Vice President, Trial Engine

Formation Bio•Boston, MA

15d•$333,000 - $370,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As Vice President of Trial Engine, you are the accountable leader for how Formation Bio executes clinical trials across our portfolio. This role builds on an existing, differentiated trial execution and data platform, and is accountable for scaling and strengthening it as the portfolio grows. That means running and continuously improving a trial execution engine that delivers speed, cost efficiency, and quality predictably. You will optimize planning and execution across our trials and drive iteration and improvement across every part of our delivery approach. We’re not looking for a traditional Clinical Operations leader. This is an outcomes oriented, first principled, velocity-obsessed, player + coach + builder role for someone who knows clinical trials can and must be run faster, cheaper, and better at the same time. You will lead multiple functions, serve as a trial team leader yourself, and work in close partnership with the Development, Translational, Technology, Business Operations & Strategy and Quality teams to continue to build capabilities, including AI enabled, that ensure we deliver new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently. If you want a steady-state org, inherited process, and the ability to rely solely on your experience, you’re not the right person.

Requirements

Outcome-Driven: You optimize for value creation, everything is in service of that.
AI-Native: You naturally embed AI and automation into team culture, workflows, and decision-making and believe this is the future of exceptional clinical trial execution.
Generalist with Range: You flex across disciplines, know when to go deep, when to pull in experts, and when to rely on strong teams.
Structured & Decisive: You run teams with sharp prioritization, clear responsibilities and disciplined execution.
Comfortable in Ambiguity: You thrive in dynamic environments, simplify complexity, and adapt quickly without losing momentum.
Strategically Grounded with Tactical Depth: You connect and communicate high-level vision to detailed, practical action and can operate comfortably at both levels.

Nice To Haves

You don’t believe in the traditional paradigm that you can only have 2 of 3 (speed, cost, quality) and have the track record to prove it.
You set a high bar with your team, when hiring and expect a lot of yourself and others.
You are productively impatient and intolerant of unnecessary friction.
You know what exceptional looks like and what it actually takes to achieve it consistently.
You are self-aware, comfortable being wrong in public and committed to getting better.
You have a sense of humor, especially about yourself.

Responsibilities

Own and Drive Trial Outcomes
Serve as trial team leader on designated programs, setting execution pace and ensuring learnings are shared and implemented across the portfolio
Lead Multiple Trial Engine Enablement Teams
Generate operational alpha through the pace you set, the systems and technology you deploy and the people you develop and hire.
Build high-performing teams that scale impact without corresponding headcount
Evolve the Trial Delivery Operating Model
Improve execution rhythms and decision frameworks that enable repeatable, fast, high quality decision making
Interrogate and replace legacy processes with AI-enabled workflows and systems designed to deliver outcomes
Partner Cross-Functionally with:
Asset General Managers, Clinical and Operations leaders to ensure we have tight coordination across program and trial teams
Development and Business Operations teams to align strategy, execution, and tooling
Tech partners to operationalize automation, AI, and data-driven decision-making across trial workflows