Senior Director, Strategy and Operations

Flagship Pioneering, Inc.•Cambridge, MA

1d•$220,000 - $270,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Flagship Labs Senior Director, Strategy and Operations for two Origination Teams, you will facilitate, coordinate, and manage company-creation activities with entrepreneurialism, creativity, agility, and achievement orientation. You will serve as an operations thought partner to each Origination Team Leader, supporting Flagship-wide corporate processes, program-management practices across portfolio companies, initiative implementation, and the development of Origination talent and culture. This highly visible role coordinates organizational execution and optimizes communication, workflows, resource management, and productivity across the Origination Teams to support value creation across a portfolio of companies. The position has dual reporting lines to the Origination Team Leaders of the teams it supports. The role is based onsite in Cambridge, Massachusetts, preferably five days a week, with flexibility for four days.

Requirements

At least 7 years of industry or biotechnology experience in drug discovery, drug development, or engineering related to life sciences tools.
Scientific or research background, preferably with broad disease-area expertise; management consulting experience in relevant fields is considered.
Strategic mindset combined with operational rigor.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects.
Exceptional leadership skills and emotional intelligence, with the ability to lead through influence.
Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to analyze, synthesize, and convey complex scientific and business information to senior stakeholders.
Strong financial literacy.
Passion for growth and development, openness to giving and receiving constructive feedback, and a track record of acting on feedback.
Ability to work in person onsite in Cambridge, Massachusetts, preferably five days per week, with flexibility for four days.

Nice To Haves

Master’s or bachelor’s degree in life sciences or an engineering discipline; related or equivalent work experience may be considered.
Ph.D. degree.
Experience across multiple therapeutic modalities, such as RNA-based therapies, biologics or antibodies, and small molecules.
Program, project, or portfolio management experience with project-management tools and dashboards.
Strong understanding of the biopharmaceutical landscape and/or life sciences tools and technologies, including key players, emerging trends, and technological developments.

Responsibilities

Work with Origination Team Leaders to set organizational priorities, communicate objectives and activities, track goals, and maintain strategy and operations dashboards and KPIs.
Lead cross-functional identification, design, and implementation of strategic initiatives affecting the portfolio.
Partner with Flagship Pioneering functions and groups—including Finance, HR, Legal, IT, Business Development, the CEO office, Pioneering Medicines, Pioneering Intelligence, and advisory groups—to support effective collaboration with portfolio companies.
Work with Finance, HR, and originators to provide visibility into and guidance on resource allocation across portfolio projects and companies.
Temporarily partner with portfolio company leadership teams as needed to support timely execution of complex projects and value-creation milestones.
Set agendas and meeting cadence for Origination Teams; prepare and execute meetings, document and communicate decisions and action items, and ensure follow-up.
Prepare or contribute to reports, briefings, and presentations for Origination Team Leaders and other Flagship leaders, and track completion of follow-up items.
Develop and use program-management tools, processes, AI agents, and other tools for efficient tracking and reporting.
Develop, maintain, and share best practices for ideation, company creation, launch, and fundraising preparedness.
Enable transparent and candid communication across Origination Teams and portfolio companies.
Identify and facilitate opportunities for Origination Team projects and companies to collaborate with Flagship capabilities and its company ecosystem; track collaborations.
Work with Talent Acquisition and HR leaders to support timely hiring and onboarding of new Origination Team members.
Guide people-resource allocation across the portfolio in alignment with capacity, development, and execution priorities.
Participate in culture development and sustainability.
Work with Finance partners on Origination Team budgeting.
Identify issues that could affect successful execution, escalate risks, and propose mitigation ideas.
Bring energy and team spirit to help build a highly functioning team.