Rural Head - Project Manager - Agriculture

Program Design and Research:

- Support the planning and strategy of programs across themes.

- Support research on geographies, impact indicators and institutions for collaboration.

- Prepare strategy presentations, concept notes, dashboards using excel for internal review and communication across teams.

- Support the design of methodology for project implementation.

Technical Proposal Evaluation:

- Support in reviewing technical specifications, project budgets, activity timelines, milestone-based cash flows, BoQs and implementation designs.

- Support in evaluating incoming proposals for technical soundness and feasibility.

Institute assessment:

- Support in assessing institutions for technical capability, on-ground presence, past performance and alignment with foundations objectives for potential collaboration in specific areas.

Data Management and Reporting:

- Develop and maintain data and dashboards to monitor projects.

- Ensure standardized collection of impact data.

- Coordination with regional teams and implementing partners to track data.

Project Monitoring and Coordination:

- Liaise with internal operations teams to track on-ground implementation progress.

- Liaise with procurement team to understand price discovery mechanism and specifications given by various vendors for the various themes.

- Assist in Monitoring project milestones through data dashboards and presentations.

- Manage program-related meetings by coordinating with internal teams and external stakeholders including preparation of MOMs with actionable.

Knowledge Management:

- Support development of frameworks and monitoring indicators across program themes.

- Build a repository of technical details, implementation guides, case studies, and best practices based on field experiences and lessons learned.

- Engage with sector stakeholders (institutions, domain experts, NGOs) for knowledge exchange, technical inputs and potential collaborations.

- Good understanding and application of MS PowerPoint and Excel.

Eligibility Criteria:

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Agricultural Economics.

- Minimum 15 years of experience in agriculture-based economic activities.

- Strong understanding of agricultural markets, crop economy, rural economy, and agriculture supply chain dynamics.

- Experience in market analysis, price analysis, demand forecasting, and farmer-centric business strategies.

- Candidate must have proven experience in selling agro-based products such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, farm equipment, agriinputs, or allied agricultural products.

- Managed market analysis, product launches, branding, sales forecasting, and channel partner development to increase business growth.

- Successfully launched new agro products and implemented sales planning strategies that improved forecasting accuracy and market penetration.

- Achieved significant portfolio growth by tripling herbicide product volumes, strengthening brand positioning, and developing farmer-focused marketing initiatives.

Preferred Industry Background:

- Seed Companies.

- Agriculture Input Companies (Fertilizers, Pesticides, Crop Solutions).

- Agri Institutions / Agri-tech Organizations.