# Manager, Security 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: Senior
- Location: New York, NY; Boston, MA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $186K to $232K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-06
- Apply by: 2026-12-21
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/formationbio/jobs/8346754?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/formation-bio-manager-security/

## About the role

You will lead security, reporting to the Director of Technical Operations and working closely with the CTO’s organization. You will stay hands-on across data, cloud, application, and corporate security, lead incident response, and build and manage a small security engineering team. You will join the on-call rotation and use AI tools daily to build and maintain your work. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years in security engineering or security operations, with hands-on depth in data, cloud, and application security
- Led incident response to resolution and made independent severity calls under pressure
- Reads and writes code and has partnered with engineers on secure design, remediation, and pipeline security
- Uses AI tools daily and understands how to secure AI-enabled systems
- Hands-on with SIEM, EDR, vulnerability management, and security automation
- Has owned security tooling, budget, and vendor relationships

Tags: Tech Ops

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/formation-bio-manager-security/