Senior Manager – Program Management & Strategy

New Delhi

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Digital Green is a social impact organization helping farmers harness technology and data to build resilient and prosperous communities. Founded in 2008 out of Microsoft Research, it began with a video-based approach that transformed how agricultural advisory reached rural communities. Over the years, the organization has partnered with governments, the private sector, and civil society to scale digital tools and AI-driven platforms across India. To date, Digital Green, in India, has reached 5.5 million smallholder farmers (50% women), trained more than 100,000 frontline workers (52% women), and supported hundreds of farmer groups in producing and sharing localized videos in 26 languages. Building on 17 years of experience, it is now advancing a farmer-responsive, AI-enabled model of extension. In 2024, Digital Green launched FarmerChat, an open-source, AI-powered solution designed to strengthen public systems and deliver climate-smart, hyperlocal guidance in farmers’ own languages. In India, the tool has reached more than 600,000 users (35% women), who have asked millions of queries.

By continuously innovating and expanding digital solutions, we remain committed to driving meaningful change. Our team is passionate about transformative change, fostering resilience, and making a tangible impact. Joining Digital Green Trust means joining a team of forward-thinking leaders in technology-driven development and social impact in India. If you’re a visionary who shares our values and seeks to drive impactful partnerships for the greater good, we invite you to join our mission. www.digitalgreentrust.org

The Senior Manager – Program Management & Strategy operates at the intersection of strategy and execution, partnering closely with the Director – Programs to drive high-impact priorities across the organization. This is a high-trust, high-visibility role suited for someone who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments and enjoys bringing structure to ambiguity.

The role supports strategic decision-making, leads cross-functional initiatives from concept to execution, and ensures operational rigor across the programs function. As a force multiplier for the Programs team, this position helps unlock velocity, alignment, and scale.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Partnering:
• Support strategic planning, project reviews, and priority-setting through structured thinking and insight-driven analysis.
• Provide decision support for high-stakes initiatives and leadership discussions.

Cross-Functional Initiative Ownership:
• Act as a bridge across functions to ensure alignment on organizational priorities.
• Serve as a strategic liaison between the fundraising team and on-ground program teams, ensuring strong alignment between donor commitments and program delivery.
• Translate field insights, impact data, and program outcomes into compelling donor narratives to strengthen fundraising effectiveness, donor engagement, and retention.
• Enable feedback loops between teams to continuously improve program design, execution, and resource allocation.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, dependencies, and opportunities.

Drive High-Impact Communication:
• Develop board materials, leadership briefs, and internal communications.
• Synthesize complex ideas into clear, concise, and compelling narratives.

Operational Excellence:
• Drive effective meeting cadence, agendas, and follow-ups to ensure focus on highest-value work.
• Build lightweight processes, dashboards, and tracking mechanisms.

Synthesize Research & Insights:
• Conduct deep dives, market/sector scans, and internal analyses.
• Distill insights into actionable recommendations.

Maintain Discretion & Integrity:
• Handle sensitive information with discretion, professionalism, and integrity.

Why Join Digital Green
• Direct exposure to work along with the senior leadership team on the organization’s most strategic priorities.
• Opportunity to gain a 360° view of building and scaling programs through partnerships.
• Be associated with a Fast-growing, mission-driven organization with high ownership and low bureaucracy.
• Be a part of a Culture that values initiative, learning, and impact.

Experience:
• 10+ years of relevant experience in the development sector, with exposure to consulting, strategy, operations, or other high-intensity, fast-paced environments.
• Proven experience in managing teams across multiple projects.
• Prior experience in the agriculture ecosystem is mandatory.
• Experience in the AgTech sector will be an added advantage.

Educational Qualifications:
• Postgraduate degree.
• Preferred specializations: Rural Development, Agribusiness Management, or related fields.

Core Skills & Competencies:
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a bias for action.
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and strong prioritization skills.
• Demonstrated ownership, initiative, and ability to follow through on commitments.
• Ability to work effectively in dynamic and evolving environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially in executive and stakeholder-facing contexts.

If the above role meets your requirements and you are interested to apply for this position, please send your CV at ashokkumar@digitalgreentrust.org on or before 17th April 2026.

Due to the high volume of applicant response, not all applicants may receive a response from Digital Green Trust. Digital Green Trust is an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.

2026-04-17