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Date Posted: Friday, March 03, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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About the Job:
Are you inspired by what is next? So are we!
When you join the Village Enterprise team, you contribute to a better tomorrow. You will play a critical role in developing a unique poverty graduation product that solves the world’s biggest problems. We are putting innovation to work to improve people's lives and we want YOU to be a part of it. The Product and Service Senior Director will lead Village Enterprise Innovation Lab. Taking Industry knowledge, trends, and evidence to build a robust poverty Graduation product that meets the needs and empowers Village Enterprise entrepreneurs to respond to the increasing global crisis.


Primary duties and responsibilities
Product Design 40%
1. Set a holistic innovation strategy for assigned products in collaboration with TAs, CDs, MEL, and field teams, identifying new growth areas and championing current products to completion.
2. Drive technical delivery on VE Graduation products with a sense of urgency and knowledge of the industry to enable timely product design and rollout using HCD, Lean Impact, and other relevant processes for testing new products.
3. Build external partnerships with academia, program labs, and industry to accelerate new material and process developments to scale products
4. Drive program adaptations to meet the needs of specific projects in different countries and contexts.

Deliver Program Results: Outputs and Outcomes Achieved (30%)
1. Lead Village Enterprise Product and service team and design quarterly objectives and key results to track progress
2. Oversee the design and implementation of activities which develop the capabilities and increase performance towards achieving outputs and outcomes of the Poverty Graduation model
3. Collaborate with TAs, ESLs and CDs to capacity build staff to deliver on quality programming that allows Village Enterprise entrepreneurs to thrive.


Business Owner Success and Satisfaction (10%)
1. Ensure Village Enterprise is building sustainable relationships with our business owners based on trust through open and interactive communication
2. Lead organization in identifying and assessing business owner needs ensuring that program activities provide value
3. Ensure participants can engage with activities and Village Enterprise staff in a safe and healthy environment that aligns with Village Enterprise safeguarding standards.

Support Global, Regional, and Local Development of the Village Enterprise Program (20%)
1. Work with TAs to support the development of partnerships and proposals on technical areas.
2. Nature and build relationships with like-minded organizations that foster shared learning, and collaboration and drive policy work for the global discussion on Graduation.
3. Collaborate with the MEL on building evidence and being a thought leader in the space.


Required experience.
1. Proven record of accomplishments of leading innovation programs in a development industry
2. 7+ years of experience in new product development and innovation
3. At least 3 years leading diverse teams of technical staff and attracting, recruiting, and retaining talent.
4. At least 3 years using HCD, Lean Impact, and other design tools to develop viable products that solve the world's toughest challenges.
5. Experience collaborating with cross–functional and external partners to help set the innovation strategy and work.
6. Proven record of accomplishment and passion for developing products for the bottom of the pyramid.
7. Passionate communicator that inspires others, conveying clarity on programs to teammates and stakeholders alike.
8. A Master’s degree in design thinking, program development, or a related field is required.
9. Village Enterprise Values


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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