Job Description:
Job Title: Product Manager
Report to: Chief Technology Officer
About the Convergence Foundation:
The Convergence Foundation (TCF) is an Indian philanthropic foundation established by Ashish and Manisha Dhawan in April 2021. TCF builds on their legacy of impactful philanthropy, including the founding of transformative institutions like Ashoka University and the Central Square Foundation (CSF).
Our mission is clear: to transform the lives of all Indians through rapid, sustained economic growth and inclusive development.
To achieve this, we focus on 3 pillars: (1) direct engines of economic growth that enable job creation; (2) human capital development through education and employability; and (3) development enablers that strengthen the philanthropic ecosystem and improve state capacity. In each area, TCF works on:
Building pioneering institutions to address India's most complex socio-economic challenges
Shaping the larger ecosystem and sharing knowledge, insights and learning with other philanthropists, governments and key stakeholders
We believe that the government is the key actor for system change, and philanthropy's role is to strategically support the government. The proof is in the results: CSF's work helped build momentum on foundational learning and numeracy (FLN) and resulted in the NIPUN Bharat Mission, which by 2025 helped achieve the highest-ever Grade 3 level FLN outcomes in the Annual Status of Education Report across states. On the economic growth side Foundation for Economic Development and Prosperiti have served as knowledge partners to the government and helped accelerate the "Reform Express, advancing the Prime Ministers mission of Viksit Bharat. These are only some of the system- and population-scale outcomes our portfolio of 20+ organisations has enabled.
Position Summary:
As TCF and our portfolio scales, technology and AI represent a significant (and untapped) opportunity to amplify our impact. We are early in this journey, but committed. Today, working with government systems is central to our theory of change, and is one of the largest force-multipliers for our work; we believe technology holds similar potential.
Across our portfolio, this is already taking shape. CSF has supported multiple EdTech initiatives, spanning from on-ground deployment to evidence generation. Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States (CEGIS) is using AI and automated phone surveys to improve how governments gather citizen feedback and deliver services. Air Pollution Action Group (APAG) is analysing large-scale datasets to improve their flagship dispersible sources program to address air pollution. These are just a few of the AI use cases already deployed or piloted across our portfolio. We see immense potential to go further: from improving destination management at top tourist sites and building tools that empower MSMEs at scale, to designing platforms that improve ease of doing business across industries and strengthening market linkages for government flagship skilling programmes.
To put this vision into action, we are setting up TCF's Technology and AI function and actively recruiting for a Chief Technology Officer to lead it. The Product Manager will report to the Chief Technology Officer, working closely with them to execute against the vision for this function. The function will have four key mandates: (i) define and implement TCFs technology and AI strategy and roadmap; (i) envisioning breakthrough AI ideas that go beyond efficiency gains to enable fundamentally new approaches across program areas; (ii) co-designing technology strategy and identifying priority use cases for TCF and portfolio organisations; (iii) helping build and deploy solutions on-ground through co-development with leading technology partners and program leaders; and finally, (iv) making TCF itself an AI-native organisation.
This is a high-visibility role at the frontier of technology and social impact in India. As an early member of a newly formed function, you will have real ownership over how products are scoped, built, and taken to scale: working on problems that span education, livelihoods, skilling, governance, and more. The work is nation-building in the truest sense, offering the right combination of meaningful problems, institutional access, and genuine scale.
The function will operate lean by design, with a core in-house team of 3 to 4 members working in close partnership with portfolio organisations and leading technology partners. If you are a PM who wants to do their lifes work with us, this is the role for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Product Development and Delivery
- Lead end-to-end product development for identified AI and technology use cases across the portfolio, from scoping and requirements gathering through to deployment and adoption
- Translate complex, ground-level programme challenges into clear product briefs and technology roadmaps that technical teams and partners can act on
- Track adoption and impact of deployed products, identify friction points, and iterate rapidly to improve utilisation and outcomes on the ground
- Procurement and Partnership
- Work closely with portfolio organisations to assess build-vs-buy decisions, and support them in procuring or co-building the right solutions for their context
- Where required, connect organisations with the right developers, funders, and implementation partners to accelerate execution and reduce friction in the path to scale
- Strategy and Pipeline
- Support the Chief Technology Officer in identifying and prioritising new use cases across the portfolio, bringing a product lens to opportunities across sectors
- Contribute to scoping technology strategy for portfolio organisations, co-designing roadmaps that are grounded in operational realities and long-term programme goals
- Internal Capability Building
- Contribute to making TCF an AI-native organisation by identifying internal workflow opportunities and helping pilot and embed tools across teams
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- 5-10 years of experience building technology solutions; experience in tech-for-good, international development, or mission-driven contexts is preferable but not required.
- Demonstrated understanding of AI tools and technologies, managing large-scale datasets, ideally with experience in integrating them into delivery in social sector settings.
- Experience in managing technology partners, identifying correct partners, negotiating appropriate pricing, and ensuring development timelines are met.
- Entrepreneurial ability to build in resource-constrained settings, via academic partnerships, short-term hires, etc.
- Collaborative mindset, comfortable working with diverse stakeholders across philanthropy, government, and the private sector.
Location: Full-time position based out of Delhi, India. We are open to a remote arrangement for exceptional candidates.
How to Apply: Reach out to our Head, Talent Acquisition: vishal@theconvergencefoundation.org to learn more or click here to submit your application.