Director, FHIR Technical Ecosystem

HL7

FHIR technical ecosystem director strengthening HL7’s healthcare interoperability standards infrastructure. Leading tooling, publication, implementation guides, resilient operations, and global community coordination.

Posted 8/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in FHIR tooling and publication, with a strong focus on managing technical operations, ensuring resilience, and leading teams in health IT and interoperability. Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences and drive successful business development initiatives.

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FHIR Tooling ExpertiseHealth IT ExperienceTechnical Program LeadershipBusiness Development InitiativesInteroperability Standards Knowledge

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Hard Skills

FHIR Specification LifecycleImplementation Guide AuthoringTechnical Operations ManagementSoftware Maintenance DirectionDocumentation Practices

Soft Skills

Excellent Written CommunicationCommunity-Driven Development Commitment

Tools & Technologies

GitHubJIRAConfluence

Industry Keywords

Health ITInteroperabilityStandards DevelopmentTechnical Program Leadership

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set direction, resourcing, and resilience strategy for FHIR build, validation, and publication tooling and infrastructure
Ensure tooling and infrastructure are actively maintained and no critical component depends on a single person
Ensure resourcing and resilience of terminology services infrastructure
Direct the integrated infrastructure used for standards development, including publication infrastructure, GitHub repositories, build infrastructure, JIRA, and Confluence
Ensure a dependable pipeline from proposal through comment, resolution, build, and publication
Own the health, integration, and evolution of the standards-development toolchain
Manage changes across repositories, issue-tracker workflows, build processes, and Work Group operations
Own the implementation-guide authoring framework, quality expectations, and consistency standards
Produce specific implementation guides for adoption programs and support implementers
Establish documented practices, distributed technical ownership, and succession across critical FHIR technical functions
Maintain operating knowledge behind FHIR tooling and publication
Contribute FHIR expertise to HL7 education and certification
Serve as senior FHIR technical subject-matter expert for Standards Implementation funded work, grants, and consulting
Co-lead business development initiatives with HL7 leadership and management
Supervise and develop technical and program staff responsible for FHIR tooling and publication
Manage budgets, timelines, risks, and dependencies for FHIR technical operations
Coordinate with FHIR Product, Deputy FHIR Product, Contributor Engagement, and Standards Implementation leadership

Requirements

What you’ll need

Substantial experience in health IT, interoperability, and standards, including technical program and people leadership
Strong understanding of FHIR tooling, publication, and the specification lifecycle
Track record of building resilient technical operations and reducing key-person risk through documentation, distributed ownership, and succession
Experience directing software and tooling maintenance through employees, contractors, or shared technical services
Excellent written communication and ability to make technical operations understandable to technical and non-technical audiences
Demonstrated commitment to open, community-driven development
Track record of successful business development initiatives

Benefits

Comp & perks

Global remote work position
Travel to HL7 meetings and selected national and international industry events
Opportunity to contribute FHIR subject-matter expertise to HL7 education and certification