Implementation Project Manager, Better Immunization Data

Tracking Code

6343

Job Description

PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health. 

The Better Immunization Data (BID) Initiative’s strategy is based on the premise that better data, plus better decisions, will lead to better health outcomes. Its vision is to empower countries to enhance immunization and overall health service delivery through improved data collection, quality, and use. The BID Initiative will shine a light on the challenges surrounding data collection, quality, and use, and identify practical, country-owned, country-led solutions in immunization that could spread to other health interventions. The Initiative will partner with countries and global health stakeholders to develop and deploy a holistic and scalable approach that focuses on information system products, data management policies, and the practices of people that use them in order to enable evidence-based decision making. These components will be packaged into a replicable solution that can be easily and cost-effectively adapted by additional countries interested in using it to improve their immunization management. If successful, a true tipping point will occur—one in which countries can access, analyze, and act upon accurate immunization data—anytime, anywhere, resulting in improved immunization outcomes.

The BID Initiative Implementation Project Manager will play a key role in leading a successful implementation of BID Initiative, meeting timelines and budget requirements. They will be responsible for planning, organizing, and prioritizing of project tasks and resources with the technical team of the BID Initiative to bring about the successful completion of milestones and objectives.

This position will report to the BID Initiative Country Director and will be based in Arusha for at least the first year, with local and possibly international travel.

Job responsibilities will include:

• Developing and coordinating project tasks, managing timelines, maintaining project plans to meet implementation goals, and communicating status to the Country Director.  
• Estimating resource requirements, organizing the work and the technical team, coordinating project execution, and tracking and reporting progress and issues.
• Ensure that technical quality and standards are maintained during project implementation.
• Responsible for detecting potential issues and implementing solutions when issues threaten to delay the timeline or impact budget or business operations.
• Providing key technical support to BID Tanzania team to ensure they understand and are able to follow best practices regarding:
  • Project management
  • User centered design
  • Documentation of design and modifications of all interventions
  • Test plan development and testing processes
  • Overseeing the implementation of BID Initiative in Tanzania to ensure developed interventions both fulfil the local needs for Tanzania and packaged for other countries.
  • Monitor software development processes using the agile methodology, including the setup of processes and systems to monitor and guide activities (such as dashboards, basic reports, etc.) and developing templates for reporting to a wide variety of stakeholders at the local and global levels.
  • Work with project teams to identify and address national level infrastructure and IT structures and processes that must be in place to maintain systems related to the work of the BID Initiative.

Required Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in introducing new practices and work in mentoring and coaching others to implement the practices
• Strong Project Management skills
• Advanced computer skills using Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong critical thinking skills and interpersonal skills
• Complex planning capability with experience in implementation; risk management; communications management; project organization; change control
• Issue documentation and escalation in both internal and customer organizations, ability to delegate to and hold accountable project team members, identify and execute key decisions
• Must have independent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to appropriately prioritize competing tasks
• Ability to work independently and as a team member in a cross cultural environment
• Enthusiasm, energy, good judgment and sense of humor
• Effective time management and able to work under time pressures
• Ability to communicate with people at different levels of the healthcare system
• Fluency in Swahili
• Able to communicate (oral and written) in English

Required Experience

• Masters Degree in project management, information systems, business, public health or equivalent.
• At least 5 years experience with large scale implementation is required, preferably ICT implementation.
• Knowledge with primary health service delivery in a variety of urban and rural environments and understanding of immunization-related terminology and concepts will be an added advantage.
• Experience in an international organization or in a multicultural environment, preferably with a health or development focus, is desirable.

Must have legal authorization to work in Tanzania.

PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Location

Arusha, , Tanzania

Implementation Project Manager, Better Immunization Data