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# Director, Site Performance & Strategy - Cardiology at Iterative Health

- **Company:** Iterative Health
- **Location:** New York, NY / Cambridge, MA / Dallas, TX
- **Compensation:** $170k–$215k
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/iterativehealth/jobs/4696691006

## Job description

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.

As Director of Site Performance & Strategy- Cardiology  at Iterative Health, you will lead the strategy, performance, and continuous improvement of our centralized site support services while driving activation and randomization performance across our cardiology network.

Serving as the operational owner of our centralized site solutions—including pre-screening, regulatory support, and eSource—you will partner cross-functionally to optimize workflows, scale capabilities, and improve site and sponsor outcomes. This is a role for someone who wants to own a P&L-scale problem with real stakes, not simply oversee a function. You'll leverage data to identify performance gaps, implement scalable solutions, and drive operational excellence across a complex clinical research environment. You will own the strategic solutions roadmap for our sites and own the pull through cross-functionally with our site-facing staff to ensure our sites have the capabilities, processes, infrastructure, and technology to meet our performance targets.

This role is ideal for a strategic, data-driven leader who thrives on solving complex problems, building high-performing teams, and creating systems that deliver measurable business impact. If you've spent years building frameworks for other people's businesses in consulting, or running ops at a startup where you had to build the plane while flying it, this is where that skill set gets applied to a mission that matters: accelerating clinical trials that bring new treatments to patients faster.

Where You’ll Drive Impact

Network Performance and Strategy Ownership

- Own activation and randomization performance across IH's cardiology site network as the single accountable leader.
- Build and run the performance monitoring system that catches trends and risks before they escalate and  become problems.Identify and understand the key levers that drive enrollment performance and ensure they are being optimized consistently and systematically across the network.
- Diagnosing root causes when performance dips, and being the driving force to develop a clear plan of action and fix the issue through resolution
- Own roadmap for how to continually improve and measure site solutions impact and partner cross-functionally, including with Product to improve our solutions offerings to our sites.

Operating Model Ownership

- Serve as the accountable owner for IH's cardiology central research support services, including regulatory support, pre-screening, and eSource.
- Own the design, execution, and continuous improvement of the operating model for each service, treating them as products with clear performance standards and measurable outcomes.
- Define and track service-level KPIs for each function; use performance data to surface improvement opportunities and raise the quality bar.
- Develop scalable workflows and best practices that can be deployed consistently across the network.
- Serve as the connective tissue between site-level performance trends and central service teams, ensuring the right resources are allocated where they will have the greatest impact.
- Collect and synthesize site feedback to inform service improvements and partner with cross-functional teams to implement solutions.

## Team Leadership & Development

- Directly manage and develop a multidisciplinary team of clinical research specialists, eSource specialists, pre-screeners, and regulatory specialists.
- Set clear goals and performance expectations for each function; provide ongoing coaching and development and foster a high-performance team culture.
- Ensure each team is properly resourced, trained, and equipped to deliver services at the standard required to drive strong site outcomes.
- Performs related job duties

## How We Work

- Collaborative and low-ego team environment
- Fast-moving and highly iterative culture
- Strong focus on ownership and accountability
- Mission-driven and patient-centered mindset
- Open communication and continuous learning
- Comfortable navigating evolving business needs

## What You Bring to the Team

- BA/BS required; MBA or other advanced degree a plus.
- 10+ years of experience in management consulting, a high-growth startup operating role, or a similarly demanding strategic/operational environment.
- Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous problems, build frameworks from scratch, and translate analysis into a concrete operating plan.
- Strong quantitative fluency — comfortable building and interrogating performance dashboards and using data to diagnose root causes and drive decisions.
- Experience designing or overhauling operating models, processes, or service delivery functions, ideally in a fast-paced or scaling environment.
- Proven people management experience with a track record of leading, developing, and holding accountable a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment with limited precedent.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience at a top-tier management consulting firm, or as an early operator or generalist at a startup (e.g., Chief of Staff, Head of Operations, BizOps).
- Prior exposure to healthcare, life sciences, or clinical research — a plus but not required.
- Experience owning a P&L, KPI set, or operational performance metric at a program or network level.
- Demonstrated ability to ramp quickly into new domains without deep subject-matter expertise on day one.

## Benefits That Support You

We believe great teams do their best work when they feel supported — professionally and personally.

