59 information technology jobs found in Cambridge

The Senior Project Manager leads project execution and supports business operations for a defined subset of Technology Partner Services, including Platform Services.  This role ensures that services and initiatives within this portfolio are well-managed and operationally disciplined. The Senior PM partners closely with the Associate Director of Operational Excellence, service owners, and senior leaders to translate priorities into executable plans, track delivery, manage risk, and improve operational consistency.  This role is primarily execution-focused, providing structure, coordination, and operational rigor that enables senior leaders to focus on strategy and service ownership. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Project and Portfolio Management Manage a portfolio of initiatives and maintain visibility into: Project status and milestones Dependencies and risks Resource and capacity constraints Support governance processes by: Preparing status reporting Tracking...

Harvard Library and Harvard University IT are advancing the Reimagining Discovery initiative to transform how researchers, students, and the global community discover and explore Harvard's distinctive collections. This work includes the development of Collections Explorer, an AI-enhanced discovery application, and supporting metadata infrastructure to improve access and discovery of collections through modern hybrid search and user-centered discovery experiences. The IT Project Technical Lead provides hands-on technical leadership for this project by leading architectural and design decisions, collaborating with team members in technical matters, and guiding implementation, integration, and production readiness for a system that combines modern web application development, metadata pipelines, applied AI techniques, and hybrid search technologies.  The IT Project Technical Lead establishes project specifications and technical direction, creates a framework of technical standards...

The FAS Divisional Technology Partner: Administration & Finance and Faculty Affairs Divisions will partner with divisional leadership to align technology investments with priorities, leads demand planning and prioritization within governance frameworks, and represents divisional needs in enterprise decision-making while coordinating solutions, managing escalations, and supporting effective issue resolution. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Duties and Responsibilities:   Document local FAS technology needs and gather feedback on IT systems and services.  Manage IT investment request intake.  Partner with FAS divisional leadership to align technology investments with academic and operational priorities, ensuring IT initiatives are prioritized and/or funded within defined governance guardrails and resource budget.    Facilitate FAS divisional demand planning, including IT roadmap development and shared visibility into intake, portfolio tradeoffs, and resource capacity....

The FAS Divisional Technology Partner: Social Science Division will partner with divisional leadership to align technology investments with priorities, leads demand planning and prioritization within governance frameworks, and represents divisional needs in enterprise decision-making while coordinating solutions, managing escalations, and supporting effective issue resolution. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Duties and Responsibilities:   Document local FAS technology needs and gather feedback on IT systems and services.  Manage IT investment request intake.  Partner with FAS divisional leadership to align technology investments with academic and operational priorities, ensuring IT initiatives are prioritized and/or funded within defined governance guardrails and resource budget.    Facilitate FAS divisional demand planning, including IT roadmap development and shared visibility into intake, portfolio tradeoffs, and resource capacity.  Coordinate with counterparts across...

The FAS Divisional Technology Partner: College & GSAS Division will partner with divisional leadership to align technology investments with priorities, leads demand planning and prioritization within governance frameworks, and represents divisional needs in enterprise decision-making while coordinating solutions, managing escalations, and supporting effective issue resolution. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Duties and Responsibilities:   Document local FAS technology needs and gather feedback on IT systems and services.  Manage IT investment request intake.  Partner with FAS divisional leadership to align technology investments with academic and operational priorities, ensuring IT initiatives are prioritized and/or funded within defined governance guardrails and resource budget.    Facilitate FAS divisional demand planning, including IT roadmap development and shared visibility into intake, portfolio tradeoffs, and resource capacity.  Coordinate with counterparts...

The FAS Divisional Technology Partner: Arts & Humanities Division will partner with divisional leadership to align technology investments with priorities, leads demand planning and prioritization within governance frameworks, and represents divisional needs in enterprise decision-making while coordinating solutions, managing escalations, and supporting effective issue resolution. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Duties and Responsibilities:   Document local FAS technology needs and gather feedback on IT systems and services.  Manage IT investment request intake.  Partner with FAS divisional leadership to align technology investments with academic and operational priorities, ensuring IT initiatives are prioritized and/or funded within defined governance guardrails and resource budget.    Facilitate FAS divisional demand planning, including IT roadmap development and shared visibility into intake, portfolio tradeoffs, and resource capacity.  Coordinate with counterparts...

