The Innovative Technology Solutions team is looking for an experienced leader to build, drive and manage work in creating digital health technical capabilities for impact in the foundation’s priority areas. This will include generating new concepts and creating new tools that leverage trends in data science that integrate individual medical care with public health and epidemiology. A primary focus area includes ensuring diagnostic tools are integrated with mobile or point of care platforms. One active area of investigation is evaluating whether individual or private sector digital longitudinal health records will enable better health care. The role will require working with a diverse range of internal colleagues, technical and scientific partners in the public and private sector to leverage data science, mobile phone software and hardware solutions for digital health innovation. This position is accountable for developing and leading a strategy to create health microservices to enable a connected, objective, automated digital health system.
- Design and lead programs to leverage trends to create new capabilities for the foundation.
- Scope, shape and manage a portfolio of investments to execute on strategy, initiatives, and achieve specific objectives and outcomes.
- Collaborate with internal colleagues leading programs to develop new diagnostics tests.
- Identify and accelerate developments in non-optical rapid diagnostic test read out to enable the design and manufacture of new rapid diagnostic tests capable of mobile read out.
- Identify and leverage trends in biomedical data science, sensors, and mobile software and hardware for health applications.
- Build & nurture relationships and partnerships with industry, scientific and technical community, grantees, and vendors.
- Identify and cultivate partners in support of program work; manage partnerships and outcomes to achieve impact
- Curate, Analyze and synthesize lessons and results to inform the Innovative Technology Solutions strategies.
- A minimum of 20 years of experience in science and technology research and development, with exposure to a broad set of fields, such as biomedical data science, clinical medical practice, information technology, bioengineering, biochemistry, material science, and artificial intelligence and machine learning.
- Proven ability to lead, organize and prioritize multiple programs & projects. Meet deadlines within a fast-paced environment with multiple and competing demands.
- Strong track record of identifying science and technology trends with the potential to disrupt fields of knowledge.
- Private sector and healthcare industry experience strongly preferred.
- Agile leader with excellent capabilities in influence data-driven strategy planning and implementation.
- Experience in key geographies (including Sub-Saharan Africa and India) preferred.
- Innovative and collaborative problem solver.
- Demonstrated ability to work and lead with efficiency, diplomacy, and flexibility particularly as part of a team effort to ensure collective success. Experience in working on teams with diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.
- Demonstrated excellence in written and oral communication skills, and experience in advocating and communicating with a broad and diverse audience.
- Ability to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.
- A sense of humor.
- Demonstrated passion for the Foundation’s values with a commitment to deliver results against the Foundation’s mission.
- Candidate will report to the Director of Innovative Technology Solutions and may manage staff.