Digital Supply Chain Technical Lead

The Lead will guide the assessment of Ethiopia’s existing digital supply chain ecosystem, development of the future-state architecture and implementation roadmap, and design and implementation of priority digital integration pilots. The position will ensure solutions are scalable, user-centered, aligned with Ethiopia’s national digital health architecture and strategies, and designed for sustainable government ownership.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Digital Supply Chain Architecture and Technical Leadership

• Lead the assessment and mapping of Ethiopia’s digital supply chain ecosystem, including systems, data flows, interoperability, infrastructure, and key gaps.

• Lead development of the  future-state digital supply chain architecture and implementation roadmap, a ligned with national digital health strategies and architecture.

• Provide technical leadership for interoperability, system integration, data exchange standards, master data and registries, and integration of existing transactional supply chain systems.

• Ensure digital solutions strengthen existing government platforms and processes rather than create duplicative or parallel systems.

• Guide the design, configuration, integration, testing, and implementation of priority digital solutions and pilots to improve end-to-end commodity visibility.

• Identify opportunities to apply advanced analytics, automation, AI, and digital decision-support tools to improve forecasting, inventory management, commodity availability, and supply chain decision-making.

Implementation, Data Use, and Government Ownership

• Work with supply chain and government counterparts to ensure digital solutions address priority operational and user needs at national, regional, and facility levels.

• Support improvements in data quality, availability, visualization, and routine use of supply chain data for operational and strategic decision-making.

• Develop technical standards, documentation, specifications, and guidance necessary to support implementation, interoperability, scale-up, and sustainability.

• Build the capacity of government technical teams to manage, maintain, adapt, and govern digital supply chain systems and integrations.

• Support evaluation of pilot solutions and translate findings into recommendations and requirements for sustainable scale-up.

• Support progressive transfer of technical knowledge, tools, and system-management responsibilities to appropriate government institutions.

Coordination and Technical Management

• Work closely with the Ministry of Health, Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service (EPSS), Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs), Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA), and other relevant government stakeholders.

• Coordinate with technology vendors, implementing partners, donors, local organizations, and other digital health initiatives to promote interoperability, alignment, and efficient use of existing investments.

• Provide technical oversight and quality assurance for digital health consultants, technology partners, and subcontractors.

• Document and disseminate technical results, lessons learned, and recommendations from digital supply chain implementation.

• Contribute to project work planning, monitoring, reporting, learning, and adaptive management.
• Other duties as required.

• Postgraduate degree in digital health, health informatics, information systems, computer science, engineering, supply chain management, public health, or related field required.

• 7+ years of relevant professional experience designing and implementing digital health, digital supply chain, health information, or related technology solutions in low- and middle-income countries.

• Demonstrated expertise in enterprise or solution architecture, interoperability, system integration, data exchange standards, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), master data/registries, and digital health governance.

• Demonstrated experience with digital supply chain or logistics management information systems and applying technology to improve commodity visibility, inventory management, forecasting, distribution, or supply chain performance.

• Experience designing, piloting, integrating, and scaling digital solutions within public-sector health systems.

• Strong understanding of user-centered design and the organizational, workflow, and change-management requirements associated with successful digital transformation.

• Experience with data analytics, visualization, automation, AI-enabled analytics, and/or digital decision-support tools strongly preferred.

• Professional experience in Ethiopia’s digital health and/or health supply chain ecosystem strongly preferred.

• Experience working with the Government of Ethiopia, preferably including the Ministry of Health, EPSS, RHBs, and/or EFDA, strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with government technical teams, software developers/vendors, supply chain specialists, donors, and implementing partners.

• Strong technical leadership, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

• Fluency in English required. Professional proficiency in Amharic or another Ethiopian language strongly preferred.

• Candidates currently based in Ethiopia and/or candidates that have work authorization for Ethiopia strongly preferred.