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Candidates must have existing authorization to work in India; PxD is unable to sponsor visas for this role.\nPosition:Full-time\nCompensation:Salary will be competitive and commensurate with the candidate's skills, experience, and the local labor market in India.\nApplication Deadline:10 November 2026, 6 PM IST (applications may be reviewed as they are submitted)\nAbout The Role\nPrecision Development (PxD) is seeking a Program Manager to lead the delivery and scale-up of PxD's heat initiative in India - bringing AI-based heat forecasts and actionable heat advisories to agriculture and livestock farmers, with a particular focus on government partnerships and coordination across delivery channels.\nYou will build and maintain strong relationships with relevant government institutions - including agriculture, animal husbandry, meteorological, dairy cooperatives and disaster management agencies - and coordinate closely with PxD's research, technology, program, and country teams. You will play a central role in moving the heat use case from formative research and pilot to delivery at scale, aligning partners, content, timelines, and channels so that farmers receive timely, consistent heat guidance.\nThis is a chance to help farmers protect their crops, animals, and livelihoods from increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves, at a moment when advances in AI forecasting make earlier and more localized heat warnings possible.\nResponsibilities\nThese will evolve as the role develops; key initial areas are below.\nGovernment Relations & Partnerships\nBuild and maintain strong working relationships with central and state government institutions involved in heat early warning, weather and climate services, agriculture extension, and animal husbandry, serving as a key point of contact for PxD's heat initiative\nCoordinate with government stakeholders to secure approvals and support for the implementation, alignment, and scale-up of heat advisory activities, and identify opportunities to integrate heat advisories into government systems such as heat action plans, extension platforms, and existing advisory services\nEngage with forecasting and technical partners to align on the use of AI-based heat forecast products\nRepresent PxD in government meetings, technical working groups, workshops, conferences, and other external forums\nUse Case, Pilot & Channel Coordination\nWork with the research team to translate formative research findings into a heat advisory use case for crop and livestock farmers, and support the planning and execution of pilots\nCoordinate across the channels used to deliver heat forecasts and advisories (e.g. voice calls, IVR, SMS, WhatsApp, extension workers), working closely with program, research, technology, and content teams on channel-specific activities and deliverables\nSupport the development, testing, and rollout of heat advisory content with agronomists and livestock experts, ensuring advisories are timely, actionable, and suited to local contexts\nMaintain clear implementation plans, timelines, and responsibilities, plan around the seasonal heatwave window, monitor progress, and proactively address challenges and risks\nStakeholder Engagement & Communication\nCoordinate meetings, workshops, trainings, demonstrations, and other stakeholder engagement activities with government and implementation partners\nPrepare briefing materials, presentations, updates, and reports for government and external stakeholders, and support knowledge-sharing between the India and global PxD teams\nWork closely with PxD’s senior leadership and relevant colleagues to ensure government engagement aligns with country priorities and organizational objectives\nProgram Learning, Monitoring & Adaptation\nSupport strategies to increase the reach, use, and effectiveness of heat advisory services, incorporating farmer feedback, evidence, and pilot learning into program improvements\nTrack program and channel performance indicators, support teams in using data to inform implementation decisions, and document stakeholder engagement, decisions, and lessons learned\nReporting & Organizational Contribution\nContribute to project reports, donor updates, funding proposals, and other documentation\nSupport other program activities related to PxD's weather and climate portfolio as required\nWhat You'll Bring\nThe ideal candidate will have:\nA Master's degree in development studies, economics, agricultural economics, public policy, environmental or climate science, communications, or a related field\nSignificant professional experience in program management, government relations, or stakeholder/partnership management, including demonstrated experience working directly with central and/or state government institutions in India\nStrong understanding of government structures, processes, and stakeholder engagement in India; familiarity with heat action plans, disaster management, agriculture extension, or animal husbandry systems is an advantage\nExperience coordinating programs involving multiple stakeholders, partners, and delivery channels; experience in agriculture, livestock, weather, climate, or digital development is an advantage\nInterest in how AI and new forecasting technologies can be applied to climate adaptation for farmers\nStrong relationship-building, negotiation, and facilitation skills, with the ability to work effectively with government officials and institutional partners\nStrong project coordination skills, including work planning, tracking deliverables, and managing timelines across multiple workstreams\nAbility to communicate complex information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, in both English and Hindi (fluency in Hindi required; another Indian language is a plus)\nStrong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to work independently while collaborating across multidisciplinary, international teams\nAbility and willingness to travel within India as required, including to project sites during the summer months\nHow To Apply\nTo apply, please visit the PxD website and complete the online application form, including your CV, cover letter, and brief responses to the screening questions. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The final deadline to apply is 10 November 2026, 6 pm IST.\nIn line with our values, we evaluate candidates on merit alone, without regard to gender, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, disability, caste, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. We offer flexible working arrangements to support your wellbeing. Personal data provided is used for recruitment purposes only.\nAbout Precision Development (PxD)\nPxD 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. 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