VP, Enabling Technologies Portfolio Development

VP, Enabling Technologies Portfolio Development

Flagship Pioneering is seeking a strategic and entrepreneurial leader to drive internal portfolio development within the Enabling Technologies Initiative, with a primary focus on advancing the Thermo Fisher Scientific partnership. This individual will develop and manage internal and external partnerships to seed, build, and scale new bioplatform companies and capabilities that enable Flagship's pioneering science and technology ecosystem.

The role requires a blend of scientific and business acumen, a passion for value creation in the life sciences, and the ability to build trusted relationships across diverse internal teams and external partners.

Key responsibilities include :

• Portfolio Development : Drive internal portfolio strategy and development for the Enabling Technologies Initiative. Identify, seed, and resource new bioplatform opportunities that leverage enabling science and technology capabilities.
• Partnership Management : Serve as the primary alliance lead for the Thermo Fisher partnership, overseeing joint pipeline activities, partner engagement, and governance implementation. Build further collaboration on existing and emerging ET companies.
• Internal Collaboration : Partner closely with Flagship Pioneering Business Units (PBUs) and internal functions (Finance, BD, Capital Solutions, Communications) to maximize the impact of enabling technology partnerships and ensure alignment across the portfolio.
• External Partnership Leverage : Collaborate with external partners to enhance and scale bioplatform capabilities, ensuring that partnerships deliver strategic, scientific, and business value.
• Ecosystem Building : Create structures, resources, and forums to advance the broader portfolio of enabling technologies and foster cross-functional connectivity and innovation.
• Value Creation : Appreciate the unique needs, models, and value-creation strategies of each ET company and work to enable success across distinct functions and stages of growth.

Professional experience and qualifications include :

Location : Cambridge, MA

About Flagship Pioneering : Flagship Pioneering invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health, sustainability and beyond. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated more than 100 companies. Many of these companies have addressed humanity's most urgent challenges : vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.

Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE's "Change the World" list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies and has been twice named to Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We recognize that great candidates often bring unique strengths without fulfilling every qualification. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your background and interest in Flagship.

The salary range for this role is $252,000 - $346,500. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Flagship Pioneering currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. Compensation and benefits information is based on Flagship Pioneering's good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.