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Overall lead / Ashu Sikri (Unlicensed) / Define product vision, budget owner, overall coordination
Business Development / Kunal Tiwari (Unlicensed) / Coordinate w program teams on farmer group outreach; partner outreach
Project Coordination / [-----] Neha Singh / Scheduling, documentation, meeting minutes, etc.
Candidate accepted Accepted offer and starting mid March. Previously Grameen Foundation
User Research: In the near-term, rely on project teams to drive this
Ashu and Kunal to lean in on learning questions, ashok is resident expert
Support from Tetyana Zelenska (Unlicensed) and strategy team to bring in resources who can help with methodology (IDEO, IDRC)
Need to a consultant or hire for this role medium-term; behavioral science / anthropology background
DFN KPIs: Tetyana Zelenska (Unlicensed)
Design / Prototyping: In Lokesh’s absence, need to fill this role. Hire vs. consultant?
Tech Architecture incl web3 intersection / Vineet Singh / see “Learning questions”
Legal / ???? / see “Learning questions”
Medium-term adds (next 6 to 12 months)
India Country DFN Product Lead: Product vision. Prior experience w FPOs. Understand needs and convert to requirements which are brought to life by designers and then built by tech.
On-ground coordination: How much of this can be taken up by existing state teams? Not much if its a new entry point as they are at full capacity but maybe if it aligns with existing work. Suppose we want to work with 10 FPOs; what do we need? Look at Samunnati cluster structure (1 resource per 10-15 FPOs).
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