Senior Program Manager - NCG-KCDO KOITA CENTRE FOR DIGITAL ONCOLOGY (KCDO) AT NATIONAL CANCER GRID (NCG) Designation: Senior Program Manager, NCG-KCDO Reporting to: CEO, NCG-KCDO ABOUT NATIONAL CANCER GRID (NCG): The National Cancer Grid is a network of major cancer centres, research institutes, patient groups, and charitable institutions across India with the mandate of establishing uniform standards of cancer care with initiatives for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer, providing specialized training and education in oncology and facilitating collaborative basic, translational, and clinical research in cancer with commitment for data sharing. Currently NCG has more than 270 members centres, including some of the largest cancer hospitals in the country. Together, NCG hospitals support over 60% of cancer patients across India. ABOUT KOITA FOUNDATION: Koita Foundation (www.koitafoundation.org) is a not-for-profit organization focused on driving Digital Health and NGO Transformation. KF partners with leading academic institutions, hospitals, healthcare technology companies, and NGOs to drive Digital Health adoption in India. In 2021, KF partnered with IIT Bombay, India's #1 academic institution, to establish the Koita Centre for Digital Health (www.kcdh.iitb.ac.in). KF is working on multiple Digital Health initiative on a national scale e.g., working with Government of India's ABDM initiative (www.abdm.gov.in) on their national rollout, working with NABH (www.nabh.co), India's large accreditation body for hospitals, to support their digital health initiatives. KCDO BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: Cancer care is changing rapidly worldwide and use of digital tools and technologies are key in driving this change - improving quality, access, and cost of care. Digital technologies are being used across the entire patient journey - screening, diagnostics, treatment, home care and survivorship. Digital technologies are being used for cancer care to: - Provide tools for clinicians (incl. clinical decision support, evidence-based guidelines, image analytics & AI/ML, personalized medicine) - Enable integrated care for patients (incl. cancer screening, telemedicine, remote monitoring, medication adherence, patient engagement, patient education) - Track quality of care delivery (clinical quality metrics, patient reported outcomes) - Share data, patient care and best practices across health facilities (incl. data interoperability, disease registries) - Engage with companies to build/test new solutions (incl. research, clinical trial automation, patient matching, real-world evidence, AI/ML) - Collaborate with insurance companies and government (incl. health policy, reimbursements) NCG and Koita Foundation created a long-term partnership to establish the Koita Centre for Digital Oncology (KCDO), with the aim of using digital health tools to improve cancer care across NCG and NCG hospitals. KCDO KEY FOCUS AREAS: KCDO's focus areas include: - Quality: Leverage digital technology to improve cancer treatment workflows and patient experience e.g., clinical quality measures, guideline adherence, patient engagement, AI/ML. - Affordability: Identify areas for cost reduction using digital health technology, data sharing etc., to make cancer care more affordable e.g., cost of care benchmarking. - Access: Leverage digital technology to improve access to high-quality cancer care esp. in non-urban / rural areas e.g., tele-medicine and delivery of decentralized care. - Productivity: Leverage digital tools and automation to improve the clinical and administrative workflows, reducing the manual and redundant activities. - Best Practices: Identify and share best practices in digital technology across NCG hospitals and global best practices. - Training / Capacity Building: Use Digital health tools for continuous learning / skill development different user groups (e.g., doctors, nurses, technicians, radiology techs). - R&D: Partner with Healthcare Start-ups and other organizations to drive R&D in cancer, and to help monetize research in NCG. EXPECTED ROLE: - Drive programs and technology initiatives across NCG and NCG centers and measure, track, and report outcomes - NCG EMR Initiative: Build strong relationships with empaneled EMR vendors, assist early adopter hospitals in implementation and validate interoperability between empaneled EMRs. - TMH/TMC Initiatives: Identify key TMH/TMC solutions, complete solution re-design /enhancements to meet NCG needs and develop playbook to accelerate roll-out. - New Solution Pilots: Support pilots of new solutions at interested NCG centers and support roadmap development to integrate deployed solutions with existing systems. - Program Management and Governance: Institute project management discipline with NCG centers and solution vendors and ensure capacity building for sustainability of solutions. - Outcomes Measurement: Create a business case and performance scorecard for each program, drive rigor in measurement and publish output/outcomes. - Team Building & Engagement: Develop strong team with expertise in digital solution implementation and capacity building; Establish strong relationships with internal champions. - Operations & Research: Support NCG internal digital transformation and KCDO organization development; Research successful program implementations and compile best practices. DESIRED PROFILE: Industry Experience and Qualifications: - Senior professional with 8+ years of experience in driving and managing program execution across a portfolio of projects. - Minimum 3 years of experience in the healthcare industry with direct involvement in technology project implementation and governance - Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent degree preferred. Skills and Attributes: - Proven track record in leading teams and organizations to achieve business objectives through technology implementations. - Demonstrated experience in building multi-level relationships with clinical and business teams at public and/or private hospitals. - Strong desire to contribute to social impact at scale with a long-term view. - Solid understanding of internal/external motivations, decision making process and organizational cultures to constructively drive change management. - Excellent communication skills (spoken and written), strong program management experience, business orientation and ability to drive data driven decision making. LOCATION: MUMBAI

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Senior Program Manager - Digital Oncology Centre 

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