The full posting, as written
Title: Senior Program Manager Location and Work Authorization: Mumbai, India. Candidates must have existing authorization to work in India; PxD is unable to sponsor visas for this role. Position: Full-time Compensation: Salary will be competitive and commensurate with the candidate's skills, experience, and the local labor market in India. Posted On: 7 October 2026 Application Deadline: October 28, 2026, 6 PM IST (applications may be reviewed as they are submitted) Role Summary: PxD is looking for a Senior Program Manager to build and lead an embedded unit within the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra.
You will lead a portfolio of work spanning the use of AI for Agriculture, evidence-based policy support, and scaling of digital technologies to improve the livelihoods and resilience of smallholder farmers across Maharashtra. The unit exists to provide demand-driven support to the Department, responding to its priorities on AI-enabled decision-making and inclusive service access for farmers and will work across multiple parallel workstreams spanning technology deployment, data and analytics, and public-sector service delivery. You will build and lead a cross-functional team spanning policy staff, data scientists, technologists, program and research staff.
This position is based in Mumbai, with regular engagement and travel to Pune and district-level offices. About Precision Development (PxD): PxD 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. In the last 12 months alone, we reached over 60 million farmers at a cost of just $0.47 per farmer per year, with our flagship program in India delivering a benefit-cost ratio of 12:1–19:1.
Operating in Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, and beyond, the majority of our team is based in our program countries, working directly alongside government partners and farming communities toward our goal of improving the lives of 100 million farmers by 2030.
Key Responsibilities
As a Senior Program Manager, you will: Stakeholder Management Serve as the government's primary point of contact for the program, building working relationships across the Ministry and an extensive network of technical partners, implementing partners, and PxD teams. Establish the unit's initial presence within government, securing working space, building early relationships with key decision makers, and setting up the operating rhythms (reporting, steering committee cadence, team processes) that don't yet exist. Lead regular review meetings with key government counterparts; manage funder relationships.
Facilitate government workshops and stakeholder consultations to further the unit’s mandate. Program Oversight, Delivery and Management Translate government…