Iterative Health
Director, Information Technology
Director, Information Technology at Iterative Health, based in Cambridge, East of England. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- Not given by the employer
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Closing date
- Sector
- IT & Software
Reference 639817459237985240
About the role
Iterative Health is a healthcare technology and services company powering the acceleration of clinical research to transform patient outcomes.
We built a leading performance-driven network of 100 sites across the US Europe India and Australia conducting research directly in the communities where care is delivered across gastrointestinal hepatology obesity and cardiology. By combining deep clinical trial expertise with cutting-edge AI we connect sponsors scientific ambitions with high-performing research teams that expedite and expand access to novel therapeutics for patients in need. Today Iterative Health is headquartered in Cambridge Massachusetts and New York City with 250 employees world-wide.
The Director IT will lead Iterative Healths technology infrastructure systems security and IT operations as the company continues to scale across its corporate and clinical research network. This role will be responsible for building a secure reliable and scalable technology environment that enables employees to do their best work while supporting the operational needs of a growing healthcare technology and services organization.
The ideal candidate is a strategic and hands-on IT leader who can balance long-term technology planning with day-to-day execution. You will partner closely with leaders across teams to ensure technology solutions are aligned with business priorities scalable secure and user-friendly.
Where Youll Drive Impact
IT Strategy & Leadership
- Develop and execute a scalable IT strategy aligned with Iterative Healths business and growth objectives.
- Establish IT roadmaps priorities standards and operating processes across the organization.
- Serve as a strategic technology advisor to executive and functional leaders.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve efficiency scalability and employee experience.
- Develop and manage the IT budget vendors contracts and technology investments.
- Build and mature the IT function from an initial lean team into a scalable organization capable of supporting a rapidly growing multi-site healthcare technology and services business.
- Lead coach and develop the Corporate IT team.
- Establish clear roles responsibilities service expectations and performance metrics.
Infrastructure & IT Operations
- Oversee corporate IT infrastructure networks endpoints applications identity management and collaboration tools.
- Ensure reliable streamlined secure and scalable technology across corporate offices remote employees and clinical research sites while keeping costs efficient.
- Establish standards for device provisioning lifecycle management access management and technical support.
- Build effective IT service management processes including help desk incident management asset management and service-level expectations.
- Establish the IT operating model organizational structure processes policies and service standards required to support the companys evolving technology needs.
Cybersecurity Privacy & Compliance
- Oversee the companys cybersecurity program and work with the internal team to set security strategy policies controls risk management monitoring incident response and employee security awareness.
- Oversee vulnerability management endpoint protection identity and access controls and security awareness programs (IT and networking infrastructure initially but may extend to cloud systems eventually).
- Coordinate incident response and business continuity planning for technology-related risks and lead information and security for the company.
Systems & Applications
- Partner with business leaders to assess select implement and optimize enterprise applications and technology platforms.
- Establish governance around application ownership integrations data flows and technology standards.
- Identify opportunities to consolidate systems automate workflows and improve data connectivity.
- Support technology integrations related to acquisitions partnerships and organizational growth.
- Establish governance for enterprise applications including application ownership administrative access lifecycle management integrations licensing renewals security requirements and data ownership.
- Establish standards for SSO automated provisioning/deprovisioning role-based access and application access reviews.
- Identify and implement opportunities to automate employee lifecycle access management IT operations and cross-functional administrative workflows.
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Partner with People and Finance on systems supporting employees payroll financial operations and business administration.
- Partner with Clinical Operations and site leadership to support technology needs across the clinical research network.
- Establish a formal co-governance structure with Product & Engineering to ensure appropriate technology security and compliance controls are in place with clear ownership accountability and separation of duties.
- Provide clear communication to employees and leadership regarding technology changes risks and priorities.
- Performs related duties as requested
- Partner with Security Legal Compliance and Procurement to establish technology and security requirements for third-party vendors and participate in vendor risk assessments.
Technology Integration & Expansion
- Lead IT due diligence and technology integration for acquisitions partnerships new offices and clinical research sites.
- Develop repeatable standards for onboarding acquired organizations users devices applications networks and data.
- Identify technology risks integration costs system redundancies and remediation requirements during due diligence.
- Develop transition plans for identity endpoints collaboration platforms networking SaaS applications and security controls.
What You Bring
- 10 years of progressive IT experience including significant experience leading enterprise IT operations.
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Business or a related field preferred.
- Experience leading IT within a high-growth healthcare technology life sciences or similarly complex organization.
- Proven experience developing and executing an enterprise IT strategy and roadmap.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure SaaS applications networking endpoint management identity and access management and cybersecurity.
- Experience managing IT budgets vendors technology implementations and third-party service providers.
- Experience building and leading high-performing IT teams.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and translate business needs into practical technology solutions.
- Strong understanding of IT governance security privacy compliance and risk management.
- Experience supporting distributed or multi-site organizations preferred.
- Experience with M&A technology integration or organizational scaling strongly preferred.
- Excellent communication stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
- A pragmatic service-oriented leadership style with the ability to operate strategically while remaining close to execution.
How We Work
- Collaborative and low-ego team environment
- High ownership and accountability culture
- Fast-paced and highly iterative growth environment
- Open communication and continuous learning mindset
- Mission-driven organization focused on improving patient outcomes
- Comfortable navigating evolving business priorities and opportunities
Benef
Reference: 639817459237985240 · Posted 2 hours ago · Closes 14 Dec 2026 · Listed via Iterative Health
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