ROLE
– Design and own Philippines’ operations roadmap: regional feasibility, budget planning, and building partnerships.
– Develop localized farmer onboarding strategies that reflect regional value chains, community power structures, last-mile realities, and seasonal farming calendars.
– Design and manage district specific operational playbooks -SOPs, training manuals, QA/QC frameworks
– Build genuine trust with farming communities at the grassroots level — understanding local power dynamics, working with village heads, FPO leaders, and community mobilizes.
– Hire and develop a high-performing in-country team.
– Build a culture that reflects Mitti’s ethos
– Manage external implementation partners and field agent networks

REQUIREMENTS
– 8+ years in operations, agriculture, or rural development with clear evidence of building programs from scratch and scaling.
– Direct experience managing agricultural field operations in Philippines – preferably rice.
– Track record with government department and related NGO relationships is a bonus.
– Experience in agri-input distribution or farmer community leadership is strongly preferred.
– You speak Filipino/Tagalog fluently.
– English proficiency is essential for internal collaboration.
– Willingness to travel 40–60% across provinces and in remote farming areas.

BENEFITS
– Build projects that matter: a first-of-its-kind climate and food-security program in one of the world’s most important agricultural nations.
– Founding role: genuine ownership, genuine impact.
– Work with a world-class team combining the best of science, product, business, and operations — with a culture of openness, direct collaboration, and unbiased decision-making.
– Backed by leading climate investors with the resources to build for the long term.
– Direct relationship with founders and leadership in a fast-scaling, mission-driven organization.