As a Program Officer, Medical Devices you will play a crucial role in shaping and managing a portfolio of critical investments focused on advancing medical device technologies that support improved maternal, neonatal, and women’s health, including devices for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) management, intrapartum monitoring, antenatal care innovations, as well as neonatal care device packages and risk-stratification tools with the potential to improve public health outcomes in high-burden populations. You will collaborate with internal and external partners to drive innovative solutions, making sure that medical devices are designed, tested, and deployed effectively in public health programs.
Responsibilities:
Design, structure, and manage critical grants and contracts for medical device innovation for maternal, neonatal, and women health conditions aligned with India and PST goals.
Identify and select partner institutions and shape scope and strategy for selected grants and contracts to meet selected strategic goals.
Apply milestone-based performance metrics and help with go/no-go decision-making.
Provide technical and strategic support to grantees and contractors, making sure alignment with foundation priorities.
Review interim and final reports; write final evaluation and synthesize and document lessons learned across related grants and contracts.
Collaborate closely with foundation teams in Seattle and ICO on the medical devices for maternal, neonatal, and respiratory health.
Analyze opportunities based on the latest and most innovative thinking in maternal, neonatal, and respiratory health needs to find opportunities for diagnostic investments.
Establish and maintain relationships with key institutions to build ownership and collaboration to help with adoption and scaling of new/innovative products and technologies .
Requirements:
Bachelor’s in Science or Engineering or related fields is required. Advanced degrees like Master’s or PhD is preferred.
Minimum of five years’ experience with preference in medical devices development, regulatory affairs, putting into practice, or market access in India and/or low and middle-income countries (LMICs) contexts.
Deep understanding of medical device product development lifecycle - from concept through validation, regulatory approval, and commercialization.
Familiarity with India’s medical devices policy ecosystem and experience working with relevant agencies (e.g. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India regulatory, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Biodesign programs).
Portfolio and project management skills; ability to structure, oversee and review large-scale grants and contracts advancing medical device technologies.
Excellent analytical thinking and communications skills, including the ability to synthesize evidence into actionable insights, prepare high-quality briefings and analyses for leadership, and public speaking.
Passion for health equity, innovation, and systems change.
