We’re looking for a Digital Program Manager to lead our program aimed at demonstrating effective digital systems in a primary healthcare (PHC) setting. Our aim is to build or optimize and deploy a digital system for PHC that minimizes the reporting burden on frontline healthcare workers, supports a truly user-centric, data-driven approach, and meets pre-defined standards. The Digital Program Manager will be responsible for working with a wide range of stakeholders to build a strategy and execute on that strategy to achieve the above stated goals. The role is based out of Rwanda.

Core Responsibilities and Duties:

• Map existing and future digital and digital health policies in Rwanda, including the progress with respect to execution on those policies (eg, map progress on the National Digital Health Plan)
• Map existing programmatic/clinical workflows with all govt and external stakeholders and disseminate learnings to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Assess the digital and digital health infrastructure and market in Rwanda. Map existing digital health solutions in the public health space.
• Coordinate with the Ministry of Health and allied offices, clinical experts and committees, digital implementers and RTSL to build a strategy on achieving goals of the project with set activities and timelines.
• Set up a technology PMU in the Ministry of Health to execute on set activities.
• Draft guidelines and policies required for executing the project
• Identify, build working relationships and liaise with key stakeholders in the Ministry of Health for sign-offs on required approvals, guidelines and policies
• Help identify external agencies and build working models to help execute the project

Required Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:

• At least 10 years of experience working with Government to set up digital infrastructure or digital solutions
• Has been part of/ led a team that has delivered a digital solution that has scaled
• Demonstrated ability in drafting policies and guidelines related to digital health
• Demonstrated ability in setting up effective digital teams
• Proven experience of navigating bureaucracy and delivering on programs
• Experience collaborating with design and product development teams
• Excellent communication, presentation, and organization skills
• Able to work both as an effective team player and an individual contributor
• Be self-driven, outcome-focused, highly organized and systematic including with high volumes of data, and able to function effectively while working remotely
• Able to keep a tab on all learnings and comprehensively present them as growth to the team at RTSL
• Background in Public health is highly desirable

Contract: 12-month consultancy with possibility of renewal and transition to regular employment. Please include your fee expectations with your cover letter.

We are grateful for your interest in our work and for your application. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications typically received, we can only reply to shortlisted candidates.