Summary
Date Posted: Monday, February 28, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Title: Head of Product Development
Location and work authorisation: Preference for a PxD country office (including: Kenya, India, Pakistan, Colombia), with current and ongoing work authorisation
Salary: Competitive
Position: Full-time; option of flexible working
Reporting to: Chief Product & Technology Officer
Posted on: February 24, 2022
Closing date: March 31, 2022, 6pm EST (applications may be reviewed as they are submitted)

We seek a Head of Product Development to ensure our product-market fit and improve our user-service impact. The role will ideally be based in one of PxD’s countries of operation but could be located anywhere with a sufficient overlap in the working day.

Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
In this role, you will lead the capture of ideas, feature needs, evidence-based learnings and market knowledge and use those to generate impactful product and service designs. You will liaise in the development of those products and participate in the ongoing improvement of services that maximize the scale and depth of adoption and impact of PxD’s programs, globally.
You will do this by:
• Collating a shortlist and pipeline of potential new ideas, services, features, or workflows
• Working with country teams, professional groups, and the new programmes team to develop proposals
• Participating in the early-stage design and development of new services or features and various special projects as appropriate
• Working with Country Directors and programme teams to improve effectiveness of services by identifying opportunities and helping teams to focus on priorities
• Working with our Research, Data and Engineering teams to bring these designs to life
• Supporting, mentoring, and coordinating the work of current and future PxD Product Managers
• Providing initial Product Development Management support for very early-stage services that do not yet have a team hired, where needed
• Driving a human-centred approach and impact focus throughout product design and development processes
• Participating in user discovery, user research, and design thinking among new and existing product teams, through advice, consultations, workshops, etc., with the goal of achieving superior product-market fit
• Supporting idealisation and experimentation around alternative approaches to content, leading to high engagement and adoption

Key deliverables: Setup a common product design and development focus within our global teams and get agreement to a pipeline and roadmap of new features, services, workflows, and user experiences; Operationalise our product design and development strategy globally

We 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 product managers and 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

How to apply:
To apply, please visit the PxD website and use the online application form to submit a CV, a covering statement, and brief responses to the screening questions. Applications may be reviewed as they are submitted, until the application deadline.
PxD is committed to building an inclusive and diverse organisation. 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:
Precision Development (PxD) is a global non-profit organization that harnesses technology, data science, and behavioral economics to empower people living in poverty to improve their lives. By providing actionable information to the right people, in the right way and at the right time, PxD empowers people to improve their livelihoods, mitigate risks, advance environmental sustainability, and adapt to a changing climate. A majority of PxDs services deliver customized digital agricultural advice to smallholder farmers via their mobile phones. This pioneering model of agricultural extension is implemented in collaboration with partner organizations to maximize scale, and we continuously experiment, iterate, and gather evidence on impact to improve service delivery and demonstrate our value. PxD currently works in eleven countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and is rapidly expanding as governments and organizations look for innovative ways to utilize new technologies to deliver actionable information to people who need it. At the end of Q4 2021, PxD and our partners were servicing 5.7 million users through a range of initiatives providing tailored digital information on crop optimization, pest management, input utilization, and environmental stewardship. PxD also leverages mobile technology to deliver information in sectors beyond agriculture, including to facilitate math education in Kenya, improving household nutrition, increasing the adoption of crop insurance and other financial services, and other interventions that advance well-being.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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