Technical Director Interoperability & HIE Architect Jobs – Palladium

Job Title: Technical Director Interoperability & HIE Architect

Organisation: Palladium

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

Job Summary: The Technical Director, Interoperability & HIE Architect provides technical leadership for DART’s national interoperability, HIE operations, digital architecture, standards, and priority integration portfolio. The position works with MOH/DHI and system owners to operationalize MOH-approved architecture and standards across EMRs, DHIS2/eHMIS, eIDSR, eCHIS, laboratory systems, registries, NDWH, NMS/ERP platforms, and other priority systems. The role ensures DART strengthens existing government systems rather than creating parallel platforms.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead technical planning and quality assurance for MOH-approved HIE operations, priority integrations, registries, standards, and architecture decisions
• Guide implementation of standards-based exchanges using HL7 FHIR, OpenHIE/OpenHIM patterns, approved terminology services, and MOH governance processes
• Lead development of integration use cases, interface specifications, architecture decision records, API governance, conformance approaches, and technical roadmaps
• Oversee operationalization of priority data exchange use cases, including supply-chain, EMR, laboratory, surveillance, community, and NDWH data flows
• Guide appropriate use of synchronous APIs and asynchronous event-streaming technologies, including Kafka where approved, while ensuring that governance, security, registries, and audit functions remain in the national HIE architecture
• Supervise and mentor integration, DevOps, data engineering, software development, and technical support staff
• Support DHI-led technical governance forums, standards reviews, architecture reviews, release management, and capacity transfer
• Ensure code, configurations, runbooks, and technical documentation are retained in MOH-controlled repositories and systems
• Contribute to technical reports, milestone evidence packs, risk mitigation, and partner coordination

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Master’s degree in health informatics, computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a related field; equivalent advanced experience may be considered
• At least 10 years of experience in digital health, enterprise architecture, system integration, or national health information systems
• Demonstrated experience with interoperability standards and architecture, including HL7 FHIR, OpenHIE, OpenHIM, APIs, terminology services, and health data exchange
• Experience designing or operating national-scale HIE, EMR, DHIS2, laboratory, supply-chain, or data warehouse integrations
• Strong ability to lead multi-disciplinary technical teams and work effectively with government and vendors
• Excellent English communication and documentation skills

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

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Level of Education: postgraduate degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120