• Company: BroadReach
• Location: Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia
• State: Lusaka
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: IT/Telecom Jobs in Zambia

BroadReach is profoundly focused on improving the health and well-being of underserved populations across the globe. We empower governments, donor groups, NGOs and private companies to operate more efficiently, improving outcomes for people in need with our intelligent solutions: A combination of our people, process and our Vantage platform.

Purpose of the position

The purpose of the role is to have full ownership and accountability for all technology platforms within the IDEAS program. This is a senior project leadership role that will lead and oversee a team of senior, mid-level and junior software developers and software vendor contractors who will be responsible for designing, developing, evaluating and testing the technology platforms related to the National Electronic Health Records System; Interoperability and Integration of various Health Information Systems as well as National Health Data repositories.

Key Accountabilities

Key accountabilities for the role include but are not limited to:

• Delivering high quality product releases per roadmap priorities and desired timelines with an attention to speed
• Ensuring there is a systematic design and architecture process to ensure the right decisions are made for a sustainable and scalable product
• Taking control of and drive all software deliverables
• Partnering with program stakeholders to collaborate on a product plan that delivers continuous innovation and addresses current and future customer and market needs
• Ensuring continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
• Leading a collaborative agile software development process that is fast moving with world class quality
• Creating and delivering presentations as needed to key company and client stakeholders
• Setting clear, measurable quality goals
• Persistently addressing client concerns, and collaborate with program stakeholders to ensure we are addressing client needs and optimising our technology platforms
• Communicating clearly with technology and other functional teams regarding timelines, issues, and plans
• Communicating and celebrating customer success stories that are addressing needs solved by the technology platform
•  Managing all 3rd party software vendor relationships
• Developing clear change plans for the roll out of product enhancements or changes

Qualifications

Essential qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in Computer Science or any technology related field

Desirable qualifications

• Master’s degree

Experience & skills

• 7-10 years in a high growth business developing technology platforms
• Experience designing system architecture, developing, and delivering large scale on-premise products that communicate with central server infrastructure
• Managing multiple complex projects on different life cycles
• Solid experience hiring and developing technical talent
• Exposure to both strategic and operational software development
• Experience in a senior leader role managing and leading software engineering teams
• Experience in managing a software business budget
• Experience in an agile software development environment, understands scrums and lean agile methodologies

Personal qualities & Behavioural competencies

Personal qualities

• Ability to navigate complex, highly political meetings and deliverables
• A passion for innovation
• Flexible and able to drive initiatives and see projects through
• Excellent at internal and external stakeholder management
• Ability to effectively prioritise and plan work
• Be solution focused
• Ability to quickly build rapport and credibility with stakeholders
• Someone who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and dive into the detail.

Behavioural Competencies

• Accountability
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Results Orientation
• Strategic Thinking
• Client Orientation
• Business Acumen
• Developing People

BroadReach Culture Cornerstones

• We serve a mission greater than ourselves
• We do better everyday
• We are solutions driven not problem focused
• We turn all customers into raving fans

How to Apply

Submit your CV to [email protected]