[Hiring] Director, FHIR Technical Ecosystem @HL7 International

Role Description

The Director, FHIR Technical Ecosystem provides sustained and resilient ownership of FHIR's technical foundations, including tooling, validation, publication infrastructure, and implementation-guide framework.

Working under the direction of the FHIR Product Director, the Director ensures the technical machinery of FHIR remains dependable and that knowledge is documented and distributed. Key responsibilities include:

• Set direction, resourcing, and resilience strategy for FHIR tooling and infrastructure.
• Ensure tooling and infrastructure are actively maintained with no critical component dependent on a single person.
• Provide direction for the integrated set of infrastructure for standards development.
• Own the implementation-guide authoring framework and quality expectations.
• Establish documented practices and reduce dependence on any single individual.
• Serve as a senior FHIR technical subject-matter expert to the Standards Implementation division.
• Co-lead business development initiatives with HL7 leadership.
• Supervise and develop technical and program staff responsible for FHIR tooling and publication.
• Coordinate with various stakeholders on requirements and priorities.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in health IT, interoperability, and standards.
• Strong understanding of FHIR tooling, publication, and the specification lifecycle.
• Track record of building resilient technical operations and reducing key-person risk.
• Experience directing software and tooling maintenance.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to open, community-driven development.
• Track record of successful business development initiatives.

Requirements

• Motivated by the long-term health and resilience of FHIR's technical foundations.
• Skilled communicator with the ability to provide team leadership.
• Able to see the whole tooling and publication chain and intervene accordingly.
• Leads through influence and coordination across roles and divisions.
• Encourages and enables the development and adoption of novel technologies.

Benefits

• This is a global remote position.
• Travel to HL7 meetings and selected national and international industry events is required.