Technology Lead, NCG-KCDO

Reporting to : VP or SVP of Technology, NCG-KCDO

Job / Role Description :

Provide technology assistance to NCG and NCG centers, enable digital solution deployment, and provide support across the digital transformation journey.

• Digital Solution Requirements : Gather requirements for prioritized digital solutions including technical and functional specifications.
• Digital Solution Selection : Conduct due diligence on potential solutions to identify appropriate solutions for prioritized areas.
• Digital Solution Deployment : Support development and roll-out of selected digital health solutions including pilot projects.
• NCG Centre Engagement : Engage closely with technology leadership of NCG centres and their technology vendors to help drive digital adoption.
• Digital Standards : Define common standards (interoperability, privacy, security, etc.) and data/analytic models in alignment with policy guidance/regulatory requirements.
• NCG Technology Operations : Manage NCG internal technology initiatives and operations e.g., enterprise data warehousing, analytics, AI/ML.

Key Focus Areas :

• EMR Initiative : NCG-KCDO has empanelled 6 national scale HMIS/EMR vendors and customized their product to meet the unique needs for oncology that has been well received among the NCG community with over 20 NCG hospitals in the implementation process. The team is working on interoperability to enable electronic transfer of patients health records from one hospital/doctor to another to ensure continuity of care.
• Teleconsultation Initiative : NCG-KCDO is launching two pilots at TMH (Tata Memorial Hospital) that will facilitate teleconsultation calls with cancer patients using an oncology specific telemedicine platform with an assisted model where a junior doctor will provide a case summary to the oncologist to improve the efficiency of such calls and design the operating model for a national scale teleconsultation solution across the NCG network.
• AI/ML Initiative : NCG-KCDO is working on developing a comprehensive framework to advance oncology innovation through AI-ML solutions that will help promote the use of proven AI-ML solutions across NCG hospitals, accelerate the development of new AI-ML solutions by health tech companies, and transform cancer care by leveraging AI-ML technologies.
• Web/Mobile Apps : NCG-KCDO is working on developing (a) the NCG Patient App, a comprehensive resource for patients and the general public to learn about cancer prevention, detection, and care across every stage of the cancer journey and (b) the NCG Connect App, a comprehensive resource for NCG centres and doctors to collaborate and exchange information across a broad range of topics.
• Clinical Decision Support : NCG-KCDO is supporting the development of clinical decision making tools that can help clinicians with better information at the point of care in making clinical decisions such as Synoptic Reporting for Pathology, NCG Clinical Guidelines automation for driving standardization in care and Virtual Tumor Board Library for training and treatment planning.

Requirements:

Industry Experience and Qualifications

• Experienced professional with 8+ years of progressive growth and experience in technology, data management, and digital transformation.
• Healthcare industry experience in care delivery organizations (hospitals/clinics/remote care) or technology companies servicing such organizations or public health organizations.
• Solid understanding of healthcare-specific technologies and data standards highly preferred.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Information Technology, or a related field required; Technology related certifications highly preferred.

Skills and Attributes:

• Proficiency in at least two or more programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, C#, JavaScript, Go, Ruby) and in database technologies like SQL (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Redis) with good understanding of database design, optimization, and scalability.
• Experience with API design, including RESTful services along with a strong understanding of system interoperability and middleware.
• Experience creating detailed architecture diagrams, design documents, and technical specifications.
• Good understanding of data structures and standards, including data management, data privacy and security, data interoperability, and data analytics.
• Broad understanding of technology, including mobile, cloud, AI/ML/deep tech, open source, service-oriented architecture, and micro services.
• Strong desire to contribute to social impact at scale with a long-term view. High degree of resilience and intrinsic motivation to drive things forward, especially in the face of challenges.
• Ability to be hands-on and work as an individual contributor or in small teams with demonstrated capacity for out-of-the-box thinking.
• Comfortable working in a government organization as part of a collaborative network and effectively navigating the operational processes to deliver results.
• Ability in building and growing trust-based relationships with technical and clinical professionals at public and/or private hospitals.
• Excellent communication skills (spoken and written), strong program management skills and business orientation with the ability to drive data-driven decision-making.

Employment Details:

• Position : Full-time project based position employed by Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) with a renewable tenure of 2 years
• Location : Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai (No work from home provision)
• Timings : Monday to Friday (8.25 hrs) and any one Saturday in a month (5 hrs.)
• Leaves and Holidays : 15 days leave allowance every 6 months; 15-17 national holidays (includes weekend holidays where applicable).
• Benefits : Health insurance or provident fund is not included