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 Chief of Staff (CoS) will serve as a trusted advisor, strategic partner, and problem solver to the CEO, helping shape and execute strategies that advance the company’s mission and drive business impact. As a member of the Executive Team, this role offers a unique, fast-track opportunity to grow into an executive leadership position. The CoS will lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives and drive alignment across company operations, communications, and strategic business priorities.

Success in this role requires the ability to navigate complex situations, manage competing priorities, and balance long-term strategic initiatives with immediate business needs. With broad visibility across the organization, the CoS will identify challenges, develop actionable solutions, and drive the execution of critical initiatives. This is an exceptional opportunity for a high-performing, strategic thinker who thrives in ambiguity, excels at turning strategy into action, and seeks accelerated exposure to executive-level decision-making.

This position is hybrid and located in New York City

Where You’ll Drive Impact

Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic thought partner to the CEO, helping prioritize, sequence, and execute the company’s most critical decisions and initiatives. Act as an extension of the CEO’s capacity by synthesizing information, anticipating challenges, and ensuring focus on the highest-impact opportunities.
Develop executive communications, Board narratives, leadership offsites, and strategic briefings.
Support the CEO’s engagement with employees, Board members, investors, partners, and key customers, ensuring clear messaging, alignment, and thorough preparation for key interactions.
Translate company strategy into actionable plans, ensuring alignment across teams on priorities, success metrics, timelines, and accountability.
Drive clarity and coordination across the organization to accelerate execution against key business objectives.
Lead and project manage high-impact, complex initiatives spanning clinical operations, site network growth, product development, commercial strategy, people operations, and other critical business functions.
Drive collaboration, resolve dependencies, and maintain momentum across multiple workstreams.
Structure complex analyses and conduct strategic research to distill business, market, and operational data into actionable insights.
Provide decision support for strategic opportunities, including market assessments, product expansion, partnership evaluations, and financial modeling, to improve the quality and speed of executive decision-making.
Identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, streamline critical business workflows, and strengthen operating processes.
Develop frameworks, workflows, and playbooks that drive accountability, improve performance, and support the company’s continued growth and scale.
Ensure information flows seamlessly across teams and leadership, proactively identifying gaps, surfacing risks, and facilitating timely decisions.
Establish the structure and coordination needed to keep the CEO and leadership team informed, aligned, and prepared to address emerging business needs.
Operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where priorities and responsibilities evolve with the needs of the business.