Flagship Pioneering is a scientific innovation engine that invents and builds companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps in human health, sustainability, and beyond. 

What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our team of scientists, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and create breakthroughs for the benefit of people and planet.

Many of the companies Flagship has founded 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 named four times to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.

Position Overview

Flagship Pioneering is seeking an experienced and strategic Vice President or Senior Vice President, Total Rewards and People Operations to lead the design, management, and evolution of Total Rewards programs and key people infrastructure across our ecosystem. The scope of this role spans compensation, executive compensation, equity, benefits, people operations, and people analytics for Flagship and its portfolio of companies.

This is a highly visible leadership role requiring deep expertise in compensation strategy and private-company equity, as well as the ability to operate effectively across a complex, fast-paced, and highly matrixed environment. The ideal candidate will bring strong executive presence, sound judgment, and the ability to translate business strategy into scalable people programs that support growth, innovation, and organizational effectiveness.

This leader will oversee an established team across Compensation, Benefits, People Operations, and People Analytics, and will be expected to shape a modern, market-relevant Total Rewards philosophy, refine equity and incentive structures, advance benefits strategy, and drive people insights that support executive decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Total Rewards Strategy and Leadership

• Lead the strategy, design, and ongoing evolution of Flagship’s global Total Rewards philosophy across compensation, executive compensation, equity, benefits, and other reward programs. 
• Serve as the principal architect of rewards strategy, recommending program direction to senior leadership and ensuring alignment with business priorities, talent strategy, and financial objectives. 
• Develop and refine salary structures, incentive frameworks, equity guidelines, and market positioning approaches across a global footprint. 
• Oversee job architecture and leveling governance in support of internal equity, talent management, and scalable compensation decision-making. 
• Guide annual compensation planning processes, including merit, bonus, promotion, and other pay actions, in partnership with HR, Finance, and business leadership. 
• Partner closely with Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partners on executive and broad-based offer strategy, market competitiveness, and internal equity. 
• Lead the continued evolution of executive compensation and broad-based equity strategy across Flagship and applicable portfolio companies. 

Equity and Incentive Design

• Provide strategic leadership for complex equity and long-term incentive programs, including private-company equity structures and alternative long-term incentive constructs. 
• Oversee equity strategy, governance, and operational execution through the team, ensuring strong program design and scalable administration. 
• Partner with senior leadership on the design and refinement of incentive and ownership frameworks that support attraction, retention, and long-term value creation. 
• Bring familiarity with innovative and non-traditional compensation approaches, including profits interests, carried interest, and related long-term incentive structures. 

Benefits Strategy

• Lead benefits strategy across health and welfare, retirement, leave, and ancillary programs, ensuring programs remain competitive, sustainable, and aligned with organizational values and workforce needs. 
• Partner with the Benefits leader and external advisors to evaluate plan design, funding, market trends, vendor performance, and evolving regulatory requirements. 
• Support harmonization and modernization of benefits strategy where appropriate across a diverse and growing ecosystem. 

People Operations

• Oversee key People Operations functions, including onboarding, offboarding, employee lifecycle processes, policy administration, compliance workflows, service delivery, and operational process excellence. 
• Ensure people processes are scalable, well-governed, and designed to support a high-quality employee and manager experience. 
• Partner effectively across HR, Payroll, IT, Legal, and Finance to improve operational efficiency and strengthen people-related infrastructure. 
• Provide leadership on HR compliance, as well as compensation- and benefits-related compliance considerations, in partnership with internal and external experts as appropriate. 

People Analytics

• Lead the People Analytics agenda, with an emphasis on generating insights that support executive decision-making across workforce planning, hiring, retention, compensation, and organizational effectiveness. 
• Oversee dashboards, reporting, and analytical frameworks that inform leaders including the CEO and CFO. 
• Translate data and analysis into actionable recommendations in partnership with HR Business Partners and business leaders. 
• Advance a thoughtful, increasingly sophisticated analytics capability that supports better people decisions across Flagship and the broader ecosystem. 

Portfolio Company Partnership

• Advise and support portfolio company leaders on Total Rewards strategy, with involvement calibrated to company stage, maturity, and business need. 
• Tailor rewards frameworks and guidance for a range of company stages while maintaining sound governance and alignment with broader talent and value creation goals. 
• Present recommendations and insights to portfolio company leadership and boards as needed. 