- Hybrid work environment with in-office collaboration two days per week in either our NYC or Boston office
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with up to 80% of premiums covered by Iterative Health
- Mental health and wellness support through Spring Health
- Health HSA or FSA options, and commuter FSA contributions supported by Iterative Health
- Unlimited PTO, 12 company holidays, and a company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Years
- 401(k) program with a company match of up to 3% (up to $3,000 annually)
- Weekly in-office lunch benefit every Tuesday
- 100% company-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Annual wellness and professional development stipend to support your health and growth
- And more!

At Iterative Health, we believe great people drive innovation. If you’re excited about helping transform the future of clinical research while building scalable people strategies that support growth and impact, we encourage you to apply. New York pay range $170,000—$215,000 USD

At Iterative Health, we’re actively working towards creating an environment that is representative of the diversity of patients our technology serves. We are focused on building an equitable and inclusive culture, and by extension, hiring process. If you require any accommodations to make the application process or interviewing experience more accessible to you, please contact CandidateAccommodations@iterative.health.

## About Iterative Health

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Iterative Health is a healthcare technology and services company that accelerates clinical research by combining AI-powered tools with a performance-driven global site network, focusing on GI, Hepatology, Obesity, and Cardiology therapies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (also New York, New York)
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Jonathan Ng, MBBS (Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Healthcare technology, clinical research services, artificial intelligence
- **Target customers**: B2B – sponsors (pharma/biotech), CROs, and community-based provider networks (clinical research sites)
- **Mission or purpose**: “To accelerate clinical research to bring life-changing therapies to patients sooner, transforming care through expertise and proven results.”

## Products & Services
- **AI-Powered Clinical Trial Platform**: Software that streamlines site selection, patient enrollment, and operational workflows, reducing burden and accelerating trial timelines.
- **Performance-Driven Site Network**: A global network of elite community-based research sites with deep expertise in GI, Hepatology, Obesity, and Cardiology, enabling faster activation and high enrollment.
- **Site Enablement Services**: Operational support, training, and technology to help sites grow their research programs and improve performance.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $264 million (including $77 million Series C closed May 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partners include GI Alliance, One GI, and US Heart & Vascular (USHV). Specific investors not named in provided materials, but Series C led by investors noted in Business Wire (May 14, 2026).
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Raised $77M Series C in May 2026 to accelerate clinical research.
  - Acquired cardiology research sites from NextStage Clinical Research (April 2026), expanding into cardiology.
  - Presented expanded trial performance data at Digestive Disease Week 2026, demonstrating consistent outperformance of industry benchmarks at double the scale.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Therapeutic Focus**: Specialized expertise in GI, Hepatology, Obesity, and Cardiology allows for tailored site selection and patient recruitment that generalist CROs cannot match.
- **AI Integration**: Proprietary AI tools that enhance site selection, pre-screening, and operational efficiency, reducing time-to-market for sponsors.
- **Embedded Community Network**: Sites are integrated into community care settings, giving access to diverse patient populations and enabling faster, more representative enrollment.
- **Performance Track Record**: Proven ability to activate sites faster and achieve industry-leading enrollment metrics, as validated by DDW 2026 data.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale the Site Network**: Continue acquiring and onboarding high-performing community sites, particularly in cardiology and other adjacent therapeutic areas.
- **Deepen AI Capabilities**: Invest in machine learning and data science to further automate and optimize clinical trial operations.
- **Expand Sponsor Partnerships**: Leverage the combined technology and site network to become the preferred partner for sponsors seeking rapid, reliable trial execution.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Culture**: Focus on accelerating life-changing therapies to patients; work directly impacts patient access and trial efficiency.
- **Values: G.R.I.T.**: The company emphasizes collaboration, curiosity, compassion, resilience, and innovation. Described as a “people-first team of builders.”
- **Benefits**: 75% paid company benefits, 401k with 3% company match, health insurance, life/STD/LTD, and paid time off plus company holidays.
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/office presence in Cambridge, MA and New York, NY. Open roles span clinical operations, engineering, data science, finance, marketing, and more.
- **Growth Trajectory**: Company is well-funded (Series C, $264M total raised) and actively expanding through acquisitions and headcount, providing career advancement opportunities.

## Sources
1. [iterative.health](https://iterative.health/) – Company homepage, mission, partners, news
2. [iterative.health/about-us](https://iterative.health/about-us/) – Founding story, team, leadership
3. [iterative.health/iterative-health-careers](https://iterative.health/iterative-health-careers/) – Culture, benefits, values
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/iterativehealth](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/iterativehealth) – Current job openings (35 roles)
5. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/iterative-scopes) – Funding history, total raised, stage

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