Healthcare Program Functional Consultant (Vaccination SME)

About the role

We are looking for a Vaccination Subject Matter Expert to provide functional expertise on immunization registries and vaccination workflows. The role will design, configure, and optimise Immunization Information Systems (IIS) while ensuring compliance with interoperability standards and reporting requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Own functional configuration of immunisation registry workflows, including vaccine ordering, population management, deduplication and ambiguous ID handling.
• Define HL7 VXU/ACK message mappings, validation rules and vocabulary usage (CVX, MVX) with integration teams.
• Develop specifications for FHIR R4 Immunisation resources and related APIs.
• Validate reports and dashboards for coverage, completeness and adherence metrics.
• Support data‑science teams in defining features and labels for vaccination forecasting and risk‑scoring models.
• Lead user‑acceptance testing, stakeholder demonstrations and end‑user training.
• Serve as Level‑3 escalation point for vaccination‑related functional issues.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, vaccine schedules and operational documentation.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Nursing, Health Informatics, Pharmacy or related field (Master’s preferred).
• Minimum 8 years experience in immunisation programmes, vaccination registries or vaccine management systems.
• Hands‑on experience with one or more Immunisation Information Systems.
• Strong knowledge of national or regional vaccination programmes and registries.
• Fluent English; Arabic proficiency highly preferred.
• Experience in GCC or Middle‑East public‑health environments is an advantage.

Required skills

• Immunisation Information Systems (IIS)
• HL7 v2.x VXU/ACK standards
• CVX and MVX vocabularies
• FHIR R4 – Immunisation, Patient, Encounter resources
• Power BI, SSRS or Tableau
• Python and machine‑learning notebooks (optional)