Chief Technology & Information Officer - Healthcare

Chief Technology & Information Officer (CTO / CIO)

Location: Ahmedabad

Employment: Full-time, Permanent

Company Mission

We are building the digital backbone of healthcare in India what UPI is to finance, we aim to be for health. Our platform is already onboarding entire city-level health systems, integrating public and private providers into a seamless, secure, and real-time national infrastructure.

Role Summary

Were looking for a dynamic and visionary CTO/CIO to lead the entire technology and information stack of our cloud-native HMIS and tele-health platform. This role demands hands-on technical leadership, deep architectural acumen, and the ability to scale rapidly without sacrificing security, compliance, or innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Technology & Architecture Leadership

- Own the end-to-end architecture across system, application, cloud, and data.

- Ensure scalability, maintainability, cost-efficiency, and high availability of the platform.

Cloud & Infrastructure

- Manage cloud operations across GCP regions including cost, disaster recovery, and performance.

- Oversee internal IT (laptops, SASE, MDM), enforcing a zero-trust architecture.

AI/ML & Innovation

- Embed AI/ML features such as ASR, RAG-based summarization, and anomaly detection into the HMIS.

- Evaluate emerging models and deploy practical, production-ready AI enhancements.

Security, Risk & Compliance

- Lead initiatives for ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, and NABH compliance.

- Oversee DevSecOps, pen-testing, threat modelling, and vulnerability management.

Software Development & Documentation

- Implement a robust, auditable SDLC and documentation ecosystem.

- Ensure SOPs, recovery plans, and service documentation are in place and maintained.

Culture & Leadership

- Cultivate a high-performing, ownership-driven engineering culture.

- Stay hands-on with code reviews, incident response, and mentoring on the dev floor.

Client & Pre-Sales Engagement

- Support sales with technical demos, PoCs, and client solutioning.

- Collaborate with C-suite stakeholders at hospitals to gather needs and align platform value.

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

- Translate clinical requirements into development epics.

- Present OKRs to the board and manage key vendor relationships in cloud, AI, and hardware.

Technical Skills & Experience

- 12+ years in engineering with 5+ years in a senior technology leadership role.

- Proven success with health-tech platforms, wellness SaaS, or medical-device integration.

- Deep expertise in multi-tenant SaaS, cloud-native systems, DevSecOps, and CI/CD.

- Proficient in AI/ML integration in real-world healthcare workflows.

- Strong understanding of interoperability standards like FHIR, DICOM, HL7, SNOMED CT.

- Bonus: Experience with embedded systems, firmware, or medical hardware.

Personal Attributes

- Ownership-driven Owns uptime, performance, and cost like a founder.

- Visible & hands-on Engaged on the dev floor; not afraid to get into the weeds.

- Methodical planner Brings structure to chaos; delivers on time.

- Energizing leader Builds morale, runs hackathons, and celebrates team wins.