Technology Cluster Lead

Description

Job Title: Technology Cluster Lead

Reports to: Director, LEAP Center (with technical supervision from the Senior Advisor, AI Strategy and Implementation)

Department: LEAP Center

Location: Kigali or Butaro, Rwanda

Position overview

The Technology Cluster Lead is a senior leadership position within the newly established Center for Leveraging Equity and Advancement in Practice (LEAP Center) at the University for Global Health Equity (UGHE).

The Cluster Lead will work closely with the Center’s Director, Deputy Director, Senior Advisors, other Cluster Leads and other key stakeholders to create and refine an overall strategy for the LEAP Center’s core technology functions. They will manage the LEAP Center’s engagement with a portfolio of projects across Partners In Health (PIH) sites and other partners, leveraging technology and AI to improve access to high quality health care. They will develop assessment methodologies, support partnership negotiations, and provide technical support to technology project deployments. They will also lead work to broaden impact by informing scale-up, dissemination, and policy and supporting related capacity building activities. The Cluster Lead will build a core team of staff, collaborating faculty, and site-based partners with diverse skills that can support exploration, evaluation, and deployment of technology to support health care delivery.

The Cluster Lead role requires a combination of strategic vision and technical expertise, with a collaborative style oriented towards partnership, mentorship, and building capacity. They will have demonstrated success in engaging technology and/or AI to advance health care delivery in resources limited settings, in facilitating conversations across multiple stakeholder groups, and in building and mentoring teams.

Responsibilities

Lead exploration, evaluation, and deployment of technology to support health program delivery

• Develop internal guiding principles for the engagement of technology and AI at sites, in conjunction with PIH and UGHE information technology teams.
• Create a pipeline for appropriate technology use, including developing and applying assessment criteria and determining necessary adaptations for context/setting-appropriate use of technology/AI.
• Facilitate partnership discussions with specific technology providers, liaising with legal, institutional partnerships, and other internal stakeholders as relevant.
• Support training related to technology and AI to facilitate the use of these innovations.
• Develop case studies that document real-world technology engagement at PIH sites.
• Work with LEAP leadership and resource generation teams at PIH and UGHE to develop fundraising strategies for this work.

  Provide strategic leadership on the engagement of technology and AI at PIH care delivery sites

  • Lead deep dives into use of digital health and AI for PIH-identified priority areas, including tuberculosis screening, maternal health care, and other topics.
  • Build awareness across PIH and UGHE around the appropriate use of technology and AI to advance the organizational mission.
  • Support development of PIH’s AI strategy and relevant internal policies, including creating processes that allow site input and adaptations to any proposed activities or regulations.
  • Develop a resource library, documenting regulations, digital touch points, and available data, to proactively identify opportunities for technology and AI engagement at PIH sites.

    Shape global perspectives on the engagement of technology and AI for health equity

    • Develop thought pieces on the use of technology for global health delivery.
    • Engage in external activities to support dissemination and policy development.

      Cluster and LEAP Center Leadership Activities

      • Recruit and manage a team to ensure success of the Technology Cluster and overall LEAP activities.
      • Advise LEAP Center leadership on forthcoming pipeline opportunities for support, including conducting technical reviews of proposals for feasibility and potential impact.
      • Collaborate with other LEAP Center Clusters to support aligned priorities, including capacity building (with the Training and Professional Development Cluster) and integrated implementation science methodology (with the Implementation Science Cluster).
      • Develop monitoring and evaluation strategy components specific to the Technology Cluster.
      • Seek out opportunities to leverage Technology Cluster activities for the broader benefit of UGHE.

        Qualifications & Experience

        • Advanced degree (master's degree or PhD), with a preference for fields related to technology and/or AI, including data science, computer science, health informatics, statistics, digital health, electronic health systems, or biomedical engineering.
        • 5-10 years professional experience, including people management experience.
        • Experience in developing and/or deploying a technology- or AI-enabled intervention in a low-resource setting.
        • Experience in overseeing complex projects, including design, implementation, project management, and evaluation.
        • Demonstrated experience working collaboratively with diverse, cross-functional teams.
        • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English required, French, Spanish, or other relevant languages an asset.