Head of Information Technology

About Maze Therapeutics

Maze is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company harnessing the power of human genetics to transform the lives of patients through the development of a pipeline of novel precision medicines for patients with genetically defined diseases. Maze is leveraging Compass™, a proprietary, end-to-end purpose built platform to advance a pipeline of precision medicines across four disease areas - renal, cardiac, neurological and metabolic diseases. Our flexible business model aims to translate our genetic insights into as many new therapies for patients as possible. 

Our People

Maze is comprised of a team of passionate and creative professionals committed to discovering and delivering transformative medicines to patients suffering from both rare and common genetic diseases. We are fostering a culture that encourages vision, initiative and the development of talent. Our supportive work environment inspires creative thinking and freedom of expression, resulting in a stimulating atmosphere where people enjoy coming to work. While we have a passion for advanced science and pride ourselves on excellence in execution, ultimately, everything we do is about patients. 

Our Core Values

Further Together – Our path is paved with challenges, but with resilience and a team-first mentality, we’ll achieve our mission.  

Impact Obsessed – We embrace the bold, take calculated risks, and learn from our mistakes to improve the lives of others. 

Stand True – Our integrity is foundational; it guides us no matter the obstacle.

Role Description:

A dynamic, senior IT leader who will develop and position our IT infrastructure to meet the demands of a rapidly growing clinical-stage biotechnology company. The successful candidate will be a key enabler of our mission to apply cutting edge techniques and data in the pursuit of new therapeutics for patients with unmet medical needs. The IT Head will bring experience in a growth-mode biotech that will be instrumental in helping shape our technical needs for scale up. The role is highly collaborative and will interface with clinical leaders, scientists, business leads and outside vendors to ensure that the company’s IT needs are planned for and met.

Your Impact Includes: 

• Develop IT strategy and operations for a deeply scientific and data-intensive R&D organization, preparing the company for future growth and operation as a public company
• Lead strategy and implementation of enterprise IT projects to support scientific, clinical and G&A functions
• Be a strategic technical partner to R&D and project teams to ensure IT needs are met for early research and clinical programs
• Be the face of IT, responsible for the Technical Support Team
• Be responsible for contingency planning and maintaining a robust information security program
• Be a leading voice in our Enterprise Data Team, in partnership with other company data organizations
• Manage vendors, consultants and overall budget for IT infrastructure
• Champion the adoption across the company of best practices in data governance, data lifecycle management, and security

Qualifications: 

• 5-7 years or more of experience:
• Leading IT for a scientific R&D organization
• Managing external relationships with vendors, contractors and consultants
• Supporting data storage and knowledge management platforms, and tools required for the software development lifecycle
• Hands-on, proactive and detail-oriented approach to building and maintaining IT systems throughout the organization
• Demonstrated ability to scale up IT infrastructure and processes to meet growing R&D needs
• Strong leadership, project management and communication skills
• Customer service orientation and ability to work effectively across teams of scientists, clinicians, software engineers and business leaders
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or other relevant area