Precision Development (PxD)

Manager

• Identify impact improvement opportunities and provide strategic design input on new research ideas and projects that support PxD’s programs and partners.
• Identify learning objectives and resources available for multiple projects and manage the implementation of research activities, ensuring that projects adhere to appropriate rigor, policies, timelines, and budgets.
• Work with the leadership team and colleagues to scope, design, pilot, and scale evidence-backed digital agriculture services.
• Interpret and contextualize external and internal evidence and insights for PxD programs.
• Guide teams on the use of evidence-based approaches and ensure that PxD maintains the standards for technical appropriateness and rigor.
• Oversee data management and analysis for research projects and survey creation, A/B testing, and implementation.
• Oversee documentation of research activities, research results, and rationale for decisions made.
• Develop and fill in frameworks with specific information to identify program insights.
• Manage partner relations and work with external stakeholders to implement program operations.
• Develop and ensure compliance with IRB protocols and relevant in-country research permission requirements.
• Contribute to funding proposals and project reports.
• Contribute to the strategic planning and global functioning of the organization.
• Provide close mentorship and guidance to Associate-level staff.
• Contribute and support internal and external communications to disseminate project results and research findings, including briefs, blogs, reports, and presentations.
• Contribute to PxD’s institutional knowledge management and internal learning efforts.

Research Manager

Artificial Intelligence

• Own PxD’s AI portfolio end-to-end from strategy and partner engagement to execution oversight and learning.
• Act as a technical expert within the research function, overseeing multiple complex projects with rigor, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and organizational policies.
• Lead PxD’s AI learning agenda, including developing priority questions and defining measurement criteria across services.
• Design and oversee learning and evaluation approaches for AI-enabled services.
• Lead cross-functional planning to take AI initiatives from concept to pilot to scale.
• Engage funders and partners to shape new opportunities and provide clear updates on active proposals.

Senior Manager – AI Initiatives

Research Analyst

• Work with the team leadership and other colleagues in scoping, designing, piloting, and scaling evidence-backed digital agriculture services, including spending time with farmers in the field to ensure that services are closely aligned with user needs.
• Assist in the development and implementation of new research ideas and projects that support PxD’s programs and partners.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative data collection (including farmer focus groups, interviews, and quantitative surveys) and data cleaning.
• Produce accurate and organized summaries of data, including basic analysis for descriptive statistics and simple regression analysis.
• Carry out literature reviews and other desk research, providing input on research questions and structure.
• Develop and update project documentation regularly.
• Support partner relations and work with external stakeholders to implement program operations.
• Support compliance with IRB protocols and relevant in-country research permission requirements.
• Contribute to funding proposals and project reports.
• Contribute and support internal and external communications to disseminate project results and research findings, including briefs, blogs, reports, and presentations.
• Contribute to PxD’s institutional knowledge management and internal learning efforts.

Research Associate

• Manage the implementation of research activities for the project, ensuring adherence to appropriate rigor, policies, timelines, and budgets.
• Manage financial and human resources for the project.
• Guide teams on the use of evidence-based approaches and ensure that PxD maintains the standards for technical appropriateness and rigor.
• Oversee data management and analysis for the project and survey creation and implementation.
• Oversee documentation of research activities, research results, and rationale for decisions made.
• Interpret and contextualize external and internal evidence and insights for PxD programs.
• Manage partner relations and work with external stakeholders for successful project implementation.
• Develop and ensure compliance with IRB protocols for human subject research and relevant in-country research permission requirements.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to Associate-level staff.
• Contribute and support internal and external communications to disseminate project results and research findings, including briefs, blogs, reports, and presentations.
• Contribute to PxD’s institutional knowledge management and internal learning efforts.