Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Product Manager will lead the research and development of technology solutions to improve our impact and operating efficiency. As an example, we are increasingly interested in harnessing the power of mobile technology to better and more efficiently serve our farm families. With a distributed team of several thousand staff and more than 800,000 clients, mobile technology not only has the potential to help drive more impact to huge numbers of rural farm families but to make our operations more efficient and data-driven. In order to innovate on how technology can improve service delivery, we need an exceptional individual to lead on this workstream and build a strong support team .

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Lead and coordinate technology trials and workstreams – coordinate technology field trials across countries and departments; serve as a liaison between the teams designing and executing trials, and the developers building software and/or prototypes to support the trials; gather requirements from the field program teams; communicate technical challenges/opportunities to a broad audience
• Coordinate with software team – Work closely with the software team to help design and prioritize products and features, based on business unit requirements
• Build capacity and network – build relationships with external service providers, and help to identify the best off the shelf products and services to support trials
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional stakeholder working groups - Manage and escalate risks, build consensus around requirements
• Process design-build and manage systems and protocols for the deployment of scalable software solutions across the organization, including processes to manage hardware in a challenging, low-connectivity environment

Job Skills: Not Specified

Qualifications
• Strong work experiences. Examples include demanding professional work experience in a software engineering environment, or successful project management experience. Experience in the developing world is strongly preferred, but not required
• Strong communication skills. This role will require coordinating across multiple departments in multiple countries to push projects forward. Candidates must be capable of communicating complex ideas to a broad audience, managing issues up to management and facilitating cooperation across teams and individuals
• Experience with agile software development and mobile technologies, particularly in developing countries
• Solid understanding of user-centered design
• Top-performing academic background
• Demonstrated leadership experience at work, or outside of work, enthusiasm for learning, and openness to feedback
• Ability to build teams and collaborate with colleagues from diverse backgrounds
• Language: English required

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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