# Director/Senior Director, Product - Applied Data Science at Formation Bio

- Company: Formation Bio
- What the company does: Building the pharma company of the future. Backed by Sequoia, a16z and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.formation.bio/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: New York, NY; Boston, MA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $245K to $307K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/formationbio/jobs/8141684
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/formation-bio-director-senior-director-product-applied-data-science/

## About the role

Where We Hire Formation Bio is prioritizing hiring in key hubs, primarily the New York City and Boston metro areas, with a hybrid model requiring 3 days per week in office. Applicants from the Research Triangle (NC) and San Francisco Bay Area may also be considered. Please apply only if you reside in these locations or are willing to relocate .

## What they're looking for

- AI/ML fluency: you can evaluate whether a method remains valid at exhaustive scale, make build-vs-buy calls on tooling, and push for AI/ML approaches where they create real leverage
- Technical fluency: y ou can engage deeply with data scientists and engineers on method, architecture, and trade-offs. You know when a statistical approach breaks down outside the single case it was built for
- Cross-functional influence: you've directed or coordinated technical teams, including engineers and data scientists, and you earn trust through technical credibility
- Business fluency: you can discuss diligence findings, asset valuation, and scientific risk with senior leaders
- Comfortable with ambiguity and autonomy: this is a new function at Formation, and the scope of what gets scaled and how will be defined in part by you
- Mission-driven: you care about getting medicines to patients faster. That's what this company exists to do, and it matters to you

Tags: Product