Senior Program Manager, Embedded Government Team Lead

• Translate government priorities into a coordinated work plan, adjusting as the Department's needs shift.
• Own end-to-end implementation of projects, ensuring delivery against timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Monitor project progress, identify implementation risks, and proactively resolve bottlenecks.

• Oversee the program's evidence-generation agenda, including experiments designed to test whether specific interventions change outcomes before recommending the government scale them.
• Translate evidence findings into government-facing recommendations that a non-technical audience can act on
• Proactively oversee the PMUs own internal monitoring and reporting, continuously identifying areas for improvement.

• Manage project contracts, grants, and sub-partner relationships.
• Monitor partner performance against agreed deliverables.
• Ensure contractual and donor compliance throughout project implementation.
• Coordinate with finance and operations teams on budgets, procurement, and financial reporting.

• Supervise, mentor, and develop junior team members, including Manager, Associates and Technical staff.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture focused on learning and continuous improvement.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and performance management of team members.

• Support the development of operational toolkits, implementation guides, communication materials, and standard operating procedures.
• Contribute to PxD's institutional knowledge management and cross-country learning.
• Support organizational planning, operational improvements, and other strategic initiatives as required.

• Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in Public Policy, Economics, Agriculture, Development Studies, Engineering, Management, Data Science, or another relevant field.
• 7–10 years of progressively responsible experience managing complex programs or projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing large, multi-stakeholder projects involving government agencies and external partners.
• Familiarity with AI, digital technologies and its applications
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring teams.
• Experience working with state or national government programs.
• Excellent organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail. Preferred
• Experience in agriculture, climate, digital public infrastructure, technology, or international development.
• Familiarity with causal inference.
• Experience working with cross-functional technical, research, and operations teams.
• Comfort operating with significant ambiguity and limited existing infrastructure, having built or launched a new program or team from scratch
• Proficiency in Marathi.

To apply, visit the PxD website and submit your CV, cover letter, and screening question responses via the online application form.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until Friday 11 September, 5 pm IST.

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