PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms-vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations-that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.
In August 2014, PATH and the South Africa Medical Research Council (MRC) launched the Global Health Innovation Accelerator (GHIA) to support late-stage development and commercialization of diagnostic and medical device technologies that can serve the health needs of resource limited communities in South Africa and beyond. GHIA formalizes and builds upon PATH’s current collaborations with local South African academic researchers, commercial partners, and entrepreneurs, as well as MRC’s active Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships (SHIP) program, which was created to catalyze and fund early-stage research and development on a range of vaccine, drug, medical device, and diagnostic technologies. GHIA will support a portfolio of maternal and child health-focused technologies, including graduates from the SHIP program, to ensure their advancement through product development, early market penetration, and eventual impact. PATH’s global presence and 40+ years of experience in taking technologies to scale combined with MRC’s extensive university and research networks results in a strong partnership with potential for significantly altering the global health technology landscape throughout Africa.
PATH, in support of our collaboration with the Medical Research Council (MRC) to integrate innovative new technologies into the health sector, is seeking to recruit a Senior Technical Officer to manage PATH’s digital, mHealth and eHealth activities and deliverables. The Senior Technical Officer position will be based in Cape Town. S/he will report directly to the PATH Country Director.
Responsibilities:
- Lead all mHealth related PATH South Africa engagements with external stakeholders.
- Develop a robust project pipeline of opportunities with commitment from external stakeholders.
- Create concept notes, proposals and budgets, with support from PATH Business Development and Country Director, that can be presented to potential funders.
- Support the Business Development teams in South Africa and Seattle to grow the portfolio of mHealth projects partnerships and funding.
- Project manage all mHealth related projects and investments to ensure that all activities are delivered on time and within budget.
- Develop a sufficient understanding of new innovations so as to be able to provide structured, best practice guidance on the consideration for PATH investment.
- Manage all direct and indirect PATH resources (staff) working on mHealth projects, to establish a clear scope of work, key performance indicators and delivery against that scope of work.
- Provide Technical Assistance to PATH offices outside of South Africa for a clearly defined scope of work on any additional project not otherwise defined by PATH South Africa Country Director.
- Provide the PATH South Africa team with appropriate level of knowledge transfer during management and staff meetings.
Required Experience
- Suitable academic degree in an appropriate engineering field.
- Post graduate degree in a health or medical related field would be of great benefit.
- At least 10 years hands-on experience in mobile technology product development – hardware, firmware and software related.
- At least 6 year’s experience in mobile solution engineering, as well as systems consulting and successful implementation.
- At least 6 year’s experience in cloud based server technology.
- At least 10 years’ experience in successfully leading and managing technology development and implementation teams.
- Experience in implementing life cycle management (software and hardware).
- Experience in the deployment, monitoring and management of large volumes of remote devices.
- Corporate and/or start up experience would be an advantage.ld be of benefit.
- Experience in establishing and monitoring performance criteria of direct reports.
- A deep understanding of mobile technologies – both physical technologies and advanced mobile services and solutions.
- Ability to educate, motivate and advocate amongst product development teams.
- Any applicable designs, awards and patent involvements would be of benefit.
- Must have legal authorization to work in South Africa.
PATH is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce where diversity is valued.
PATH is an equal opportunity employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment. PATH does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or orientation, genetic information, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, political ideology, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Job Location
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Company Location
South Africa, Johannesburg
Position Type
Full-Time/Regular
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