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Karya · 3 months ago

Health Program Lead

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Karya is a company on a mission to provide AI enabled earning and learning opportunities to economically underserved communities. They are seeking an experienced Health Program Lead to build and lead their healthcare data vertical, focusing on the design, execution, and advocacy of projects that source high-quality healthcare datasets from across India.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine Learning

Responsibilities

Lead Health Program Development

Build Karya’s Healthcare Practice from the ground up, defining its vision, roadmap, and team structure

Identify high-impact healthcare data opportunities aligned with Karya’s mission and client needs

Government & Institutional Advocacy

Represent Karya with central, state, and district administrations, public health missions, and research bodies

Lead grant and proposal development for large-scale health data projects

Healthcare Workflow & Dataset Design

Apply healthcare domain expertise to design data annotation and collection workflows for diverse healthcare use cases (clinical conversations, health record annotation, diagnostics, etc.)

Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ensure healthcare datasets meet scientific and ethical standards

Field & Workforce Engagement

Mobilize, onboard, and train a wide range of healthcare workers — from rural ASHAs to urban clinicians and specialists — to participate in data collection and annotation projects

Leads the process of acquiring and maintaining certifications, approvals, and institutional registrations required for healthcare data projects (such as DSIR, or IRB/ethics clearances), ensuring all programs meet national compliance standards

Oversee end-to-end project delivery for high priority healthcare projects, from scoping and planning to execution and evaluation

Qualification

Public health expertiseHealthcare data managementDigital health solutionsGovernment advocacyProgram leadershipStakeholder engagementTrainingMobilizationStrategic planningTeam management

Required

7–10 years of experience in public health, health systems strengthening, or digital health program implementation

Prior experience working with or within National Health Mission, state health departments, or development partners such as the WHO

Exposure to AI-driven or digital health solutions — e.g., using technology for health data capture, telemedicine, or decision-support tools

Demonstrated ability to translate health policy objectives into actionable, scalable field programs

A professional qualification in medicine, dentistry, public health, or health management (MBBS, BDS, MPH, MBA – Health Management, or equivalent) preferred

Formal training in digital health, health systems, or implementation research is a strong plus

Skilled at engaging senior bureaucrats, public-sector health leaders, and donors to secure buy-in for new health data initiatives

Able to design, operationalize, and monitor large-scale health programs spanning multiple states and partners

Understands the intersection of healthcare delivery and emerging technologies such as AI and data annotation; comfortable collaborating with engineers and data scientists to design clinically sound workflows

Experienced in training and mobilizing diverse cadres — from ASHA and ANM workers to specialists and public health officers