Business Analytics & AI Strategy Co-Op

About Flagship: 

Flagship Pioneering invents and builds bioplatform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. 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. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com. 

Position Summary:   

 The co-op will report into the Associate Director of the Business Analytics team of a rapidly growing organization. This role will focus on combining traditional business analytics with next-generation AI approaches to support strategic decision-making for Flagship and its portfolio companies. The co-op will gain experience working with financial, market, clinical, and scientific data while also helping to explore, prototype, and deploy AI tools that accelerate insights and operations.

Responsibilities

• Organize, analyze, and visualize diverse datasets, including biotech-specific indication, market, financial, and clinical information.
• Support development of analytical models and frameworks that guide portfolio strategy and decision-making.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to scope, design, and test custom AI solutions tailored to business and research needs.
• Experiment with and prototype AI agents to streamline workflows, automate intelligence gathering, and enhance decision support.
• Translate complex findings into clear, compelling outputs for business leaders.

Qualifications

• Working toward a bachelor’s degree in Math, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Finance, or Biology.
• Strong interest in life sciences and applications of AI to business problems.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and hands-on experience with Python, R, or equivalent programming environments preferred. 
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple stakeholders and adapt in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint required; experience with visualization tools (e.g., Tableau) or cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Snowflake) is a plus.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a “roll-up-your-sleeves” mindset.

Flagship Pioneering is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.