Cambridge, MA Senior Strategic Transactions Lead, APEX

Flagship Pioneering 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 tounitelife science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that islargely withoutprecedent. 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 that generate exceptional value for people and the 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 andhas been named four times to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.

Flagship Pioneering isseekinga highly motivated Senior Strategic Transaction Leader to join our growing Transactions team.

Flagship undertakes dozens of complex and value-oriented transactions at any given time, including complex joint ventures and partnerships, mergers and acquisition, initial public offerings, licensing and collaborations, global fundraising as well as and business and corporate development initiatives.

Allthe activities associated with transactions at Flagship are led by a cross-disciplinary group, referred to internally as the “APEX Group”. APEX is an acronym for “Acquisitions, Partnership, Equity ande Xecution.”This is an outstanding opportunity foranexperiencedstrategic business leader with strong transaction experience who wants exposure to some of the most innovative companies and partnerships involved in ground-breaking transactions.

This individual will partner closely withother business leaders in working on transactions, including members of Flagship’s Executive Leadership Team,Business Development, Corporate Development,senior management of portfolio companiesandotherleadership teams to help execute a wide range of strategic transactions across the Flagship ecosystem.

• Own and drive, together with other members of the APEX Group,the execution of transactions across the Flagship ecosystem, includinglicensing, collaboration, financing, partnership, joint venture, M&A, and other strategic transactions as well asventure financings, equity investments, recapitalizations, and othercapital accessingactivities
• Coordinate with other colleagues at Flagshipand external advisorstofacilitategreat decision-making.
• Drive thedesign and strategicstructuringofcomplex transactions toachieve financial objectives.
• Mentor, oversee and develop younger colleagues in the Apex group
• Drive the negotiation oftransaction terms andthe completion of relevant processes.
• Manage multiple transactions simultaneously in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, evolving regulations, and legal developmentsimpactingpharmaceutical collaborations and biotech transactions.
• Contribute to developing and implementing best practices, templates, and playbooks to streamline relevanttransactionprocesses.
• Proactively engage and direct external law firm partners and advisors to manage high-stakes negotiations and complex deal structures and legalcostassociated with the same.
• Counsel internal stakeholders on legal interpretations, riskmanagementand compliance considerations.

• J.D. from a top-tier law school, or equivalent graduate school degree in a relevant field
• 10+ years of experience in complex life sciences transactions, including top-tier law firm experienceor top-tier investment bank, consultingfirmor investment firm;previousin-housepharmaexperience is…