Leadership and Team Development

• Lead, develop, and inspire a multi-functional team spanning Compensation, Benefits, People Operations, and People Analytics. 
• Foster strong collaboration across functional teams and help continue building a high-performing, service-oriented, and strategically focused organization.
• Manage external consultants, brokers, survey providers, and other key vendors in support of rewards strategy and operational excellence. 

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in Total Rewards, with significant depth in compensation strategy and experience leading broad, multi-functional teams. 
• Deep expertise in compensation design, market benchmarking, executive compensation, incentive strategy, and private-company equity. 
• Strong familiarity with alternative long-term incentive structures, including profits interests, carried interest, and other innovative ownership or reward constructs. 
• Experience leading or advising on benefits strategy, including health and welfare, retirement, leave, and ancillary offerings. 
• Experience overseeing or partnering closely with People Operations and People Analytics functions in complex organizations. 
• Demonstrated success operating in high-growth, founder-led, venture-backed, private equity, or similarly dynamic business environments. 
• Experience supporting global workforces and navigating matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholders and business models. 
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders, present compelling recommendations, and operate as a trusted advisor. 
• Proven ability to translate data and market insights into practical, business-relevant decisions and action plans. 
• Experience working with boards, founders, and senior executive stakeholders preferred. 
• Prior life sciences or biotechnology experience preferred, but not required. 

Why Join Flagship Pioneering?

This is a rare opportunity to play a critical role in shaping how a highly innovative organization rewards, supports, and scales exceptional talent. As Senior Vice President, Total Rewards and People Operations, you will operate at the intersection of business strategy, organizational design, and cutting-edge science, helping to build and evolve the people infrastructure that supports transformative work in human health and sustainability.

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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The salary range for this role is $300,000 - $400,000. 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.

Flagship Pioneering is a bioplatform innovation company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature-positive agriculture.   

 What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet.   

Many of the companies Flagship has founded 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. 

Position Summary 

The Senior Analyst, People Analytics will sit within the HR Operations and Analytics team and partner closely with HR and Systems/IT to improve the accuracy, consistency, and usability of people data across recruiting and the employee lifecycle. This is a hybrid role that combines data integrity work, recurring audits, process and systems improvement, operational reporting, dashboard support, and deck-buildingfor HR and leadership stakeholders. 

This role is well-suited for someone who is highly detail-oriented, operationally minded, and energized by making people data and processes more reliable, scalable, and useful. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across systems, spreadsheets, reporting outputs, and process documentation, and can move fluidly between investigating issues, improving workflows, and delivering polished reporting materials.  

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead recurring and ad hoc audits of employee and recruiting data across core people systems and workflows; identify discrepancies, investigate root causes, reconcile records, and help drive corrective action. 

• Partner with different areas of HR and IT to improve data quality, process design, system workflows, and reporting reliability across key people processes. 

• Support and help optimize operational workflows related to recruiting data audits, employee data integrity, internal mobility, HRIS data quality, and other cross-functional people processes. 

• Pull, clean, validate, and combine data from multiple sources to support recurring operational reporting, ad hoc analyses, and leadership requests. Maintain and improve recurring dashboards, reports, and leadership-ready presentation materials that clearly translate people data and operational findings into actionable takeaways. 

• Support requirements gathering, testing, QA, and documentation for system updates, new workflows, integrations, and reporting changes. 

• Document audit logic, business rules, data definitions, and process steps to improve consistency, reduce manual errors, and strengthen operational rigor. 

• Identify opportunities to streamline manual work, improve controls, and make people reporting and operational processes more scalable over time. 

• Serve as a day-to-day partner on data, process, and systems questions for stakeholders Including HR and IT groups. 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree and relevant experience in people analytics, HR operations, HRIS, recruiting operations, business operations, or a related field. 

• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with large, detailed, and sensitive datasets. 

• Experience performing data audits, reconciliations, validation checks, and root-cause analysis. 

• Experience supporting recurring reporting, operational metrics, and/or leadership-ready presentation materials. 

• Strong attention to detail, organization, judgment, and follow-through. 

• Ability to handle confidential employee data with discretion and care. 

• Ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams and manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Exposure to Python, SQL, relational databases, APIs, or related data workflows; interest in continuing to build technical skills over time. 

• Experience with HR and recruiting systems such as UKG, ADP, Greenhouse, or similar platforms. 

