Team Lead, Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN)
Overview
Serve as WHO's managerial and strategic lead for the Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN), overseeing its governance, financial mechanisms, and technical robustness.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee governance, financial and consensus mechanisms for the GDHCN.
- Lead the organization and secretariat function of the GDHCN Scientific Advisory Group (SAG).
- Design, establish, and update standard operating procedures (SOPs), minimum datasets, policies, and operating rules for GDHCN use cases.
- Collaborate on the design, validation, and maintenance of GDHCN infrastructure, ensuring alignment with interoperability standards.
- Ensure the technical and operational robustness of the GDHCN.
- Collaborate to ensure interoperability with digital health wallets, electronic health records, and public health systems.
- Develop and oversee strategies for the long-term financial sustainability of the GDHCN.
- Engage in resource mobilization and donor coordination.
- Provide technical input on financial models.
- Build political and institutional buy-in among WHO Member States, regional bodies, and multilateral organizations.
- Facilitate partnerships with health authorities, technology providers, standards development organizations, and implementation partners.
- Serve as a technical liaison across WHO departments.
- Ensure the scientific credibility and data protection principles of the GDHCN are upheld.
- Monitor performance and uptime of the GDHCN infrastructure.
- Lead the continuous improvement of the trust network.
Required Experience
At least 10 years of experience in digital health or digital public infrastructure, including 5 years working with low- and middle-income countries and global interoperability standards such as HL7 FHIR and IPS. Demonstrated leadership in managing complex digital health systems, trust frameworks, and multi-stakeholder governance. Proven ability in strategic planning, policy development, and resource mobilization with international partners is essential. Experience in implementation of financial sustainability models, SMART Guidelines, and engagement with ministries of health, UN agencies, and global digital health communities. Demonstrated experience at the international level. Experience with national or regional trust frameworks, digital verification systems, and open-source digital health tools is highly valued. Contributions to global standards communities (e.g., HL7, OpenHIE), and leadership in digital health projects in humanitarian or cross-border contexts. Familiarity with verifiable credentials, digital wallets, and health data governance frameworks. Additional value includes published work, participation in global digital health forums, and professional experience across multiple WHO regions.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master's level or higher) in a relevant field such as health informatics, computer science, mathematics, public health, engineering, biomedical sciences, health policy, or information systems. A PhD in one of the above mentioned fields. Additional training or certification in digital health interoperability standards (e.g., HL7 FHIR, IHE, PKI), cybersecurity, enterprise architecture. Completion of recognized professional courses in project management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) is an asset.