Cambridge Design Partnership

Head of Department

• Develop and deliver a practical technology, systems, data and digital roadmap aligned with CDP's growth strategy
• Identify where technology can improve productivity, client delivery, decision-making and employee experience
• Set priorities for technology investment and digital change
• Define pragmatic architecture, integration and technology standards
• Lead the evolution of CDP's technology landscape
• Ensure major initiatives have clear ownership, business cases and measurable outcomes
• Take overall responsibility for enterprise systems including CRM, project and resource management, finance, HR, collaboration, document management and workflow
• Lead development or replacement of HubSpot, SAP Business ByDesign, Microsoft 365/SharePoint, Egnyte and internally developed systems
• Improve end-to-end business processes and information flow from sales through delivery, resourcing, time recording, invoicing and management reporting
• Establish ownership, roadmaps and support models for core systems
• Improve business data quality, accessibility and use
• Develop management information and insight with Finance and other functions
• Identify and deliver automation opportunities
• Lead CDP's responsible and effective use of AI
• Measure adoption and business benefit
• Lead reliable and responsive IT services across UK and US operations
• Oversee workplace technology, Microsoft 365, networks, endpoints, identity, access, cloud and infrastructure
• Improve onboarding, support and everyday technology experience
• Maintain asset, licence, change, incident and problem management
• Support specialist technology needs of scientists, designers and engineers
• Own information security and technology risk framework
• Lead cyber security priorities across identity, endpoints, cloud, networks, data and third-party systems
• Maintain controls aligned with ISO 27001
• Work with Legal, Quality and client-facing teams on information security, privacy, intellectual property and client requirements
• Maintain incident response, business continuity, backup and disaster recovery arrangements
• Lead and develop a small IT and systems team
• Build joined-up capability across IT operations, systems, data and digital change
• Manage technology suppliers, software contracts, licences, partners, budgets and resources
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Head of IT and Systems

Business Development Rep

• Own new client business development for CDP’s Drug Delivery sector within an assigned target account list
• Generate qualified pipeline through account-based prospecting, referrals, partner channels, and event-driven follow-up
• Build and maintain pipeline coverage across the sales process
• Identify and engage senior stakeholders at pharmaceutical companies seeking outsourced drug delivery device development services
• Lead consultative discovery conversations covering fit, urgency, needs, technical scope, timeline, budget, decision criteria, and buying process
• Convert ambiguous opportunities into pursuit plans with stakeholder mapping, competitive positioning, qualification checkpoints, and mutual action plans
• Collaborate with market leadership to shape technically sound, commercially viable, and executable scopes
• Maintain accurate CRM records, opportunity staging, next steps, close plans, probability, and weekly forecasts
• Represent CDP at conferences, industry events, and networking forums
• Execute clean handoffs to delivery leadership while preserving scope intent and customer expectations
• Assist with annual budgeting and strategic planning
• Identify sector opportunity spaces, target clients, market trends, barriers, and risks
• Identify market themes and work with marketing on conferences, sales materials, case studies, website updates, collateral, and thought leadership
• Update and manage sales materials and present CDP capabilities compellingly
• Attend and present at conferences

Head of IT and Systems

VP of Business Development, Drug Delivery