• Experience supporting systems testing, issue resolution, process documentation, or workflow improvement in partnership with technical teams. 

• Experience working with employee lifecycle, recruiting, or other people data. 

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies:  Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates.  The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team.   Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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The salary range for this role is $88,000 - $121,000. 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.

Flagship Pioneering is a scientific innovation engine that invents and builds companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps in human health, sustainability, and beyond. 

What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our team of scientists, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and create breakthroughs for the benefit of people and planet.

Many of the companies Flagship has founded 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 named four times to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.

Position Overview

Reporting into theVice President, HR, the Sr.Director Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) for the Lab Companies will be a key driver of the people strategy for the origination team members of our Pioneering Business Units at Flagship. In this role, the Sr. Director, HRBP will build and sustain relationships with their client group and the broader enterprise. Working closely with their respective Pioneering Business Unit Head, The Sr. Director, HRBP will effectively influence analysis and decision-making in the areas of leadership, talent management and development, succession planning, change management, budgeting and compensation, work force planning, organization development and design, performance management, employee engagement, career ladders and competencies, employee relations and communications.

The Sr.Director, HRBP will collaborate with the other HR Leaders to diagnose needs, develop, and deliver solutions to support our organization. The person in this role should have strong business acumen with proven ability to understand and align business needs with HR solutions to move the business forward in a changing environment. The ideal candidate will effectively influence analysis, accountability, and decision-making in many areas that impact our people.

The Sr. Director, HRBP must have a demonstrated track record of effective coaching and strategic partnerships with senior leaders and their employees, proven leadership skills, experience building teams and organizational design. The Sr. Director, HRBP should be able to demonstrate interpersonal awareness to effectively build and sustain strong client partnerships at all levels with trust and credibility to influence individuals and teams.  The successful candidate will have the ability to identify and develop leaders and be effective in addressing change and transformation. Ability to analyze trends and use metrics to propose and develop solutions is also critical.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strategic thought partner, change agent, and implementation advisor; be familiar with the strategic plans of the Pioneering Business Unit to help managers translate the business strategy and goals into HR related practices.
• Guide and support senior management and their employees in developing sustainable programs, practices, and behaviors to drive significant cultural change and enhance employee engagement and development.
• Coach and advise managers on building their teams, the effectiveness of their teams, strategic business matters, talent topics and general HR issues.
• Help executives align manager and employee capabilities to the mid-to-long-term business needs.
• Support foundation of new and growing companies while keeping scale in mind including establishing career ladders, organizational structure design and roles and responsibilities.
• Serve as a member of the senior HR Leadership Team, demonstrating enterprise leadership sharing a strong point of view on a variety of topics that may or may not be directly related to their PBU.
• Partner with TA and Enterprise team, assisting with a variety of matters to include interviewing, onboarding, immigration, budget etc.
• Manage the day-to-day Human Resources needs of the Origination Leader and their teams including acting as a point of contact for people tools, processes and programs.
• Act as stewards of the employee experience and Flagship’s culture.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree with 10-15 years experience in the HR field or
• Master's Degree and 8+ years of progressive HR experience

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Prior Pharma/Biopharma experience, start-up experience helpful
• Proven experience coaching and counseling all levels of staff on a wide variety of issues, and a thorough understanding of performance management systems and State and Federal employment law.
• Exceptional networking, relationship building, judgement and passion with a drive for compromise across different perspectives.
• Ability to translate business vision and strategy into an executable people agenda.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply OD concepts and models, such as team effectiveness, change management, communication styles, facilitation, and leadership development.
• Strengths in working and communicating in a highly matrixed environment, strong collaboration and influencing skills.
• Employee relations experience managing complex workplace matters.
• Demonstrated business acumen and a working knowledge of multiple HR disciplines.

Additional Qualifications:

• Analytical, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills including the ability to diagnose root causes.
• Ability to work in a time sensitive and confidential environment, balancing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Computer skills in MS office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), SharePoint, and HRIS (UKG is a plus)

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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The salary range for this role is $220,000 - $269,500. 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.

Flagship Pioneering is a bioplatform innovation company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature-positive agriculture.   

 What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet.   

Many of the companies Flagship has founded 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. 

