impact, join us and help create a healthier planet! Your mission: You bring the farm-business, economics lens and perspective on agricultural market opportunities for farmers into Klim’s digital agronomist products. Your focus is the financial, operational and market reality of arable farms in temperate climates, ensuring that recommendations, scenarios and models reflect how farmers actually think about profitability, risk, cash flow and investment decisions. Your responsibilities: 1. Farm economics models & benchmarks - Develop and maintain farm-economic models, metrics, and benchmarks, including production costs, profitability, ROI, and revenue streams. - Build benchmarking frameworks across farm types, regions, production systems, and transition stages. - Analyze farm accounting and operational data to develop economic assumptions, benchmarks, farm typologies, and segmentation. - Assess market opportunities and explore tools that help farmers make informed crop and marketing decisions. 2. Transition economics & farmer decision-making - Analyze the economic impact of regenerative practices on profitability, costs, revenues, cash flow, and risk. - Translate agronomic interventions, such as cover crops, tillage changes, fertilizer optimization, and crop rotations, into farm-level economic outcomes. - Model farmer decision-making, including investment planning, financing, equipment needs, and risk management. - Quantify and communicate the business case for regenerative agriculture for both farmers and food companies. 3. Economic product development - Integrate economic models with biophysical outputs such as yield effects, fertilizer reductions, soil carbon, and resilience indicators. - Contribute to farmer-facing economic decision support & planning tools - Define economic requirements, formulas, assumptions, and logic for product features. - Validate, document, and improve economic models to ensure they are accurate, transparent, and useful for farmers. - Collaborate closely with Product, Agronomy, Engineering, Commercial, and Farmer-facing teams. Your profile: Experience & domain knowledge - You have a strong background in agricultural economics, agricultural markets, farm management, agribusiness, farm consultancy, agricultural banking, policy, or a related field. - You have a strong understanding of the economics of arable farming systems in temperate climates. - You have practical exposure to farming through farm management, consultancy, agricultural finance, advisory work, or a farming background. - You understand how farmers balance agronomic, operational, and economic considerations when making decisions. - Experience with regenerative agriculture is a plus, but not required if you can objectively assess its economic implications. Analytical & technical skills - You are comfortable building quantitative models, working with farm financial data, and deriving meaningful insights from complex real-world datasets. - You can connect economic models with agronomic, biophysical, commercial, and farmer realities. - You are analytical, detail-oriented, and capable of working independently with quantitative and conceptual problems. - You are comfortable with research, modelling, and other desk-based analytical work. - You communicate complex findings clearly to a broad range of stakeholders. Languages & tools - You are fluent in English; German is a strong advantage. - You are comfortable using AI tools to increase efficiency while maintaining high-quality standards. Your benefits: - Opportunity: Be part of our journey from the very beginning, working on an equal footing with the leadership team to build a new company. - Impact: Make a daily and active contribution to combating climate change, promoting consumer education, and fostering fair conditions for our climate-conscious farmers. - Autonomy: Take ownership of your projects and enjoy a high degree of creative freedom. - Flexible work model: At Klim, we foster a flexible, hybrid work approach and facilitate remote work (within the EU). It is advantageous for this role if you live in Berlin or can be present in our office regularly. - Additional benefits for Germany-based employees: We offer membership in the Urban Sports Club or subsidisation of the Deutschlandticket, a company pension scheme, plus team lunches (if based in Berlin) and regular team events. At Klim, we believe that a thriving workplace is built on the diverse backgrounds, talents, and perspectives of our team. We grow stronger together by embracing and building on each individual’s unique strengths. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. All hiring and personnel decisions are made solely based on qualifications, performance, and the needs of the company - ensuring fairness and equal opportunity for all. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You might be the perfect fit for our team in ways you don’t yet realise!