Product Owner
Technical Consulting
WELL Labs is looking for a sharp, strategically minded, people oriented and technologically savvy candidate for the position of Product Owner, Jaltol. The Product Owner must understand the broader context within which Jaltol as a tool exists and must be a believer in Jaltol’s potential to help with Monitoring and Evaluation of watershed programmes.
Position Overview
Watershed management is one of the primary activities contributing to more resilient water security and livelihoods in rural India. While many organisations exist pan India that conduct watershed interventions, effectively assessing the impact of these interventions isn’t trivial. Very often impact is assessed either via labour intensive endline surveys or Focus Group Discussions. However assessing impact, rapidly, economically and at scale , year-on-year is vital if watershed programmes are themselves likely to scale up.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending under the Companies Act, 2013 is a big component of funding for watershed interventions. As corporate profit grows the funding available for environment and watershed initiatives is growing correspondingly. The programmes themselves must keep up pace. The use of technology and data will be vital in helping these programmes scale up. This is the motivation behind Jaltol , a digital tool that leverages remote sensing data to help with Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) of village watershed programmes.
WELL Labs is looking for a sharp, strategically minded, people oriented and technologically savvy candidate for the position of Product Owner, Jaltol. The Product Owner must understand the broader context within which Jaltol as a tool exists and must be a believer in Jaltol’s potential to help with Monitoring and Evaluation of watershed programmes. He/she must be strategically minded in looking for opportunities to increase Jaltol’s user base and willing to reach out to many potential users to understand their pain points in MEL. The Product Owner will also be responsible for leading UX testing of the product to ensure it’s development meets the requirements of the current user base.
Responsibilities
- Development of a strategic roadmap for Jaltol for the year 2025-26.
- Outreach to new NGOs that could potentially be users of Jaltol
- Outreach to CSR representatives to explore opportunities for the use of Jaltol for impact assessment.
- Being the public facing representative of Jaltol for WELL Labs. Engaging with other teams internally and also funders on anything Jaltol related.
- Leading the UX testing programme of Jaltol.
- Guiding the Jaltol team on UI/UX and product development.
Qualifications and Skills
Candidate must have at least a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field. Knowledge of digital technologies is vital. Experience on open source projects in a role as an IC would be useful. Experience with management of teams and familiarity with work in the development sector is desirable.
What We Offer
WELL Labs offers competitive salaries, commensurate with experience.
We review applications on a rolling basis. The position will remain open till a suitable candidate is found.
Our recruitment and employment policies are inclusive. We respect both the spirit and letter of the laws of equal employment opportunity.