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Flagship Pioneering · 1 day ago

Director/Senior Director, Digital Business Partnership

Cambridge, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$172K/yr - $280K/yr

8+ years exp

Flagship Pioneering invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health, sustainability and beyond. The Director/Senior Director, Digital Business Partnership will serve as the strategic digital interface between assigned Pioneering Business Units and Flagship Labs companies, ensuring alignment of digital strategy to business maturity and overseeing execution readiness across IT delivery functions.

FinanceFinancial ServicesVenture Capital

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Nicki (Andronicki) Maraganore Shah, Ed.M.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary digital partner to assigned PBUs and FLs, providing continuous support from ProtoCo launch through GrowthCo transition

Support business leaders in translating scientific and operational strategies into aligned digital priorities

Sponsor the digital roadmap for each assigned company and represent digital priorities in Flagship governance forums

Ensure platform and infrastructure needs are met to support milestones such as funding events, BD engagement, etc

Support the adoption and application of Digital Launch and Operational Growth Transition (OGT) playbooks in collaboration with IT delivery functions and the Office of the CIO

Lead intake and validation of digital requests across assigned companies; ensure alignment with enterprise platform strategy and standards

Collaborate with PMs, analysts, and delivery leaders to ensure scoping is supported by context, value, and timing

Sponsor business case development and ensure each initiative is prioritized through related governance forums

Track intake and roadmap status across companies using shared tools in collaboration with the Office of the CIO

Guide digital investment discussions with business leaders and coordinate Build budget inputs

Serve as a strategic liaison to IT delivery leads across Research Systems, Enterprise Applications, Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity

Ensure business needs are accurately reflected during project planning; hand off scoped initiatives to delivery teams for execution

Partner with IT delivery functions to support requirement gathering, testing coordination, and system validation readiness

Participate in project milestone and governance reviews as a business-aligned sponsor, but not as a delivery manager

Raise delivery risks, blockers, and coordination challenges to the Office of the CIO as needed to maintain portfolio alignment

Qualification

Digital strategyIT business partnershipLife sciences systemsCloud infrastructureLab IT systemsCollaboration platformsInfluencing without authorityManaging multiple partnershipsCross-functional collaboration

Required

8–10+ years of experience in digital strategy, IT business partnership, or life sciences systems implementation

Experience supporting early-stage and growth-stage biotech companies, ideally within platform-based or portfolio models

Proven ability to work cross-functionally across science, operations, and IT to define and prioritize digital initiatives

Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, lab IT systems (e.g., Benchling, LIMS), collaboration platforms (e.g., M365), and cyber standards

Strong understanding of the challenges associated with scaling IT capabilities across maturing biotech organizations

Ability to manage multiple concurrent partnerships, prioritize across a portfolio, and influence without direct authority

Benefits

Healthcare coverage

Annual incentive program

Retirement benefits

Broad range of other benefits

Company

Flagship Pioneering

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Flagship Pioneering is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.

Founded in 2000

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

501-1000 employees

http://flagshippioneering.com

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