Vice President, Data Platform (Pioneering Intelligence)

Flagship Pioneering•Cambridge, MA

2d•$275,000 - $365,000

About The Position

Pioneering Intelligence builds on Flagship Pioneering's legacy of founding cutting-edge science and computational ventures, harnessing recent advances in AI, machine learning, and data to accelerate fundamental research and create a portfolio of AI-first companies. As part of Flagship's integrated model of science, entrepreneurship, and capital, it transforms breakthrough ideas into world-changing companies, elevating the AI advances happening across the ecosystem in human health, sustainability, and beyond. Position Summary Flagship's Pioneering Intelligence seeks a VP AI Data Platform to lead the strategy and development of our AI-native data technologies. This platform leverages our unique breadth of portfolio company data in partnership with our AI scientists to return differentiated AI models and tools to the benefit of our portfolio companies. This leader partners with our scientific, technical, business, and legal colleagues to enable new AI capabilities while maintaining strong controls, trust, and compliance.

Requirements

Experience designing and delivering scalable data platforms used in machine learning contexts with sensitive proprietary data
Experience balancing performance and cost of hardware and software vendor solutions with internal development efforts
Strong knowledge of user-centered software product development
Experience working with machine learning teams
Demonstrated ability to understand concerns, align value, and enable shared outcomes across many stakeholders
History of leading a high-functioning technical team of software and infrastructure engineers
Experience with technical and legal data governance frameworks
Communicates clearly with executive and nontechnical stakeholders

Responsibilities

Own strategy and continued development of an AI-native data platform for benefits dozens of portfolio companies
Deliver a product-minded and user-centered roadmap for the data platform
Lead a high-performing technical team to implement the roadmap
Build strategic co-development partnerships with external collaborators
Work with leaders across the portfolio to ensure enthusiastic adoption of data platform tools
Drives adoption across all wholly-owned portfolio companies
Work with colleagues in Pioneering Intelligence to enable differentiated and innovative molecular models and agentic systems that leverage the data platform
Ensures secure, compliant cross-company data governance