Associate, AI and Digital Transformation (Rural Economy and Development)

Position: Associate, AI and Digital Transformation (Rural Economy and Development)

Team: AI and Digital Transformation

Level and grade: L2 Associate

Position type: Full time, permanent

Location: Delhi, with regular travel to NRLM states

Reports to: Senior Manager, AI and Digital Transformation (Rural Economy and Development)

Travel: 30 percent

About Us

APLYD helps governments, multilateral institutions, development finance institutions and foundations use AI in public systems. Most public-sector AI stops at the pilot. Our work is getting it into everyday service delivery and keeping it running once we leave.

Athena Infonomics has done this work for years. In 2026 we set it up as its own company. We cover strategy and readiness, field data and last-mile reach, design and build, evaluation and audit, and scale and production.

440+ engagements · 240+ global clients · 85+ specialists · 7 countries · 5 continents

The Role

You keep the programme running: the plan, the record, the follow-ups and the documents. You work across both workstreams and you are the person who knows where everything stands. You are given defined pieces of work and you are expected to run them without being chased.

Core Job Responsibilities

• •Maintain the programme plan and the record of decisions. Every action logged with an owner and a date, and the record accurate at the end of each week.
• •Prepare the counterpart meetings: the agenda, the material, the notes afterwards, and the follow-ups until they are closed.
• •Draft the reports the counterpart and the funder receive, working from what the team gives you.
• •Organise field visits and training sessions end to end, and go on them.
• •Pull together the data the team needs: usage figures, field observations, and what the department's own systems say.
• •Keep the document set current and findable.

Qualifications and Competencies

• •One to three years in programme management, consulting, research or a development organisation.
• •You have kept a plan or a record that other people relied on.
• •You write clearly and quickly. We will ask for a writing sample.
• •You are comfortable in a government office and in the field.
• •Hindi, and willingness to travel 30 percent.

Also useful, though we will not screen on it

• •Experience of rural development or livelihoods programmes.
• •Basic data work in spreadsheets or Python.
• •One other Indian language.

Additional Requirements

• •This position requires successful completion of a reference check and employment verification.
• •The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer, such as a non-compete, that would prevent performance of the responsibilities described.
• •Candidates must declare any current or recent engagement with a government, multilateral or development finance institution that could present a conflict of interest.

APLYD’s Work Culture

At APLYD, we function in an outcomes-based work environment with flexible hours and a high level of autonomy. Professional development and thought leadership are key elements of our business model: we support our team members’ professional growth through on-the-job training, and we encourage the cultivation of our colleagues’ personal brands through participation in panels, events, publications, and other thought-leadership opportunities. We embrace a transparent, open work environment with meaningful leadership pathways for those with inventive ideas and initiatives.

APLYD is an Equal Opportunities Employer

APLYD, part of the Athena Infonomics group, is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

AI Proficiency and Responsible Use

Proficiency in the responsible and sophisticated use of AI is a mandatory requirement for all roles, across all levels and functions at APLYD and Athena Infonomics.