Job Description

Job Title – Head of Clinical Validation

Location: Dubai, UAE.

Summary:

The Head of Clinical Validation leads the Hub and Spoke Model for clinical validation

This executive role is responsible for building and managing a distributed network of clinical validators across multiple specialties, geographies, and healthcare settings, ensuring continuous quality improvement and evidence-based care delivery.

Core Responsibilities

1. Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute the clinical validation strategy aligned with organizational goals
• Establish the Hub and Spoke operational model for scalable validation
• Build relationships with medical associations, academic institutions, and regulatory bodies
• Report to executive leadership on clinical quality metrics and risk indicators
• Develop the 3-year clinical validation roadmap
• Manage the clinical validation budget and resource allocation

2. Clinical Governance

• Chair the Clinical Validation Committee with representatives from all spokes
• Establish clinical validation standards, SOPs, and quality benchmarks
• Oversee harm level classification for all clinical content
• Ensure compliance with FHIR R4, ICD-10, SNOMED CT, LOINC standards
• Manage clinical risk register and escalation protocols
• Lead root cause analysis for clinical validation failures
• Ensure HIPAA, GDPR, and UAE healthcare regulatory compliance
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements for AI Enabled Healthcare Applications

3. Hub Operations

• Build and lead the central clinical validation team
• Develop validation workflows for journeys, states, triggers, and UI flows
• Co-develop clinical validation workflows and tooling
• Establish KPIs and dashboards for validation throughput and quality
• Create and maintain the clinical evidence library with 100,000+ citations (international, regional and UAE)
• Manage relationships with clinical knowledge partners

4. Spoke Network Management

• Recruit, train, and certify clinical validators across specialties
• Establish spoke validator credentialing and re-certification programs
• Create specialty-specific validation protocols
• Manage spoke performance and quality metrics
• Facilitate knowledge sharing across the spoke network
• Coordinate multi-specialty reviews for complex journeys

5. Quality Assurance & Continuous Improvement

• Implement clinical validation quality metrics and reporting
• Conduct regular audits of validated content
• Lead post-market surveillance for clinical content
• Manage adverse event investigation and content remediation
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives based on clinical outcomes data
• Benchmark against industry best practices and academic standards.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MD, MBBS, or equivalent medical degree, Master’s degree in AI, Healthcare Quality, Clinical Informatics, or Health Administration
• Board certification in a clinical specialty
• 7+ years of clinical practice experience, 3+ years in clinical quality, validation, or governance roles, 5+ years in leadership positions managing clinical teams
• Experience with digital health platforms or clinical decision support systems

About PureHealth

PureHealth is the UAE’s largest integrated healthcare platform, committed to revolutionizing the nation’s healthcare ecosystem and advancing the future of health through innovation, technology, and world-class care delivery.

Why Join Us

At PureHealth, you’ll be part of a transformational journey to redefine healthcare through technology and human-centered innovation. We empower our teams to create impact, challenge boundaries, and lead change. Working with us means contributing to a purpose-driven mission—advancing the future of health—while growing your career in one of the UAE’s most dynamic, fast-evolving organizations.