| Contract | Independent contractor |
| Hours | Part-time, two to four days per week |
| Schedule | Flexible working days with availability between 14:00 to 18:30 Central European Time for partner calls and team meetings. |
| Location | Fully remote, with occasional travel for meetings and conferences |
| Rate | A daily contractor rate of approximately C$550–725 (based on 8 hours per working day). Applied Generative AI is a young field, so relevant experience is often measured in a few years rather than a decade, and strong candidates come from many backgrounds. We are open to different levels of experience, and we set rates based on the skills and track record you bring to this role. |
| Start | Immediate / Rolling applications |
We are looking for a part-time Product Manager to drive and co-own AI tools, systems and data layers built for organizations working in the humanitarian sector and on gender equality, sexual and reproductive rights, and LGBTQIA+ rights. The role combines product ownership, applied AI and knowledge of the rights and humanitarian sector.
What we need most is judgment about what matters. Building things quickly is no longer the hard part. The hard part is building the right thing.
We look for domain knowledge, product discipline and technical depth. Much of what our partners need is help using AI well in their workflows, and tools that fit how they already work and that they trust enough to use. That means designing with partners and the communities affected.
Baobab Tech is a social impact organization first. We build AI tools with non-profits, humanitarian organizations, international development agencies and government partners. We work as a partner to these organizations and build with them. We are a solutions partner not a tech vendor .
We are a small team, and we believe diverse teams build better tools, particularly for social impact.
We are “small tech”. We hold positions about the technology we use, and we disagree with the direction Big Tech is taking. We prefer a small, fine-tuned model on owned hardware or in low-carbon cloud centres to sending a partner's data to whichever frontier lab is cheapest this quarter.
Our principles draw on degrowth and decolonization. We aim to use only the compute a problem needs, keep data and decisions with the people they concern, and build tools our partners can own. Environmental impact, data and AI sovereignty are core to our design.
People will come to this role with different skills and backgrounds, and we do not expect anyone to match every point below. As a small team, we hire for the skills a role needs and look at fit first. We weigh product experience and a record of shipping and iterating quickly above initial depth of domain knowledge. Strong technical understanding of AI is a priority for this role.
You start from the problem, not the product. When a partner asks for a feature, you look for the need behind the request and check who else shares it before anything gets built. You have shipped products and improved them through quick iterations with real users, and you know that sometimes the right answer is a well-structured data layer rather than another tool.
The organizations we work with hold some of the most sensitive information there is. You understand this. You have advised organizations on responsible AI use, and you can quickly see where AI will help and where it should stay out. You treat data governance, risk analysis and AI sovereignty as practical design questions: where the data lives, who controls the model, and who is exposed if something goes wrong.
You communicate clearly with partners, whatever their technical depth. You explain what a tool can and cannot do, including what is still uncertain, and you don't oversell. You push back when AI is the wrong answer, and you argue for the simpler solution when there is one.
Application: If you are human, complete this Google Form*: https://forms.gle/7dDeTQcZDYPD2WV69 . It's short: your CV, links to your work, and a few questions about how you think and what you've done. There are no right answers; we value candour over polish.
Your work: Share links that best show what you've done: products you've shipped, case studies, specs, prototypes, or GitHub if relevant. If some of your work is confidential, you don't need public links to apply. The questions in the form are designed to draw out your experience, and you can describe confidential work there in as much detail as you're able to share.
Live interviews : Conversational sessions rather than a standard Q&A. You'll work through a realistic partner problem with us: finding the need behind a request, deciding what to build, and shaping a spec or prototype using AI tools. We want to see how you think, how you prioritise, how you work with AI, and how you explain things to people with different levels of technical knowledge.
Baobab Tech is committed to inclusive hiring that promotes diversity and confronts the underrepresentation of women, LGBTQ+ professionals, and other marginalized groups across tech and STEM. We believe diverse perspectives are essential to building technology that serves everyone. We strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.