Senior Manager, Brand & Communications

About Formation Bio

Formation Bio is a tech and AI driven pharma company differentiated by radically more efficient drug development.

Advancements in AI and drug discovery are creating more candidate drugs than the industry can progress because of the high cost and time of clinical trials. Formation Bio, founded in 2016 as Trial Spark Inc., has built technology platforms, processes, and capabilities to accelerate all aspects of drug development and clinical trials. Formation Bio partners, acquires, or in-licenses drugs from pharma companies, research organizations, and biotechs to develop programs past clinical proof of concept and beyond, ultimately helping to bring new medicines to patients.

The company is backed by investors across pharma and tech, including a16z, Sequoia, Sanofi, Thrive Capital, John Doerr, Spark Capital, SV Angel Growth, and others.

You can read more at the following links:

• Our Vision for AI in Pharma
• Our Current Drug Portfolio
• Our Technology & Platform

At Formation Bio, our values are the driving force behind our mission to revolutionize the pharma industry. Every team and individual at the company shares these same values, and every team and individual plays a key part in our mission to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently.

Formation Bio is looking for a Senior Manager to join its Brand & Communications team, reporting directly to the Head of Brand & Communications. This is a broad, high-ownership role for someone who wants to work across the full scope of a modern brand and communications function — internal comms, external brand initiatives, events, drug program communications, and brand operations — at a company doing something genuinely new in the world and therefore with a brand new story to tell.

To succeed, you must have a track record of excellent taste, pristine execution, seamless coordination, and operational excellence. You will own several work streams end-to-end and support others, serving as a reliable, high-judgment partner to the Head of Brand & Communications across everything the function touches.

We re looking for someone who is extremely plugged into the tech and AI conversation, who instinctively understands how ideas travel, what s resonating, and where Formation Bio should show up. You bring intense enthusiasm for AI innovation and automation, and believe communications can be deeply human while leveraging AI to drive efficiency and scale. You ll be instrumental in helping build an AI-native communications function that fits squarely into Formation s broader mission and culture.

• Internal Communications
• Own the end-to-end execution of internal communications rituals, including All Hands, Town Halls, written pass-downs, and strategic updates — from logistics and prewires through to post-event follow-up and action tracking
• Maintain the internal comms calendar and ensure the organization stays consistently informed
• Ideate, test, and launch meaningful new internal communications rituals to increase employee connectivity and alignment

• Brand Initiatives
• Support planning and execution of external brand initiatives — investor events, conferences, branded experiences, and our presence in the broader pharma and AI industry conversation — coordinating logistics, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver polished, on-brand experiences
• Collaborate with the People team on talent brand work streams, including content creation and events
• Partner with our Sr. Manager, Content on various forms of content (written, video, web, social, etc.) to drive forward brand goals
• Support external PR + Comms work related to our pipeline drug assets, ranging from internal cross functional coordination to working on external op-eds, events, patient and policy initiatives

• Brand Operations
• Maintain and evolve internal brand resources, including guidelines, design libraries, tools, and norms, so every team can represent Formation Bio accurately and confidently
• Build and improve AI-powered systems and workflows that increase the speed, consistency, and quality of output across the communications function
• Serve as an internal resource…