Senior Technical & Business Consultant - Healthcare Interoperability

JOB Summary: An experienced Senior Technical & Business Consultant to support a strategic Health Information Exchange (HIE) initiative within the NPHIES ecosystem in Riyadh. The ideal candidate will bring a strong combination of healthcare interoperability, FHIR/HL7, NPHIES, solution architecture, business analysis, and payer-provider domain expertise. This is a client-facing consulting role requiring the ability to bridge business requirements, technical architecture, healthcare workflows, and implementation teams. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Healthcare Interoperability & NPHIES: - Provide SME-level expertise on FHIR, HL7 and healthcare interoperability. - Support integration and compliance with NPHIES requirements and standards. - Assess healthcare data exchange requirements across HIS, HIE, payer and provider systems. - Review new NPHIES releases and validate business and technical requirements. 2. Solution Architecture & Integration: - Design and review FHIR/API-based integration architectures. - Evaluate data structures, interfaces, APIs and integration patterns. - Support integration across HIS, HIE, payer, provider and enterprise platforms. - Work with development and architecture teams on scalable healthcare solutions. 3. Business & Functional Consulting: - Gather, analyse and validate business requirements. - Conduct gap analysis and translate business needs into technical solutions. - Review healthcare workflows, functional specifications and solution designs. - Support testing, validation and release readiness. 4. Revenue Cycle & Payor Domain: - Provide functional expertise across Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and payer-provider workflows. - Analyse healthcare financial processes and identify opportunities for optimization. - Support digital transformation initiatives involving payors, claims and financial healthcare services. 5. Client & Stakeholder Management: - Act as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders. - Conduct workshops, solution reviews and knowledge-transfer sessions. - Collaborate with Business Analysts, Developers, QA, Architects and Delivery teams. - Prepare functional, technical and advisory documentation. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS or related discipline. - 8 - 10 years of overall IT experience. - Minimum 5 years of experience in HealthTech / Healthcare IT. - Strong expertise in FHIR and HL7. - Proven experience with HIE, HIS, healthcare integration or payer-provider platforms. - Strong understanding of NPHIES is highly preferred. - Good knowledge of Revenue Cycle Management and Payor processes. - Strong technical background in SQL, APIs, integration and enterprise systems. - Experience with .NET, Java or other backend technologies. - Understanding of solution architecture, microservices and cloud-based platforms. - Strong business analysis, requirements gathering and documentation skills. - Excellent consulting and stakeholder-management capabilities. - Fluent English and mandatory Arabic language proficiency.