Jobs at Precision Development (PxD)

Manage and implement rigorous research projects in low- and middle-income countries: design studies, oversee data collection and analysis, ensure ethics/IRB compliance, manage budgets, partners, and staff, and disseminate findings to inform PxD programs.

Lead and manage rigorous research and learning for digital agriculture projects in India, designing and overseeing surveys, A/B tests, experiments, and evaluations. Translate evidence into operational improvements, manage stakeholders and government partnerships, ensure IRB and ethics compliance, mentor staff, contribute to proposals and reporting, and support scaling of evidence-backed services.

Lead and manage a portfolio of research projects on digital agriculture in Africa, designing and overseeing evaluations (A/B tests, RCTs), data collection and analysis, IRB compliance, stakeholder engagement, and translation of evidence into program improvements. Mentor staff, manage partners, contribute to proposals and communications, and support scaling of evidence-backed services.

Serve as a technical translator between weather-forecasting partners and internal/external stakeholders: interpret model capabilities and limitations, synthesize scientific findings into accessible materials, coordinate cross-team communications, and ensure technical constraints inform program and policy decisions.

Lead PxD's flagship Ethiopia program by managing end-to-end program design, delivery, and M&E; build senior government and donor relationships; oversee multidisciplinary teams (research, product, tech); manage budgets, timelines, and resourcing; translate evidence into scalable digital agriculture interventions; represent PxD externally and codify institutional learning.

Support design and implementation of field research: data cleaning, descriptive and simple regression analysis, survey instrument drafting, enumerator training, IRB support, literature reviews, documentation, and communications. Assist with institutional knowledge, partner relations, and proposal/report contributions under moderate supervision.