Position Overview: 

Flagship Pioneering is seeking a Senior Manager, HR Operations & Systems to own and evolve our HR systems ecosystem, with primary responsibility for UKG and broad oversight of platforms including Greenhouse and other HR technologies. This role will drive day-to-day administration, governance, integrations, and future-state strategy of HR systems to ensure compliance, enable scalable service delivery, strengthen data integrity, and support a seamless employee experience across the lifecycle. Reporting to the Associate Director, HR Operations & Analytics, this leader will partner closely with HR, Legal, Payroll, Finance, and Enterprise Applications / IT to design system-enabled HR operations that are scalable, well-governed, and built for growth. 

Role Summary 

The Senior Manager, HR Operations & Systems will serve as the business owner for Flagship’s HR systems ecosystem within HR Operations, with primary responsibility for the strategy, administration, optimization, and operational enablement of core HR platforms, including UKG, Greenhouse, and other HR technologies across the employee lifecycle. 

Reporting to the Associate Director, HR Operations & Analytics, this role will partner closely with HR Operations, Talent, Total Rewards, Learning & Culture, Legal, Payroll, Finance, People Analytics, and Enterprise Applications / IT to ensure systems support the HR function in a scalable, compliant, and analytically sound way. 

This leader will help stitch together the HR systems landscape through thoughtful integrations, controls, documentation, and future-state HR tech strategy, while acting as a subject matter expert to IT for implementation and technical design. 

Key Responsibilities 

HR Systems Ownership & Administration 

• Serve as the primary HR business owner for HR systems, with deep ownership of UKG and operational oversight of other HR and talent platforms such as Greenhouse, TalentWall, Crosschq, LinkedIn Recruiter, Pequity, and future tools. 

• Manage day-to-day administration of HR systems, including configuration, permissions, security roles, workflows, testing, issue resolution, release support, and operational documentation. 

• Ensure HR systems are structured and maintained to support scalable service delivery, consistent HR operations, and strong user experience across the employee lifecycle. 

• Maintain system standards, field logic, process flows, and governance documentation to improve consistency and reduce operational ambiguity. 

Systems Architecture, Process Design & Integrations 

• Architect HR systems and processes from an operational perspective, ensuring systems support onboarding, transfers, promotions, offboarding, compliance requirements, and service delivery across the employee lifecycle. 

• Design and optimize integrations across the HR systems landscape, including key connections such as UKG-ADP and Greenhouse-UKG, to improve data flow, reduce manual work, and strengthen downstream reporting and controls. 

• Partner with Enterprise Applications / IT to define technical requirements, integration priorities, testing strategy, and implementation needs; serve as the HR SME for system changes and implementations while IT owns technical implementation and vendor management. 

• Be sufficiently hands-on and technically fluent to configure systems directly where appropriate and to effectively guide or direct technical work when builds are completed by IT or other partners. 

• Identify automation opportunities and future-state improvements across HR systems to improve scalability, reduce friction, and support evolving business needs. 

Compliance, Controls & Governance 

• Partner with HR Operations teammates, Legal, and other stakeholders to ensure systems are designed and configured to enable compliance, controls, audit readiness, and consistent execution of HR processes. 

• Manage system-enabled governance, including permissions, process controls, documentation logic, policy acknowledgement workflows, and audit-supporting records. 

• Help ensure systems support compliance execution across key areas such as documentation completeness, training administration, process controls, and employee record quality. 

• Support the creation of scalable, system-enabled HR ways of working by translating process requirements into governed workflows and operational logic. 

Analytics Enablement & Data Integrity 

• Partner closely with the People Analytics Manager to ensure HR systems are structured to support reliable reporting, meaningful analytics, and consistent data definitions. 

• Improve data integrity across systems by aligning field design, ownership, process inputs, and integrations to reduce discrepancies and improve trust in people data. 

• Ensure systems are built with analytics needs in mind, and conversely, help refine systems based on reporting and data-quality insights. 

• Support the broader HR function in strengthening compliance intelligence, scalable service delivery, and experience optimization through better system design and cleaner data. 

Cross-Functional Partnership & Change Enablement 

• Build strong working relationships across HR, IT, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and other G&A partners to align systems strategy and operational delivery with business needs. 

• Support change enablement through documentation, process clarity, and partnership with HR Operations and other HR team members; formal training delivery is not a core responsibility, but this role will help ensure systems and documentation are set up for successful adoption. 

• Contribute to future-state HR tech strategy, including evaluation of system opportunities and support for upcoming initiatives. 

