Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
In this role, you will lead the capture of ideas, feature needs, evidence-based learnings and market knowledge and use those to generate impactful product and service designs. You will liaise in the development of those products and participate in the ongoing improvement of services that maximize the scale and depth of adoption and impact of PxD’s programs, globally.
You will do this by:
Collating a shortlist and pipeline of potential new ideas, services, features, or workflows
Working with country teams, professional groups, and the new programmes team to develop proposals
Participating in the early-stage design and development of new services or features and various special projects as appropriate
Working with Country Directors and programme teams to improve effectiveness of services by identifying opportunities and helping teams to focus on priorities
Working with our Research, Data and Engineering teams to bring these designs to life
Supporting, mentoring, and coordinating the work of current and future PxD Product Managers
Providing initial Product Development Management support for very early-stage services that do not yet have a team hired, where needed
Driving a human-centred approach and impact focus throughout product design and development processes
Participating in user discovery, user research, and design thinking among new and existing product teams, through advice, consultations, workshops, etc., with the goal of achieving superior product-market fit
Supporting idealisation and experimentation around alternative approaches to content, leading to high engagement and adoption
Key deliverables: Setup a common product design and development focus within our global teams and get agreement to a pipeline and roadmap of new features, services, workflows, and user experiences; Operationalise our product design and development strategy globally
We need someone who has (or can quickly develop) the following skills:
Team and project management skills
Entrepreneurial with a problem-solving mentality
Good stakeholder management and engagement skills
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate, influence and generate confidence, trust, and respect
Keen to learn and maintain flexibility of approach
Ability to simplify and explain complex issues to a range of audiences
Understanding of research and evidence
Able to implement effective systems to monitor performance
Ability to encourage innovative ideas to drive improvement
Resilient, reliable and outcome focused.
We think that people with a variety of backgrounds could be a good fit for this role, including product managers and engineering managers. Qualification and experience in the following domains would also be useful (but isn’t required):
Science or engineering related discipline
Marketing, Business Administration or Entrepreneurship
Service design, UX and user engagement
To apply, please visit the PxD website and use the online application form to submit a CV, a covering statement, and brief responses to the screening questions. Applications may be reviewed as they are submitted, until the application deadline.PxD is committed to building an inclusive and diverse organisation. We don’t make decisions based on gender, gender identity, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other personal characteristics that are unrelated to the role. We understand that everyone has different lifestyles, and we accommodate flexible working to make sure you are as productive and happy as you can be. We will use any personal data you provide for recruitment purposes only.
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