Forestry Manager - Romania

Ready to shape the future of sustainable forestry in Romania? Join Synmatch AI's client as a Forestry Manager – Romania with an international organization redefining how forests are managed globally balancing environmental protection, social impact, and economic value. Romania is one of Europe's most strategically important forest landscapes, and they're strengthening their presence in the country.

This is not a purely technical role. It's a high-impact, externally facing position where you'll expand certified forest areas, influence policy and market dynamics, act as a key national representative in the forest sector, and translate strategy into real, measurable impact on the ground. You'll operate at the intersection of forestry, policy, and market development.

Our client seeks someone who combines technical expertise, stakeholder influence, and strategic thinking to drive sustainable forestry impact in Romania's complex landscape of regulatory attention, fragmented ownership structures, and high governance expectations.

What you will do as a Forestry Manager...

• Drive Forest Management Growth: Develop and execute national strategy to grow Forest Management certification, building a pipeline across state forests, private forests, and smallholders

• Expand Certified Area: Grow certified forest area and certificate holders while unlocking group certification opportunities for fragmented ownership structures

• Lead Stakeholder Engagement: Act as primary contact for forest owners, state forest administration, certification bodies, NGOs, and industry

• Government Relations: Establish and maintain relationships with Ministry of Environment, parliamentary committees, Romsilva, and related institutions

• Policy Representation: Represent the organization in policy dialogues, conferences, and public forums nationally

• Standards & Technical Leadership: Support implementation and evolution of the Forest Stewardship Standard for Romania while providing technical guidance to stakeholders

• Standards Coordination: Coordinate Forest Stewardship Standard and Risk Assessment development/revision processes ensuring chamber balance and stakeholder inclusion

• Capability Building: Deliver trainings, workshops, and stakeholder engagement initiatives to promote certification value

• Internal Collaboration: Work closely with European and global teams, contributing to regional initiatives and providing insights on risks, opportunities, and market developments

What we are looking for…

• Forestry Expertise: Strong technical knowledge of forest management, silviculture, and certification systems

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and execute national growth strategies with measurable outcomes

• Stakeholder Influence: Proven ability to engage and influence diverse stakeholders across government, industry, and civil society

• Policy Understanding: Knowledge of Romanian forest policy landscape, regulatory environment, and ownership structures

• Communication Excellence: Strong verbal and written skills for representation at conferences, policy forums, and stakeholder meetings

• Independence: Ability to work autonomously while collaborating with international teams

• Language Skills: Fluent Romanian and English (spoken and written)

• Cultural Sensitivity: Demonstrated ability to work in multi-cultural, multi-lingual environments with diverse stakeholder perspectives

• Commitment: Alignment with sustainable forestry mission and responsible forest management values

Benefits and perks…

• High-Impact Role: Drive measurable change in one of Europe's most important forest landscapes

• Strategic Visibility: Act as key national representative with direct influence on policy and market development

• Global Mission: Contribute to responsible forest management that balances environmental, social, and economic values

• International Collaboration: Work with European and global teams on regional initiatives and strategic priorities

• Remote Flexibility: Work remotely from Romania with autonomy over national activities

• Professional Growth: Develop expertise at the intersection of forestry, policy, and market development