Job Overview The Innovation Analyst identifies, evaluates, and supports the development of innovative digital ideas, technologies, and solutions. This role conducts research, analyses trends, and helps translate concepts into viable pilots or programs. Key Responsibilities • Research emerging digital health trends, technologies (AI, IoT, blockchain, etc.), and global best practices relevant to Pakistan. • Support idea intake, screening, and feasibility assessments for innovation proposals. • Assist in designing and managing pilot projects, including data collection and impact evaluation. • Prepare reports, case studies, and presentations on innovation opportunities and out-comes. • Collaborate with program teams, startups, and external experts to refine solutions. • Maintain innovation databases and contribute to knowledge management. • Support grant writing and proposal development for innovation initiatives. Qualifications & Skills • Bachelor's and/or master's in health informatics, data science, public health, medicine (MBBS) biomedical engineering, business, economics, and/or other related discipline. • Strong analytical and research skills; familiarity with data tools and trend analysis. • 3–5 years of experience in the relevant field of research, coordination and analytical skills. • Knowledge of healthcare challenges in Pakistan and digital innovation methodologies. • Good writing, presentation, and teamwork abilities.
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Job Overview The Program Lead designs, manages, and delivers strategic programs that advance digital health innovation. This role translates the lab’s vision into actionable initiatives, coordinates cross-functional teams, and ensures programs achieve measurable health and innovation outcomes. Key Responsibilities • Lead end-to-end planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of assigned digi-tal health programmes and strategic initiatives. • Collaborate with government stakeholders, development partners, technical teams, advi-sory boards & subsequent subgroups and ecosystem actors to define programme objec-tives, KPIs, implementation roadmaps, timelines, and budgets. • Conduct thematic area-wise nationwide workshops to develop consensus on the way forward. • Conduct regular scrum and coordination meetings with Digital Innovation Lab team for Health and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment, accountability, and timely execution of deliverables. • Organize, coordinate, and present programme updates, strategic reviews, and progress reports during Change Advisory Board (CAB), Key Discovery in Data (KDD) and other Progress Update meetings and other governance forums involving the leadership of the Digital Innovation Lab and PDA. • Manage programme teams, implementation partners, consultants, vendors, and external collaborators to ensure high-quality and timely delivery of outcomes. • Identify opportunities for integration and synergy across projects and lead the scale-up and institutionalization of successful pilots and innovation initiatives. • Monitor programme performance, implementation risks, dependencies, and impact indi-cators; proactively address bottlenecks and prepare comprehensive reports for leadership and stakeholders. • Facilitate stakeholder engagement, knowledge-sharing sessions, capacity-building initia-tives, workshops, and strategic consultations with public and private sector entities. • Ensure programme alignment with national digital health priorities, public sector reform agendas, and relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). • Design and oversee innovation, incubation, and acceleration programmes in coordina-tion with the startup and incubation ecosystem, including outreach, calls for applica-tions, evaluation processes, mentoring frameworks, and partnership development. • Organize innovation showcases, demo days, pitch events, and ecosystem networking en-gagements to strengthen collaboration and promote emerging digital health solutions. • Ensure meaningful and strategic representation of the Digital Innovation Lab core team in meetings, consultations, and engagements with relevant Ministries, Departments, pro-vincial entities, and development partners. • Oversee and validate the centralized repository of commitments, action items, and stra-tegic deliverables of the Innovation Lab, ensuring execution within agreed timelines and governance frameworks. • Travel nationwide, when required, to support programme implementation, resolve oper-ational challenges, accelerate decision-making, and facilitate escalations with senior leadership and government stakeholders where necessary. • Manage formal and informal communication channels and stakeholder relationships across government institutions, private sector organizations, academia, startups, and de-velopment partners. Qualifications & Skills • Bachelor's/master's degree in health informatics, public health, medicine (MBBS), busi-ness, economics, project management and/or related field. • Minimum 6+ years of experience managing complex programs in health, digital innova-tion, or development sectors. • Verifiable experience in the public sector of conceiving, designing and implementing large scale programs in the related vertical. • Strong project/program management skills with proven ability to deliver results in mul-ti-stakeholder environments. • Knowledge of digital health technologies and Pakistan’s health ecosystem. • Excellent leadership, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
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Job Overview The PMO (Project Management Office) Analyst supports effective governance, tracking, and reporting of all projects and programs within the Digital Health Innovation Lab. This role ensures timely delivery, risk management, and data-driven decision-making across innovation initiatives. Key Responsibilities • Collect, consolidate, and analyse project and programme data from various teams to monitor implementation progress, budgets, timelines, risks, and key performance indica-tors (KPIs). • Facilitate effective coordination and communication with Federal and Provincial Minis-tries, Departments, attached entities, and partner organizations to ensure alignment and timely execution of initiatives. • Maintain continuous liaison with relevant stakeholders and ensure appropriate represen-tation and coordination of the Digital Innovation Lab for Health across engagements, meetings, and collaborative forums nationwide. • Develop and maintain a centralized tracking mechanism for commitments, action items, deliverables, and decisions, ensuring adherence to agreed timelines and accountability frameworks. • Undertake travel, as required, to support programme implementation, monitor opera-tional progress, conduct stakeholder engagements, and evaluate performance against de-fined objectives and KPIs. • Manage formal and informal communication channels with stakeholders across the gov-ernment, private sector, academia, and development ecosystem. • Develop and maintain executive dashboards, analytical reports, presentations, briefing materials, and data visualizations for senior leadership and governance forums. • Support the development, implementation, and standardization of PMO processes, gov-ernance frameworks, reporting structures, templates, and project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Asana, Trello, or equivalent systems). • Monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and implementation bottlenecks; proactively identify gaps and support mitigation and corrective action planning. • Assist in work planning, resource coordination, milestone tracking, and compliance with programme governance and reporting requirements. • Draft periodic progress reports, meeting minutes, status updates, lessons learned docu-mentation, and impact assessment reports for internal and external stakeholders. • Contribute towards continuous improvement initiatives aimed at strengthening PMO op-erations, reporting quality, operational efficiency, and institutional knowledge manage-ment. • Coordinate with Advisory Board for Digital Innovation Lab for Health and facilitate ses-sions for sub-groups. Qualifications & Skills • Bachelor's degree in project management, business, economics, data analytics/ computer science and/or related field (PMP or similar certification preferred). • 3–5 years of experience in PMO, project coordination, or data analysis roles, preferably in health or innovation programs. • Proficiency in data analysis tools (Excel, Power BI, Tableau) and project management software. • Strong analytical, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
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