Medic Mobile Senior Project Manager Jobs in Uganda

Medic Mobile Senior Project Manager Jobs in Uganda

The position of the Senior Project Manager involves managing multiple complex projects and external stakeholders to optimally design and deploy digital health apps built on the Community Health Toolkit (CHT).

Additionally, it involves working in an agile environment alongside and coordinating with a dynamic, multi-skilled, multi-cultural teams of developers, designers, health systems specialists, data scientists and engineers to operationalize organizational and program strategy through project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Strategy

Support in country landscape analyses to inform organizational strategy, expansion and product growth opportunities.

Contribute to the development and operationalization of programme, country and partner strategies based on partner & ecosystem needs alongside Medic’s strategic goals.

Project and Relationship Management

Lead the scoping, budgeting and implementation of applications built on the CHT core framework, with a focus on operational excellence and overall quality.

Coordinate a project squad that includes a Service Designer, Application Developer, Product team representative among others in the delivery pipeline.

Proactively identify and manage project stakeholders, resources and scope, risks and uncertainties and building and implementing contingency and mitigation plans

Develop and maintain high quality technical outputs such as progress and funder reports, presentations, for both internal & external stakeholders.

Together with the Community Team, coordinate local ownership of CHT projects through development/ enhancement of training content and capacity building of local resources within partner organizations

Continuously review existing products along with changing partner and user needs and champion the development of new features that improve the product and its performance to the expected user.

Lead quality assurance of the project delivery pipeline to ensure a delightful up to date CHT application, sufficient infrastructure readiness to support deployment and scale, and skilled partner personnel to provide in-country support and eventual ownership if the the project

Lead in the end user training process and proactively monitor engagement with the CHT application for universal health care.

Stakeholder management

Lead in project stakeholders mapping i.e. development organizations, governments, funding partners, technical partners etc and defining their role(s) in the project/ ecosystem and contribution to health impact.

Build a strong rapport with stakeholders and embed within existing coordination mechanisms for efficient project delivery.

Partnerships and fundraising

Support in ecosystem building, strategizing, conceptualization and advocacy with government and other players

Proactively identify and steward new partnership opportunities that are aligned with programme strategy.

Support in restricted grant writing, proposals with revenue goals

Communications

Support in internal and external communications of program team activities in the relevant region,

which could include but is not limited to:

Contribute to regular externally facing documentation such as blog, abstracts, human impact stories for increased visibility

Represent Medic in conferences and events to share learnings and build the CHT community

Support External Affairs team in developing quarterly and annual reports

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

5+ years of experience leading teams, either in digital health deployment, project management, product management, software development, technical operations, or a relevant area

Demonstrated history of delivering high-quality results on schedule and within budget

Outstanding and effective interpersonal skills paired with strong written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to translate technical jargon into partner-appropriate fluid conversation

Experience working in social impact programmes and specifically programmes designed for marginalized communities

Experience in engaging with government stakeholders at all levels - senior officials to frontline health workers

Cultural sensitivity and adaptability to changing contexts and communication styles

Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities, analyze problems, and find resolution to emerging issues at strategic and functional levels

Self-motivated results-oriented team player, who also can coordinate and lead dynamic teams, some remote or global that spans multiple time zones

Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, demanding, and sometimes unstructured environment

Strong understanding of the eHealth / mHealth ecosystem

Passionate about healthcare being delivered as a human right

Fluent in English (written and spoken) and one other regional language

PMP, Prince2 or an equivalent certification in Agile Project Management

Legally eligible to work in Uganda.

Bonus Experience

Demonstrated deep understanding of human-centered design principles and methodologies

Experience with configuration management and release management

General understanding of cloud-based technology, open-source software, development processes, and databases

Working knowledge of monitoring or evaluation of technology/social innovation projects, knowledge of best practices in the field

Familiarity with the health systems in East Africa, and experience working with marginalized communities in social impact programmes in the region

Fluent in French (written and spoken)

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Medic Mobile Senior Project Manager Jobs in Uganda

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