Director, Digital Health And Informatics

Last Mile Health

Nairobi, Kenya
On-site
Digital health systems
Ai-enabled digital health
Community health workers
The Director, Digital Health & Informatics will lead LMH's Global Digital Health practice as part of the Health System Strengthening (HSS) team, providing technical vision, tools, and expertise to support Ministries of Health in designing and scaling digital health systems

Job Summary

  • The Director, Digital Health & Informatics will lead LMH's Global Digital Health practice as part of the Health System Strengthening (HSS) team, providing technical vision, tools, and expertise to support Ministries of Health in designing and scaling digital health systems.
  • This role exists to serve and strengthen LMH's country teams in Liberia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia, and will also engage with Africa Frontline First to provide technical guidance on digital health approaches.
  • The Director partners closely with the Chief Technical Officer (CTO), the Global Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) team, Program teams, and in-country digital health leads to develop responsible data and technology policies, drive fundraising and business development, and build the global evidence base for digital health interventions.

Matching Summary

The Director, Digital Health & Informatics will lead LMH's Global Digital Health practice as part of the Health System Strengthening (HSS) team, providing technical vision, tools, and expertise to support Ministries of Health in designing and scaling digital health systems.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • digital health systems
  • AI-enabled digital health
  • community health workers
  • national digital health strategy
  • government ownership
  • software product cycle management

Nice-to-have

  • strategic leadership
  • technical credibility
  • building peer relationships
  • comfortable operating in ambiguity
  • change management skills

Key Requirements

  • Extensive experience in digital health
  • Management experience in low and middle-income countries
  • Experience engaging government policymakers
  • Demonstrated experience deploying national digital health systems
  • Experience applying AI and machine learning tools
  • Agile project management experience

Work Rights

Kenyan nationals or citizens of East African Community (EAC) member states

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