Precision Agriculture for Development - Project Lead

Precision Agriculture for Development, Inc. (PAD) seeks a Project Lead to set-up operations in North India (Punjab, Haryana, West UP), and scale-up the work by overseeing activities states, in collaboration with state governments, private/social enterprises, and other key partner organizations. PAD was established with a keen eye towards rigorous evaluation and constant experimentation.

Responsibilities

The Project Lead will be responsible for the following main tasks:

- Define and lead the overall operational and implementation activities, ensuring project milestones are delivered on time and within budget

- Build, manage and strengthen relations with different partners and stakeholders: technology providers, agri-businesses, development organizations, non-profits, and other service providers and implementation partners to facilitate scale-up of the PAD service

- Understand end user's requirement and support the development of the optimum product

- Support the development and implementation of the technology platform to deliver the product

- Lead the overall hiring, training and management of staff across verticals

- Overseeing progress and expense reports for the funders

- Be responsible for submission of project reports, invoices/bills or any other documents to the concerned stakeholders

- Represent PAD in planning and steering committee meetings and different state planning meetings and committees

- Follow relevant trends in precision agriculture, innovations and best practices in government extension services

- Carry out any other responsibility as assigned by the India Country Director and the global management team

Qualifications and experience :

Required:

- A master's degree in business, management, economics, public policy, or a related field

- At least 4 years- experience managing/leading projects preferably in the developing world

- Experience of managing a diverse team

- Strong writing and oral communication skills in English

- Experience speaking and giving presentations in public

- Ability to manage multiple partners and stakeholders

- Strong understanding of data analytics and statistics

- Willingness and ability to work under tight timelines, and willingness to travel to project areas and internationally

- Ability to work independently and with minimum supervision

- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to lead the team of diverse professionals

Desired :

- Experience and ability to work in multicultural settings

- Experience in smallholder agriculture and the developing world

- Experience in marketing of agricultural inputs and farm machinery

- Familiarity with the impact evaluation method

- Consulting or other private sector experience

- Fluency in at least one Indian language (Hindi, Gujarati, Oriya, Kannada, Bengali, etc.)

Position details :

- Full time

- Start date: 20th April, 2019 or ASAP

- Locations: Ludhiana/Delhi, India, with frequent travel to rural areas and different states based on project requirement

- Compensation: commensurate with experience