Program Associate, Technology Innovation, Digital Health AI and MedTech

About the position

Responsibilities

• Undertake technical research on a continuous basis to identify novel healthcare innovations globally, which can be leveraged in South Asia.
• Assist the MedTech innovations function to design and support implementation of novel technologies in accordance with current priorities of PATH projects and government programs.
• Be a part of the team to support state-level, national and regional demonstration and implementation of technology intensive projects.
• Gather and analyse evidence from field review visits from different states/districts to inform projects and policy and advocate appropriate changes
• Undertake progress monitoring through frequent interactions with state teams through structured field visits and use of online platforms.
• Enable recommendations to donors, innovators, the government and other stakeholders on emerging technologies, as relevant to the sector.
• Support the identification, assessment and uptake of health technology and innovations as per projects and government policies.
• Undertake/Commission high quality assessment of healthcare technology and innovations as per projects and programs.
• Undertake other tasks which may be assigned from time to time supporting the activities of the vertical.
• Required Experience
• Post-graduate in Engineering (preferably Bio-medical)/ Life Sciences (Microbiology, Biotechnology)/ Public Health.
• At least 5 years of work experience in public health, healthcare services, industry, incubators, manufacturing, or a mix of these with the government or with a global health or development organization.
• Previous experience to engage with non-profit donors, international governments, national government, state governments, non-profit partners, etc is desirable.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.