Sr Program Manager

Precision Agriculture For Development; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Development (PxD) in Mumbai, India, seeks a Senior Program Manager to build and lead an embedded unit within the Maharashtra Ministry of Agriculture. You will manage AI-driven agriculture programs, evidence-based policy support, and scale digital tools to improve smallholder livelihoods across the state, with travel to Pune and district offices.

You will lead a cross-functional team, coordinate with government partners and technical staff, translate priorities into work plans, and

Qualifications

• Masters degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• 7–10 years of progressively responsible experience managing complex programs or projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing large, multi-stakeholder projects with government agencies.
• Familiarity with AI, digital technologies and their applications.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring teams.
• Experience working with state or national government programs.
• Excellent organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the government's primary point of contact for the program and build relationships across the Ministry and partners.
• Establish the unit's initial presence within government and set up operating rhythms.
• Lead regular review meetings with government counterparts and manage funder relationships.
• Translate government priorities into a coordinated work plan and own end-to-end delivery.
• Monitor progress, identify risks, and proactively resolve bottlenecks.
• Oversee the program's evidence-generation agenda and translate findings for government action.
• Manage contracts, grants, and sub-partner relationships and ensure donor compliance.
• Supervise and develop junior team members and foster a high-performing culture.
• Support knowledge management, tool development, and cross-country learning.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Program management

Public policy

Communication

Education

Masters degree in Public Policy, Economics, Agriculture, Development Studies, Engineering, Management, Data Science, or related field

Job description

Location: Mumbai, India. Position: Full-time

Job Summary

PxD is looking for a Senior Program Manager to build and lead an embedded unit within the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra. You will lead a portfolio of work spanning the use of AI for Agriculture, evidence-based policy support, and scaling of digital technologies to improve the livelihoods and resilience of smallholder farmers across Maharashtra. The unit exists to provide demand-driven support to the Department, responding to its priorities on AI-enabled decision-making and inclusive service access for farmers and will work across multiple parallel workstreams spanning technology deployment, data and analytics, and public-sector service delivery. You will build and lead a cross-functional team spanning policy staff, data scientists, technologists, program and research staff. This position is based in Mumbai, with regular engagement and travel to Pune and district-level offices.

About Precision Development

PxD is a rapidly scaling global nonprofit working with governments across Africa and Asia to close the last-mile gap in smallholder farming. We deliver evidence-based information and tools - from timely farming and weather guidance to climate-resilient inputs - that millions of farmers use to improve their lives. In the last 12 months alone, we reached over 60 million farmers at a cost of just per farmer per year, with our flagship program in India delivering a benefit-cost ratio of 12:1-19:1.

Operating in Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, and beyond, the majority of our team is based in our program countries, working directly alongside government partners and farming communities toward our goal of improving the lives of 100 million farmers by 2030.

Key Responsibilities

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the governments primary point of contact for the program, building working relationships across the Ministry and an extensive network of technical partners, implementing partners, and PxD teams.
• Establish the units initial presence within government, securing working space, building early relationships with key decision makers, and setting up the operating rhythms (reporting, steering committee cadence, team processes) that dont yet exist.
• Lead regular review meetings with key government counterparts; manage funder relationships.
• Faciliate government workshops and stakeholder consultations to further the unit s mandate.

Program Oversight, Delivery and Management

• Translate government priorities into a coordinated work plan, adjusting as the Departments needs shift.
• Own end-to-end implementation of projects, ensuring delivery against timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Monitor project progress, identify implementation risks, and proactively resolve bottlenecks.

Monitoring, Learning & Operations

• Oversee the programs evidence-generation agenda, including experiments designed to test whether specific interventions change outcomes before recommending the government scale them.
• Translate evidence findings into government-facing recommendations that a non-technical audience can act on
• Proactively oversee the units own internal monitoring and reporting, continuously identifying areas for improvement.

Grants, Contracts & Partner Management

• Manage project contracts, grants, and sub-partner relationships.
• Monitor partner performance against agreed deliverables.
• Ensure contractual and donor compliance throughout project implementation.
• Coordinate with finance and operations teams on budgets, procurement, and financial reporting.

Team Leadership

• Supervise, mentor, and develop junior team members, including Manager, Associates and Technical staff.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture focused on learning and continuous improvement.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and performance management of team members.

Knowledge Management & Organizational Support

• Support the development of operational toolkits, implementation guides, communication materials, and standard operating procedures.
• Contribute to PxDs institutional knowledge management and cross-country learning.
• Support organizational planning, operational improvements, and other strategic initiatives as required.

Qualifications

Required

• Masters degree (or equivalent experience) in Public Policy, Economics, Agriculture, Development Studies, Engineering, Management, Data Science, or another relevant field.
• 7-10 years of progressively responsible experience managing complex programs or projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing large, multi-stakeholder projects involving government agencies and external partners.
• Familiarity with AI, digital technologies and its applications
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring teams.
• Experience working with state or national government programs.
• Excellent organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.

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