Senior Analyst/Manager, Strategic Business Operations & Analytics

Flagship Pioneering•Cambridge, MA

23h

About The Position

The Senior Analyst/Manager, Strategic Business Operations and Analytics will sit within the Strategic Business Operations and Analytics (SBOA) team and report into SBOA leadership, while spending the majority of their time supporting the Vice President leading Flagship’s Commercial and Competitive Insights (CCI) capability within Pipeline & Platform Innovation (P&PI). CCI is an internal capability that provides commercial strategy and competitive intelligence support to pipeline-building engagements across Flagship’s ecosystem companies—and SBOA partners with P&PI to provide the analytical horsepower behind that work. This role focuses on executing the day-to-day CCI workstreams—market opportunity, competitive landscaping, concept pressure-testing, and investment-grade readiness—while also helping build the reusable frameworks, datasets, and AI-enabled tools that make these analyses scalable. This is an entrepreneurial role for someone who is eager to develop both strategic and technical skills, work directly with senior leaders, and operate at the intersection of science, commercial strategy, and finance in a dynamic, fast-growing environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in a biological, quantitative, or business field preferred (PhD not required).
At least 2 years of experience in management consulting, equity research, investment banking, corporate strategy, business development, or a related analytical role—ideally with life sciences exposure.
Strong communication, presentation, collaboration, and partnership skills, including synthesizing complex information for senior audiences and presenting commercial/financial content to non-financial stakeholders.
Strong analytical and modeling skills; comfort working with quantitative data, building structured frameworks, and drawing clear conclusions from incomplete information.
Effective time management, organization, and prioritization skills in managing multiple workstreams with proven ability to meet tight deadlines.
Ability to work conscientiously and with minimal direction, using good judgment and taking initiative on both short and long-range projects.
Ability to work as a team member, multi-task, and be flexible to adapt to the ever-changing priorities of a dynamic, fast-growing company.
A “roll-up-your-sleeves” entrepreneurial attitude.
Strategic thinker with strong critical thinking, problem-solving, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.
Foundational understanding of drug development, the biopharma value chain, and/or competitive dynamics in life sciences (or strong demonstrated curiosity and ability to ramp quickly).
Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and familiarity with AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT)

Responsibilities

Support commercial assessment, competitive intelligence, and concept evaluation across Flagship pipeline-building engagements by contributing to value framing, opportunity prioritization, etc.
Conduct competitive landscape analysis by target, mechanism, modality, and indication using numerous platforms / databases.
Build models and analyses (value sizing, indication scoring, deal-comp benchmarking, scenario and sensitivity analysis) to inform concept shaping and investment-grade recommendations.
Help develop reusable frameworks, scoring methodologies, and decision-support tools that compound value across CCI engagements.
Leverage AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) for long-document synthesis, structured commercial / competitive analysis, and interactive deliverables.
Pressure-test concept differentiation, partnerability, and commercial attractiveness ahead of senior leadership review.
Prepare materials and present analyses to Managing Directors, Partners, and ecosystem company leadership.
Support and manage end-to-end execution of assigned workstreams within engagement timelines, coordinating with CCI, P&PI project leads, and other SBOA colleagues.
Complete ad hoc requests and other duties as needed with minimal oversight and in a timely manner.
Continually learn across topics related to science, finance, strategy, competitive intelligence, and AI-enabled analytics.