What Success Looks Like 

• HRIS and the broader HR systems landscape are well-governed, well-documented, and operationally effective. 

• Core employee lifecycle processes are increasingly system-enabled, scalable, and aligned across HR and cross-functional partners. 

• Permissions, controls, and integrations support stronger compliance execution and audit readiness. 

• HR data is consistent, reliable, and usable across all company systems and platforms. 

• The HR team and business partners experience smoother workflows, less manual work, and clearer operational processes. 

• Flagship’s HR tech ecosystem is positioned for future growth, automation, and stronger decision support. 

Qualifications 

• Strong hands-on experience with enterprise HRIS administration and configuration; UKG experience strongly preferred, though deep equivalent HRIS experience may be considered. 

• Experience owning or supporting enterprise HR systems across multiple HR process areas. 

• Experience designing, managing, or supporting integrations between HRIS, ATS, payroll, and other people systems. 

• Strong understanding of how systems support employee lifecycle operations, compliance controls, and scalable service delivery. 

• Experience partnering closely with Enterprise Applications / IT teams on technical requirements, integrations, permissions, and implementation planning. 

• Strong judgment and ability to manage confidential employee and organizational data responsibly. 

• Strong written documentation and process-design skills. 

• Proven track record of independently driving operational improvements and cross-functional initiatives. 

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies:  Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates.  The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team.   Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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The salary range for this role is $128,000 - $176,000. 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.

Flagship Pioneering is a bioplatform innovation company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature-positive agriculture.   

 What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet.   

Many of the companies Flagship has founded 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. 

Position Overview: 

Flagship Pioneering is seeking a highly skilled and strategic compensation leader to oversee the design, management, and execution of non-executive compensation programs across our ecosystem. This role sits within the Total Rewards team and is responsible for Flagship's internal operations as well as its Series A and B Portfolio Companies globally. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in broad-based compensation and market practices, combined with strong cross-functional leadership and executive presence. 

This is a pivotal leadership role with exposure to all facets of Total Rewards, including executive compensation, equity programs, and global compensation design. While the current focus is broad-based compensation, the right candidate will demonstrate the potential to grow into broader leadership within the Total Rewards function over time. 

Key Responsibilities:​ 

Compensation Program Leadership:​ 

• Design, implement, and continuously refine broad-based compensation programs across a global footprint, including geographic differentials, salary structures, job leveling, and bonus frameworks. 

• Lead annual compensation review cycles (merit, bonus, promotion) in close partnership with HR Business Partners, Finance, and Talent Acquisition. 

• Collaborate with recruiting teams to craft competitive, market-aligned offers while maintaining internal equity. 

• Conduct ongoing market benchmarking and compensation analysis, leveraging tools such as Radford and Pave. 

• Maintain and evolve our pay transparency and pay equity frameworks across the organization. 

Strategic Collaboration & Stakeholder Management:​ 

• Partner with executive compensation, equity, and benefits leads to ensure cohesive Total Rewards strategy. 

• Serve as a thought partner to HRBPs and senior business leaders, providing guidance on compensation practices, offer structures, and policy interpretation. 

• Prepare and deliver insights, reports, and recommendations to senior leadership.​ 

Global Compensation & Compliance:​ 

• Maintain deep awareness of compensation regulations across key geographies​ 

• Develop and maintain localization frameworks to ensure regional competitiveness and compliance. 

• Advise on global mobility compensation matters and cross-border assignments.​ 

Team and Operational Excellence 

• Manage compensation tools, systems, and workflows to ensure accurate, efficient program delivery. 

• Support compensation-related aspects of M&A and new company creation initiatives. 

Qualifications:​ 

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field; advanced degree and/or relevant certifications (e.g., CCP) a plus.​ 

• 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, with specific expertise in broad-based compensation within high-growth or startup environments.​ 

• Experience supporting global workforces and navigating complex, matrixed environments 

• High executive presence with ability to influence senior stakeholders and deliver recommendations with clarity and confidence. 

• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, market pricing tools, and HRIS platforms 

• Background in biotech, tech, or high-growth venture-backed companies preferred 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Exposure to executive and equity compensation programs, even if not the primary area of responsibility 
• Understanding of Total Rewards integration, including benefits, mobility, and people analytics 

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies:  Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates.  The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team.   Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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The salary range for this role is $172,000 - $280,500. 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.