Public Health Informatics Project Manager (Data)

TL;DR

Public Health Informatics Project Manager (Data): Designing, implementing, and coordinating data and surveillance activities for public health programs with an accent on ensuring data systems, analytics, and workflows are robust, feasible, and aligned with national needs. Focus on guiding the development of intuitive, reliable, and scalable user-facing and back-end components and translating operational needs into system specifications.

Location: Onsite in Cambridge, MA, USA with willingness to travel internationally (~25%).

Salary: $83,000–$116,333/yr

Company

hirify.global is a leading biomedical research institution focused on understanding and treating human disease.

What you will do

• Serve as project manager for Sentinel Connect implementation across several countries, ensuring activities remain on schedule and aligned with program objectives.
• Map workflows and user needs across diagnostic, clinical, and surveillance activities to understand data flows and identify improvement opportunities.
• Define system requirements and guide solution design for back-end data structures, databases, and intuitive front-end components.
• Provide advisory support on data privacy, ethics, and governance related to Sentinel data collection and use.
• Cultivate strong working relationships with ministries of health, implementation partners, and internal teams, ensuring clear communication and coordination.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in public health informatics, epidemiology, data science, public health, or a related field.
• Minimum three years of working experience in a related field, ideally in infectious disease.
• Experience supporting and building relationships with ministries of health and/or working in low-resource settings.
• Demonstrated ability to map workflows, gather user requirements, and translate operational needs into system specifications.
• Familiarity with data architectures, databases, concepts of interoperability, and digital health tools.
• Strong communication, organizational, stakeholder, and project management skills.
• Willingness to travel internationally (~25%) to support partner needs and field work.

Nice to have

• Ability to conduct basic epidemiological analyses on collected clinical and surveillance data.
• Understanding of data governance, privacy, and ethical considerations in public health.
• Prior involvement in proposal development and donor reporting.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• At least 13 paid holidays, winter closure, paid time off, parental and family care leave.
• Employee assistance program.
• Opportunity to thrive in a fast-moving, collaborative, mission-driven environment.