Key Responsibilities 

• Lead the design and implementation of digitally enabled approaches for malaria and disease surveillance across diverse countries 
• Advise Ministries of Health and partners on the selection, integration, and use of digital health platforms for data collection, analysis, visualization, and action 
• Support development of digital and data governance frameworks, including data sharing, privacy, and security standards 
• Guide improvements to geographic data systems, geo-registries, and spatial analytics to strengthen visualization and decision-making 
• Facilitate strategy discussions on digitalization with donors, governments, and internal PATH teams, translating donor priorities into actionable program designs 
• Strengthen integration and interoperability across health information systems and digital tools 
• Design and manage partnerships to advance digital health innovation within malaria programs 
• Provide team leadership for digital health specialists, including supervision and mentorship of technical staff, and contribute to proposal development and resource mobilization efforts. 
• Represent PATH’s digital health and malaria capabilities internally and externally 

Qualifications and experience 

• 10+ years of experience designing and implementing digital health or health information system programs in low-resource settings.   Requires demonstrated experience in DHIS2 configuration, ETL pipeline construction, and API development, combined with the ability to architect, oversee, and technically guide complex digital health implementations. 
• Advanced understanding of malaria programs or similar health area, disease surveillance, and digital health landscapes, including the use of data and digital tools to support program decision-making. 
• Experience working with a range of digital health platforms and analytics tools, with the ability to assess, integrate, and guide their effective use across diverse program contexts.  
• Requires fluency in dashboard design, data quality concepts, and system performance considerations, with responsibility focused on technical leadership rather than day-to-day operations and development. 
• Strong system design, integration expertise and architecture skills. Includes experience engaging with software development practices (e.g., version control, testing, debugging, performance tuning) at an architectural and review level. 
• Demonstrated ability to engage with emerging digital health and data innovations including AI. 
• Requires focus / Focused on application and program integration rather than direct model development, data annotation, or data engineering. 
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and operate effectively in multidisciplinary environments, including staff supervision, mentoring, and concurrent management of multiple initiatives. 
• Fluency in English and preferably French; willingness to travel up to 30%