Evidence Action
agriculture
AgricultureProgramLead
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“Agriculture Program Lead at Evidence Action. Skills: Agriculture program strategy, Government partnerships, Delivery partner relationships. Own and lead Agriculture program strategy. Drive state and national government partnerships”
Industry & Context.
Pragmatism; Define and test hypotheses
Willingness and ability to travel extensively internationally (~20-40%), Significant time expected in India and other priority geographies, Unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a U.S. employment visa
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years' experience as a builder in international development, Training or early career experience in a high-rigor environment, Demonstrated success leading agriculture or rural development programs from idea to scaled delivery, A track record as a people manager and builder, Experience working with Asian and/or African governments, High EQ and the ability to influence across diverse partners, Comfort with ambiguity and fast pace, Excellent written and verbal communication skills, Willingness and ability to travel extensively internationally (~20-40%), Legally authorized to work in the U.S.
Nice to Have
direct experience in agriculture, weather forecasting, smallholder advisory services, agricultural extension, value chain interventions, or rural last-mile delivery, Proven track record of significantly scaling organizations and/or programs to deliver last-mile impact at the farmer level, direct experience working with Indian state governments, ministries of agriculture, or national meteorological agencies
What You'll Do.
Own and lead Agriculture program strategy
Drive state and national government partnerships
Manage delivery partner relationships
Design and oversee scaling pilots
Translate across stakeholders
Build and lead the agriculture team
Drive learning and quality
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Build trusted relationships with ministries of agriculture, state-level governments, and meteorological agencies; Coordinate with implementing partners and research collaborators; Serve as an effective bridge among forecasting researchers, AI labs, NGOs, funders, and government; Recruit, coach, and manage country leads, state-level staff, and partner staff; Cultivate a high-performance, high-accountability culture; Partner with M&E researchers; Influence across diverse partners
Communication Scope
Communicate technical concepts crisply to non-technical audiences; Synthesize complex technical ideas into crisp narratives
Process & Methodology
Set the multi-year vision and annual workplan, Launch and evaluate work across new dissemination channels, Rigorous learning agendas
Full Job Description
**About The AI Access Initiative** We're at an inflection point in artificial intelligence – presenting both tremendous potential opportunity and risk for people in developing countries: rather than allowing the poverty gap to expand, low-income countries have an opportunity to leapfrog development milestones with AI-powered innovations. Incubated at Evidence Action, we’re launching The AI Access Initiative, an organization focused on scaling AI-enabled ‘big bets’ to benefit tens or hundreds of millions of people in poverty in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We will operate at the intersection of global development actors, top AI labs, and leading researchers to drive meaningful access to the benefits of AI for the 3.5 billion people living in poverty globally. We will create “public good,” open-sourced playbooks, toolkits, and insights that define how to design and launch tractable and impactful AI-enabled programs. Given the scale of opportunity, we expect our portfolio to expand substantially, but to start, we’re scaling two programs focused on AI in Agriculture and AI in Health. We are led by former Evidence Action CEO Kanika Bahl, a founding member of Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust, and advised by Nobel Laureate Michael Kremer; Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic; and Kent Walker, President, Global Affairs for Alphabet and Google. This work builds on Evidence Action’s track record reaching 530M+ people with cost-effective, evidence-based programs across 9 countries in Africa and Asia, with a focus on last-mile delivery. **Our Approach** We’re scaling AI-enabled big bets to benefit tens or hundreds of millions of individuals living in poverty. We will focus both on delivering near-term, tractable direct impact and supporting governments to establish an enabling environment for the ‘AI for Good’ ecosystem, including: * Scaling “big bet” AI interventions to impact tens or hundreds of millions, such as delivering AI-enabled forecasts to smallholder farmer
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