Senior Director – Operations and Strategy
| Company | Flagship Pioneering |
|---|---|
| Location | Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Facile in a matrixed environment, comfortable with ambiguity
- Deep relevant experience in industry or academia that allow for deep influencing of internal senior teams and Origination team members
- 7+ years of experience working in life science companies or consulting firm preferred
- Sophisticated collaborator and communicator
- Ability to drive complex projects with multiple stakeholders to completion
- Engineering or Science background with ability to be value added interface with FSP PBUs (Ph.D. preferred)
- Passion for pioneering impact and value creation in the life sciences space based upon delivering human and planet health benefits
Responsibilities
- Help ensure scientific and operational excellence to maximize value across Flagship’s early company development.
- Facilitate activities associated with company stage gates and develop systems for understanding and tracking Origination pipeline including advancing outcomes of regular portfolio review.
- Support increase in cross-company and inter-PBU collaboration.Currently building pipeline of activity across stages of awareness, leverage and collaboration, defining heuristics for each stage and supporting identification and known areas of opportunity.
- Elevate PBU and Functional interface to enable efficiency and effectiveness of Flagship’s innovation engine. Activities include advancing functional excellence project and other ongoing efforts.
- Drive effective and efficient governance for Origination stakeholders in partnership with PBU leadership and Flagship leadership.
- Ensure operational success and effective decision-making for PBU Leaders and their early-stage companies in highly matrixed environment. Support NewCo to GrowthCo in concert with PBU governance framework (e.g., Origination and Growth leads)
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience working in life science companies or consulting firm preferred
- Engineering or Science background with ability to be value added interface with FSP PBUs (Ph.D. preferred)