Product Manager

Looking for passionate, innovative minds to ideate, design, test and launch end-to-end products in protected cultivation structures and add-ons

About Kheyti

Kheyti is an agri-tech that helps farmers double incomes and be climate resilient and sustainable. We democratize access to high-tech agriculture solutions by making them farmer-centric, low-cost and by bundling end-to -end services. Our vision is to see every farmer climate-smart.

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity to drive farmer-centric product innovation—from discovery and prototyping to field validation—shaping next-generation greenhouse and allied solutions with real on-ground impact.

Job Type: Full time

Location: Hyderabad

Reporting to: R & D Lead

Level: Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Implement Kheyti product innovation roadmap for core greenhouses and add-on products like tunnels, hoop houses, crop covers, agro voltaics etc.
  

• Conduct discovery conversations with farmers and other stakeholders to understand customer and market needs
  

• Ideate, conceptualise and prototype designs and materials in our R&D center and derive data based decisions
  

• Conduct field visits and engage in conversations with Kheyti Team & Farmers to understand farmers’ feedback, on-ground challenges, regional agro-climatic conditions etc.
  

• Convert ideas to sketches to designs. Testing of designs for strength & loads like wind or dead load on relevant softwares
  

• Support on other R&D activities like crop R&D, protocol building, training etc.
  

• Create SOPs and key documentation and build QA/QC systems
  

Ideal Candidate

The role requires a hands-on, field-oriented professional with a strong inclination toward human-centered, data-driven innovation.

Must-Haves

• 7+ Years of experience product design
  

• Mechanical Engineering Background
  

• Willingness to engage in extensive fieldwork
  

• 7-10 days of travel each month
  

• Product management experience
  

• Strong project and stakeholder management skills
  

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in agri-infrastructure or greenhouse systems
  

• Exposure to R&D environments, prototyping, or QA/QC systems
  

Not a Fit

• Someone who wants to work from home, full-time. Field exposure is crucial for this role
  

• Someone who wants to focus only on the "product roadmap" in isolation, without deep collaboration
  

• Someone who prioritizes "global standards" and branded components over locally repairable, affordable, and accessible solutions
  

Hiring Process

1. HR Screening
   

2. Round-1 Interview
   

3. Field Visit + Case Study
   

4. Final Interview
   

Submit your application at: jobs.kheyti.com