The FAS Divisional Technology Partner: Science Division will partner with divisional leadership to align technology investments with priorities, leads demand planning and prioritization within governance frameworks, and represents divisional needs in enterprise decision-making while coordinating solutions, managing escalations, and supporting effective issue resolution. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Duties and Responsibilities:   Document local FAS technology needs and gather feedback on IT systems and services.  Manage IT investment request intake.  Partner with FAS divisional leadership to align technology investments with academic and operational priorities, ensuring IT initiatives are prioritized and/or funded within defined governance guardrails and resource budget.    Facilitate FAS divisional demand planning, including IT roadmap development and shared visibility into intake, portfolio tradeoffs, and resource capacity.  Coordinate with counterparts across the FAS...

Job-Specific Responsibilities: The AI Automation Quality Engineer leads the next generation of quality engineering for the my.harvard portal, moving beyond traditional QA to design intelligent, agent-based testing capabilities that automatically analyze requirements, understand application code, generate reusable test assets, and continuously improve HUIT’s testing strategy. This role combines strong software testing experience with modern AI engineering concepts, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), large language models (LLMs), agentic workflows, and test automation frameworks. Working closely with Business Analysts, developers, and product owners, the AI Automation Quality Engineer helps build an autonomous QA platform that accelerates delivery while improving software quality. AI-Powered Test Generation: Design and implement AI agents that read Jira user stories, acceptance criteria, architectural documentation, and business rules to automatically generate...

Reporting to the Associate Director, CRM Consulting Services, the Salesforce Administrator supports the service delivery of a fast-growing university-wide internal CRM consulting service. This is an excellent opportunity to hone and expand Salesforce administration skills while working for multiple internal customers with multiple Salesforce orgs, all using the platform in different ways. The Salesforce Administrator will be responsible for fielding requests from these customers, working with the team's Business Analyst, the Associate Director, and other team members to design solutions, implementing those solutions according to team best practices, and then working with customers to measure impact and success. Along with internal and external Business Analysts and Project Managers, the Salesforce Administrator will be a primary point of contact for the ongoing support and system enhancement needs of the Consulting Service's customers. As such this position requires the ability to...

Visa Sponsorship Information:  Harvard University is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position Pre-Employment Screening:  Identity Other Information: Hybrid - Onsite as needed with advance notice Please provide a cover letter and resume as one document with your application. This position has an 180-day orientation and review period. The Senior Software Engineer serves as an experienced technical contributor responsible for designing, developing, testing, implementing, and supporting complex software solutions for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). This role works across the full application lifecycle, contributing to technical design decisions, application modernization, and delivery of strategic technology initiatives. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Design, develop, test, implement, and support complex Oracle APEX applications, PL/SQL packages, procedures, functions, views, and related database objects.  Lead technical design discussions and...

The Associate Director, IT Portfolio & Demand Management leads Harvard Kennedy School IT's (HKSIT) department-wide portfolio governance, demand-management, and quarterly planning practices. Working closely with the CIO, Director of Strategy & Innovation, and HKSIT leadership, the role translates School and departmental priorities into an integrated portfolio spanning strategic initiatives, projects, major operational commitments, service improvements, and approved institutional demand. Across this portfolio, commitments are clearly defined with accountable owners, expected outcomes, target dates, dependencies, capacity decisions, and regular executive review. The Associate Director maintains the authoritative view of HKSIT’s material active and proposed work, establishes consistent standards for planning and status reporting, identifies stalled or at-risk commitments, and ensures unresolved issues are brought forward for timely leadership action. The role facilitates...

The Chief of Staff (COS) is a thought partner to the Vice President and University Chief Information Officer/Vice President of Harvard University Information Technology (VP & UCIO) and a senior member of the Office of the VP & UCIO. The COS develops and maintains a close working relationship with the VP & UCIO and with stakeholders internal and external to Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) to advance the VP & UCIO’s priorities. Reporting directly to the VP & UCIO, the COS serves as connective tissue across the organization, strengthening coordination, information flow, and follow-through. The COS supports daily, mid-term, and long-term activities and projects that advance the VP & UCIO’s agenda, helping to keep priorities and commitments on track. The role synthesizes information, identifies issues requiring leadership attention, and supports coordinated action on high-priority initiatives. Areas of focus will evolve over time. The COS builds...

