Head of IT, Accurx
£80-100k
+ the value of £80,000 share options
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (Shoreditch, London)
Patient communication for healthcare professionals
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Patient communication for healthcare professionals
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
£80-100k
+ the value of £80,000 share options
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (Shoreditch, London)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make patients healthier and healthcare staff happier.
Role
Who you are
- You have proven experience setting IT strategy and delivering operational plans in tech companies (250+ employees), scaling IT for high growth environments
- You have strong leadership skills with a focus on empathy, adaptability, and execution; experience managing IT specialists, prioritising work, and fostering high-performing teams
- You have broad and deep technical knowledge across cloud computing, SaaS, MDM, IAM, SSO, endpoint protection, ITSM, networking, and more, with hands-on experience managing and supporting key technologies like Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Cisco Meraki, VMware, and others such as Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, Linux, iOS/iPadOS, Android
- You are Familiar with leveraging AI and innovative tools to optimise IT processes and drive business innovation
- You are an excellent communicator and influencer with a track record of cross-functional collaboration and alignment across IT, engineering, and security teams
- You are skilled in structured problem-solving, managing risk, driving change, and delivering complex projects at pace
- You have an advanced understanding of risk mitigation and embedding organisational change to support continuous improvement
What the job involves
- The IT team is responsible for providing, supporting and maintaining workplace technology solutions, enabling collaboration and productivity for accufolk
- The team strives to be the trusted partner in proactively delivering and managing seamless, secure, scalable and innovative workplace technology solutions & services which enhance efficiency and productivity, and empower accufolk and Accurx in achieving its mission
- The purpose of the Head of IT is to ensure the IT function has a strategy that aligns with the company’s vision and requirements, that the team is delivering against their goals (roadmap, OKRs, projects and initiatives), and that the function operates as a high performing team
- The Head of IT will be responsible for the function and will line manage the whole function. They are also expected to interface with Senior Leadership across multiple parts of the business, to enable their team to achieve their goals
- Define and evolve Accurx’s IT strategy, vision, and roadmap, aligning technology decisions with long-term business goals through engagement with senior stakeholders
- Create the IT team’s operational plan, set SMART OKRs aligned with business priorities, and ensure cross-functional dependencies are clear
- Ensure the security, reliability, scalability, and performance of IT systems, collaborating with the CISO and Security Engineering team
- Manage the IT budget effectively, optimise costs, and oversee vendor relationships to balance strategic initiatives and operational needs
- Drive adoption of new workplace technologies to improve productivity and foster a culture of innovation within the IT team
- Deliver exceptional IT support focused on responsiveness and long-term solutions, enhancing collaboration and productivity
- Define, measure, and report on IT KPIs, showcasing team impact and driving continuous improvement
- Maintain a deep understanding of IT systems to inform strategy and prioritisation
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and functional leads across the organisation
- Lead strategic, cross-functional IT projects with significant business impact
- Recruit, coach, and develop a high-performing IT team, ensuring resources meet strategic needs
- Plan resourcing and drive hiring to support IT strategy and delivery
- Clearly communicate team goals, progress, and blockers to the wider organisation
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Communication between patients and nurses/doctors has typically happened via telephone call or post. This outdated technology is costly and doesn't provide a great experience. Accurx solves this problem with its communication and collaboration platform.
Accurx is building tools that allow GPs and other healthcare providers to communicate more efficiently with their patients and with each other in order to deliver top-quality care. Its products are now used in over 95% of GP practices. This is testament to the value of Accurx's platform.
Since raising considerable funding, Accurx has been focused on growing its team and developing its products, including batch messaging between clinics and patients, to help care sites ease the burden of long wait lists and understaffing. With these challenges continuing to mount for the health system, Accurx is likely to remain in high demand for the foreseeable future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
56% female employees
30% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor (3.6)
Trustpilot (2.2)
Company
Employee endorsements
Meaningful work
"I feel privileged every day to be improving how healthcare is delivered. We already make a huge impact, and we're just getting started. We regularly..."
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2021
$34.5m
SERIES B
Mar 2019
$11.1m
SERIES A
Total funding: $45.6m
Company benefits
- 👩🍳 We have our very own Chef! Free healthy breakfasts, snacks and lunches will be provided, with the occasional sweet treat!
- 🏢 We are office first, all accuFolk come to our office in Shoreditch 3 days per week, with the option to work remotely 2 days a week. Read more about our policy here.
- 🤝 Access to Happl - a flexible benefits provider with a given budget of £600 to spend on perks of your choice. Options include private health insurance, wellness providers and more.
- 📚 Allocated annual learning & development budget
- 🐣 Enhanced parental leave policy (18 weeks of leave at full pay for both birthing and non-birthing during your child’s first 5 years)
- 🌍 Working abroad policy (work from anywhere for two weeks, up to twice per year)
- 🗣 In house therapists available daily
Company values
- You're mission-driven: you care about positively impacting the lives of millions.
- You're a high performer: you connect to our high-performance principles
- You’re always collaborating: you place team success over personal success and you enjoy working in an open, collaborative environment.
- You demonstrate responsible ownership: when you see something not working, you'll flag it and be part of the solution
- You seek continuous improvement: you’re always developing new skills and insights, while exploring ways to do things better
- You’re mindful of balance: you're conscious of your own health and that of others. You think carefully about how best to focus your efforts, knowing when to push yourself to reach a goal.
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Jacob Haddad
(Co-Founder)Started their career in healthcare consulting with Newton Europe and Outcomes Based Healthcare. Joined Entrepreneur First where they started Accurx.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Accurx
- Each health system is made up of a diverse workforce, serving 100% of the population. We are building for them, not us. We can only transform health systems if we build a diverse team, rich with different backgrounds, opinions and personalities.
- We particularly welcome applications from those who are significantly underrepresented in the technology sector, such as women, trans people, non-binary people, people with disabilities and people from black and underrepresented ethnic communities.
- You can find more information about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Accurx on our Candidate Hub - https://accurx.notion.site/Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging-DEIB-24cc8751696f4434b4af64efd9de1b1a
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