Vice President, Engineering

About the Company

Formation Bio is a tech and AI driven pharma company differentiated by radically more efficient drug development. The company builds technology platforms, processes, and capabilities to accelerate all aspects of drug development and clinical trials, helping to bring new medicines to patients faster.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical vision for an engineering organization prioritizing high-leverage computational capability
• Design and evolve the use of agents, MCP-based tool orchestration, and LLM-integrated systems
• Partner with the CTO, Data Science, and leadership to translate clinical and BD bottlenecks into engineering bets
• Ship LLM-integrated features and autonomous agents into production for R&D and clinical operations
• Build platforms for ingesting and operationalizing complex external, clinical, and biological datasets
• Embed engineers inside Business Development, Clinical, and R&D teams
• Own GxP-validated clinical environments and automated security and compliance
• Hire, mentor, and shape an engineering organization of 15+ people

Requirements

• Hands-on experience shipping LLM- or agent-powered systems in production
• Deep biotech or pharma context, ideally leading engineering in an in-house drug development organization
• Understanding of GxP environments (GCP, GLP, GMP)
• 10+ years across software and data engineering
• Experience managing 15+ engineers in technical, interdisciplinary settings
• Ability to engage in BD diligence and asset-level ROI conversations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in CRO, EDC, diagnostics, or medical devices
• Strong first-principles reasoning and ability to shape technical agendas