The Computational Policy Lab at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with specialized expertise in software development, generative AI, and data science. This position is housed within the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Through teaching and research at the Harvard Kennedy School and its program of visiting fellows, conferences and initiatives, the Center is at the forefront of its area of inquiry. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Core responsibilities encompass specialized tasks including:  Independently perform complex applications/web development for projects of large to very large size and complexity  Design and develop complex software systems for large-scale research projects, with a focus on education technology, the delivery of public benefits, and generative AI-based tools.  Leverage recent breakthroughs in machine learning and natural language processing to build, test, and deploy...

Harvard Capital Projects (HCP) is an internal resource for the Harvard community providing project management services across the entire campus. HCP works collaboratively with a variety of Harvard Schools and Departments, providing project management services for a variety of campus renewal, campus growth, and development and undergraduate house renewal projects. HCP prides itself on being a center of excellence for capital project delivery.  The Project Manager reports to the Associate Director for Campus Growth and Redevelopment and will be responsible for managing scope within a large project team or independent projects primarily focused on architecture and design, including new construction, full/partial renovations, additions, and interiors. . The project manager may also manage tenant fit outs for both academic and commercial use. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Project Management Works independently and successfully to manage, in whole or in part as assigned, core...

The Chief Research Enablement Officer (CREO) provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for the full research enterprise at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).  Reporting to the Executive Dean, the CREO oversees the core services and functions that support research enablement for HKS faculty, students, and fellows. These core functions include research administration (sponsored awards and compliance), research computing and data services, and library collections, services and programs. Reporting to the CREO are the Executive Director of Research Administration, the Director of Research Computing and Data Services, the Director of HKS Library Services, the Manager of Community Engagement & Special Projects, and the Senior Administrative Coordinator. The position is responsible for aligning these units into a cohesive ecosystem that supports the entire research lifecycle, from discovery and data acquisition to analysis, dissemination, and long-term stewardship. This role,...

Job Summary: The Director of Learning Experience and Design serves as a key senior member of the Professional Education (PPE) team at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The Director joins the Portfolio Director (PD) team and reports to the Senior Portfolio Director. In this critical leadership role, the Director manages the Learning Experience and Design (LXD) team of learning designers and learning technologists to drive the strategic development and continuous improvement of high-quality, learner-centered programs and extensions, focusing primarily on online, hybrid, and on-demand. The Director collaborates closely with the other Portfolio Directors, faculty, practitioners, and external partners to ensure the design and implementation of innovative learning experiences that align with HGSE’s mission and advance its positive impact on the education sector. The Director oversees the program design process—including instructional design and course development—and...

Job Summary: The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS) is a university-wide initiative dedicated to interdisciplinary research focused primarily on the quantitative social science of population change, socioeconomic development, and public health. Our goal is to produce population-based evidence that will better inform policies needed to create healthy and resilient societies. The HCPDS is seeking a full-time, experienced Research Assistant (RA) to support our field-based activities for its NIH-funded study, Health and Aging in Africa: Longitudinal Studies in South Africa (HAALSA). HAALSA began as a community-based longitudinal cohort study nested within the heath and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS) in Agincourt, South Africa. The goal of this research project is to explore aging in South Africa, with focal areas in cognitive health, cardiometabolic disease, HIV and HIV treatment, public policies, social determinants of health, and health...

Job Summary: Design, plan, and implement software and data services that support and enrich research productivity and reliability. Develop software and data services with researchers to ensure that modern standards of reproducible research are kept. Job-Specific Responsibilities: This position reports to the Director of Data Science and Product Research at IQSS and, occasionally, co-reports to other Directors of IQSS depending on specific products. This position manages the design, the implementation and delivery of QA processes, programs and policies for several products at IQSS: those developed or forked by our development and IT teams. In particular, this position supports both the Dataverse open source project and its instance called Harvard Dataverse Repository. It may also support other IQSS products, as needed.  It is responsible for the execution and coordination of QA testing activities, performs troubleshooting, and identifies and reports issues to the...

