Amanda Sutherland

Amanda Sutherland joined Flagship Pioneering in 2021 as an Associate Director, Executive Search. In her current role, she orchestrates the executive-level recruitment strategy for Flagship and its expansive portfolio of companies, ensuring the assembly of top-tier C-level leadership teams.

Prior to joining Flagship, Amanda was a Principal Recruitment Consultant at Real Life Sciences, the pharmaceutical and biotech division of a prominent global staffing agency. In this role, she led the executive search team, crafting comprehensive recruitment strategies, executing in-depth market analyses, and managing client relationships to successfully place pivotal roles such as CEOs, CMOs and CSOs at rapidly growing biotech startups in the Boston Area. Beyond C-suite placements, her recruitment acumen extends to roles in clinical development, translational research, preclinical, and early discovery phases. Amanda's career began in legal services as a Paralegal at Schlam Stone & Dolan, a distinguished boutique law firm in New York City.

Amanda holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, with a Minor in Business Management from Wagner College.