Program Associate Senior Program Associate

Title: Program Associate / Senior Program Associate

Location: New Delhi, India, with current and ongoing work authorization

Salary: Competitive

Position: Full-time

Posted on: August 8, 2025

Application deadline: August 30, 2025 (applications may be reviewed as they are submitted)

Background:

PxD is looking for a driven, creative, and independent person to join a high-performing, flexible team as Program Associate / Senior Program Associate.The successful candidate will play a critical and exciting role of helping PxD develop and execute an agricultural digital extension roadmap designed to maximize information access for Indian farmers working closely with the government. You will work in a non-hierarchical team and will have the freedom to try new ideas and build skills on-the-go with the opportunity to see your work pay off quickly.

Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

The Program Associate / Senior Program Associate will be responsible for the following main tasks:

Program/Project Management and Coordination:

• Work with Program Leadership and other colleagues in scoping, designing and piloting process improvements and new product identification
• Interface between our tech, research, and program teams to design and iterate on products, including spending time with frontline staff and farmers in the field to ensure that our products are closely aligned to user needs
• Assist in managing partner relations and working with external stakeholders for implementation of programme operations.
• Review materials shared by partners; conduct literature reviews and secondary research
• Contribute to general management tasks important for the organizations functioning and success including but not limited to budgeting, performance management and hiring.

Documentation

• Responsible for project documentation and implementing successful integration into standard operating procedures.
• Maintain summaries of meetings, support preparation of reports, presentations and written communication materials
• Support the team in organizing events; writing blogs and policy briefs, as needed.

Qualifications and experience in the following domains are important:

• Entrepreneurial, data-driven, and motivated to build and refine operational and programmatic processes
• Experience and interest in working with government to scale impact
• Humble, curious, and user-oriented, with enthusiasm to spend time in the field designing with and for our users
• Experience in a multi-faceted role, with the ability to balance and prioritize across multiple projects and stakeholders
• Strong writing and oral communication skills in English, with attention to detail and advanced writing and presentation skills
• Willingness to travel to project sites in India
• Some understanding of PxD’s approach to research and behavioral economics
• Some experience with SQL, Stata or R strongly preferred
• Previous product management experience is a plus

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 will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the application deadline of August 30, 2025, 5 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 programmes in international development that are as demonstrably cost effective as ours.