Product Manager

Precision Development

New Delhi
Permanent
Full-time

16 days ago

Title: Product ManagerLocation: New Delhi, India, with current and ongoing work authorizationSalary: CompetitivePosition: Full-timePosted on: 14 May 2024Application deadline: 10 June, 2024, 6 pm IST (applications may be reviewed as they are submitted)PxD is looking for a dynamic, motivated, and organized person to join a high-performing, flexible and non-hierarchical team as a Product Manager. The successful candidate will own the overall application initiative of eMitra and the associated user experience, and co-lead a cross-functional team of partners (devs, designers, architects), researchers, and policymakers involved in building various components of the application across all phases.RequirementsWe need someone who has (or can quickly develop) the following skills:

Team and project management skills
Entrepreneurial with a problem-solving mentality
Good stakeholder management and engagement skills
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate, influence and generate confidence, trust, and respect
Keen to learn and maintain flexibility of approach
Ability to simplify and explain complex issues to a range of audiences
Understanding of research and evidence
Able to implement effective systems to monitor performance
Ability to encourage innovative ideas to drive improvement
Resilient, reliable and outcome focused.

We think that people with a variety of backgrounds could be a good fit for this role, including engineering managers. Qualification and experience in the following domains would also be useful (but isn't required):

Science or engineering related discipline
Marketing, Business Administration or Entrepreneurship
Service design, UX and user engagement

Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

Be the user and stakeholder advocate - capturing user stories and understanding the user needs
Work with technical architects to understand the non-functional requirements, constraints, and limitations of functionality and features, agree and compromise on the stage of MVPs
Translate the user stories into features and functionality and manage expectations on what is realistic and feasible.
Create and own the product roadmap, prioritize product releases, manage quarterly timelines & output quality, and define outcomes
Scope out the product requirements and development strategy to achieve the defined goals
Translate product vision into detailed Product Requirement Document (P.R.D) for design & prototyping
Communicate and coordinate the PRD for the UI/UX, AI Research & S/W Development teams
Assign ownership of tasks and responsibilities for each feature in the roadmap
Develop high-level requirements, both experiential and functional, for existing and new iterations/use cases of the application
Closely and routinely coordinate with engineering, program/operations, consulting, marketing partners, as well as government stakeholders for inputs, knowledge gathering, feedback, and issue resolution
Stay on top of application monitoring, metrics, bugs, edge cases, new features, user experience, and feedback management, and align the teams around the same
Conduct moderated and unmoderated user interviews and feedback sessions through multiple modes, to help the ministry build a holistic view of application performance and areas of improvement

How to apply:To apply, please visit the PxD website and use the online application form to submit a CV, cover letter, and brief responses to the screening questions. The job position may be reviewed on a rolling basis until the application deadline of 10 June, 2024, 6 pm IST.PxD is committed to building an inclusive and diverse organization. We don’t make decisions based on gender, gender identity, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation or any other personal characteristics that are unrelated to the role. We understand that everyone has different lifestyles and we accommodate flexible working to make sure you are as productive and happy as you can be.We will use any personal data you provide for recruitment purposes only.About PxD:PxD is a rapidly scaling global non-profit that harnesses the power of technology, data science, and behavioral economics to provide targeted information to farmers in low- and middle-income countries. Providing the right information to the right people, in the right way and at the right time, increases incomes, protects the environment, and improves well-being. We are evidence-based: we test our interventions with randomized controlled trials to prove our impact and cost-effectiveness, to simultaneously learn from and improve our service, and to demonstrate our value to funders and partners. There are few programs in international development that are as demonstrably cost-effective as ours. We currently work in seven countries in Africa, and Asia, and are expanding as more governments and organizations look for innovative ways to use new technologies to empower people across low and middle-income countries.PxD’s activities in India are implemented in partnership with Behaviour Change Advisory Services (BCAS) LLP.

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