Head of IT

@ Haus

About Haus

Haus is the incrementality platform leading brands trust to optimize billions in ad spend worldwide. Using frontier causal inference-based econometric models, Haus helps marketers measure the business impact of marketing, pricing, and promotions with scientific precision.

With a founding team from Google, Netflix, Meta, and Amazon, Haus makes high-quality decision science accessible for businesses of all sizes. We work with leading brands like FanDuel, Sonos, and Dr. Squatch while being backed by top-tier VCs including Insight Partners, Baseline Ventures, and Haystack. Recognized as a 2025 Top Startup by LinkedIn, our growth continues at a rapid pace.

The Role: Head of IT

You will lead Haus’s IT function, owning systems, identity, and endpoint management for a distributed workforce. You will scale the team and establish secure-by-default practices while partnering with Security, Engineering, and People leaders to keep Haus fast and safe.

What You’ll Do

• Define a 12–24 month IT strategy roadmap including identity, device, collaboration, and network management.
• Hire, coach, and develop high-performing IT engineers and analysts with clear SLAs and KPIs.
• Architect and administer systems such as SSO/MFA, lifecycle automation, and access governance using Okta/Azure AD, SCIM, and JIT.
• Drive endpoint management with zero-touch provisioning, MDM, hardening, and patching for macOS and Windows using Kandji, Jamf, or Intune.
• Establish ITSM practices, optimize incident and change management workflows, and build self-service resources.
• Implement zero-trust security measures, least-privilege access, and device compliance for audit readiness (SOC 2, ISO 27001).
• Manage SaaS portfolios, negotiate contracts, and monitor budgets and tool utilization.
• Oversee collaboration stacks including Google Workspace, O365, Slack, Atlassian, Zoom, and Notion.
• Automate employee onboarding/offboarding and enforce periodic access reviews.
• Ensure business continuity through backups, incident responses, and disaster recovery testing.
• Build dashboards to report on asset inventory, compliance, SLA adherence, and risk posture.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years in corporate IT with 5+ years in leadership roles in growth-stage B2B SaaS companies.
• Deep expertise in identity, MDM, endpoint security, and SaaS administration.
• Proficiency with Okta/Azure AD, Google Workspace/O365, Kandji/Jamf/Intune, and EDR tools like CrowdStrike or Defender.
• Strong ITSM background using Jira Service Management or ServiceNow with measurable results.
• Experience with SOC 2/ISO 27001 audits and strong vendor/security review skills.
• Excellent communication skills with an empathetic leadership style that fosters accountability.
• Nice-to-have skills include network fundamentals (SASE/ZTNA), BYOD/COPE policy design, data loss prevention, and procurement/finops experience.

Tools We Use

Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Atlassian, Notion, Kandji/Jamf, Intune, CrowdStrike/Defender, Jira Service Management, 1Password.

What We Offer

• Flexible PTO
• Equity participation
• Top-tier health, dental, and vision insurance
• WFH stipend
• Events and offsites
• Free lunch at office hubs (SF, NYC, Seattle)
• New Parent Leave

Key skills/competency

• IT strategy
• Team leadership
• SSO/MFA
• MDM
• ITSM
• Endpoint security
• Zero-trust
• SaaS management
• Audit readiness
• Collaboration tools