Job-Specific Responsibilities: Harvard University is implementing an Anaplan budgeting, forecasting, and planning platform. We are seeking a hands-on Technical Lead & Product Owner to own both the technical ecosystem and the product vision for Anaplan across the University—spanning architecture, integrations, security, performance, model design, and roadmap/feature prioritization. This role combines deep financial planning and analysis (FP&A) expertise with product management and consulting skills. You will partner with the Office of Financial Strategy & Planning, school and unit finance teams, IT, and external partners to design, prioritize, and deliver a scalable, intuitive, and well-governed planning platform in a highly decentralized environment. Key Responsibilities Technical Ownership & Architecture Serve as primary technical owner of Harvard’s Anaplan environment (architecture, workspaces, security, performance). Design the end-to-end technical...

The International Payee Tax Compliance Specialist (IPTC Specialist) is part of the IPTC team in the Financial Administration Department (FAD) and provides dedicated support to the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS).  The International Payee Tax Compliance Specialist I role is well suited for someone who values helping others, working carefully with detailed information, and developing expertise in a specialized area. Using established guidance, this position supports international faculty, staff, students, guests, and suppliers by validating tax residency status and eligibility for tax treaty benefits. The specialist develops and applies knowledge and skills to determine the appropriate tax treatment for standard payment types and collaborates with other FAD units on payment and tax compliance matters. Additional customer service, administrative, and compliance-related duties may be assigned as needed. This is a one-year term position, with the possibility of extension....

The Harvard Alumni Association seeks an administrative professional to join the fast-paced and dynamic  Alumni Clubs and Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) team of ten. This full-time, non-exempt position serves as a key administrator reporting to the assistant director of Clubs and SIGs and supporting the work of the larger Clubs and SIGs team. As the general point of alumni contact for the team, the alumni relations assistant (ARA) delivers excellent customer service to alumni and volunteer inquiries. The ARA engages frequently with internal and external constituents always representing the HAA in a professional manner. The candidate will have strong attention to detail and accuracy, is highly organized, and takes a proactive approach to supporting and anticipating the needs of the team. The candidate is thoughtful when corresponding with alumni volunteers to understand the full scope of their inquiry and provide the resources to address their needs. The successful candidate is...

The Campus Services Finance & Administration Department (CSFA) provides accounting, financial analysis, budgeting and planning, taxes and financial administrative support services to the Campus Services business units and the customers they serve.  The organization is comprised of two main functions: Controller’s Office (Accounting Operations) and Financial Planning and Analysis. As a vital member of the CSFA team, the Senior Accounting & Systems Specialist reports to the Operational Accounting & Systems Manager and contributes significantly to the execution of financial and accounting operations within the CS Operating Unit. This role is primarily responsible for supporting accounting functions, implementing efficient processes leveraging technology and automation, and maintaining robust internal control. The Senior Accounting & Systems Specialist collaborates with a team of professionals, handling day-to-day responsibilities such as Campus Services operational...

The Center for International Development (CID) is Harvard University’s hub for cutting-edge research on the world’s most pressing international development issues. Based at Harvard Kennedy School, CID brings researchers and practitioners together across the university to collaborate, using the latest analytical tools to address pressing development challenges. CID organizes global talent worldwide by investing in people, places, and ideas to build a thriving world for all. CID has an opening for a Senior Events Manager to lead the strategy, design, and execution of CID’s public-facing events in Cambridge and globally. This role is ideal for a candidate who enjoys developing innovative event strategies that advance CID's mission while also taking ownership of the operational excellence required to deliver exceptional experiences and strengthen global engagement. The Senior Events Manager will serve as the Center’s lead on all CID events and convenings, shaping the overall vision...

The Senior Administrative Operations Coordinator serves as the primary administrator for logistical support for events, programs, and initiatives, and employee onboarding activities, helping ensure consistent administrative operations and service delivery across the HUIT Administration team.   This role serves as the operational hub for the Administration team by coordinating executive support coverage, establishing administrative best practices, supporting employee onboarding initiatives, and managing the administrative logistics that enable leaders and program owners to focus on higher-value strategic work. The Senior Administrative Operations Coordinator works independently, exercises sound judgment, and collaborates across HUIT to improve consistency, efficiency, and service delivery. While this position does not have formal supervisory responsibility, it provides day-to-day coordination and guidance to the executive support team. Job-Specific Responsibilities:...