Vice President - Technology - NCG-KCDO KOITA CENTRE FOR DIGITAL ONCOLOGY (KCDO) AT NATIONAL CANCER GRID (NCG) Designation: Vice President, Technology, 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: Responsible for providing technology leadership to NCG and NCG centres. Engage with NCG centres to provide requisite support. Key responsibilities will include: - Digital Solution Landscape: Assess existing and new oncology solutions and stay abreast of emerging technology trends in industry. - Digital Transformation Roadmap: Engage clinical and technology leadership of NCG centres to co-design/co-create digital health transformation roadmap - Digital Health Solution Selection: Conduct digital health solution pilots and identify solutions or empanel solutions for NCG centres e.g., EMR, telemedicine. - Digital Asset Library: Develop a comprehensive library of digital health solutions/best practices and design education materials to help train NCG centers on digital transformation. - Digital Standards: Define common standards (interoperability, privacy, security, etc.) and data/analytic models in alignment with policy guidance/regulatory requirements. - NCG Centre Engagement: Engage closely with NCG centres and build strong relationship with technology leadership to help drive digital adoption. - NCG technology: Drive NCG internal technology initiatives and operations e.g., enterprise data warehousing, analytics, AI/ML - Strategic Execution: Develop and drive short-term (1 yr.), medium-term (2-3 yr.) and long-term (5 yr.) roadmap for technology supporting digital transformation DESIRED PROFILE: Industry Experience and Qualifications: - Senior professional with 15+ years of experience in technology, data management and digital transformation - Minimum 3 years of experience in healthcare industry in senior positions with solid understanding of healthcare specific technologies and data standards - Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent degree preferred. Skills and Attributes: - Proven track record in leading teams and organizations through digital transformations at scale - Demonstrated experience in building and growing trust-based relationships with senior professionals at public and/or private hospitals - Strong desire to contribute to social impact at scale with a long-term view - Deep understanding of technology including mobile, cloud, AI/ML/deep tech, open source, service-oriented architecture and microservices - Solid understanding of data structures and standards including data management, data privacy and security, data interoperability and data analytics - 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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Vice President - Technology - Digital Oncology Centre 

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