Tyler Durham

Company: Flagship Pioneering

Job title: Senior Vice President, Leadership & Development

Bio:

Tyler joined Flagship in 2024 as senior vice president of Leadership & Development. He works with the Flagship Senior Leadership Team to drive a comprehensive talent management strategy including talent and leadership development, employee experience and culture enablement to include diversity, inclusion and belonging, and people analytics & data science.
Tyler joined Flagship from AstraZeneca where he served as the Global Head of Talent and Organization Effectiveness. He was previously the Vice President of Leadership & Organization Strategy at Alexion Pharmaceuticals and was with Prophet and McKinsey & Co. as a senior leader in their respective Organization Practices. Before McKinsey & Co., Tyler was Global President & Partner of Ketchum Change (now part of Daggerwing Group), an organizational effectiveness consulting firm. Earlier in his career he was a Senior Consultant in Deloitte’s Human Capital practice and was a Captain in the U.S. Army.

Tyler’s passion for leadership and exceptional talent and cultures was inspired by his time as an officer in the U.S. Army leading over 300 missions to help implement the Dayton Peace Accord in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He worked with NATO allies and international NGOs to help end the civil war, establish the country’s new borders, repatriate displaced citizens, facilitate free & fair elections, and usher in democratically elected leaders all within 18 months – forging an appreciation for what it takes to make change happen in the real world under the most demanding circumstances.

He earned a B.A. from Wake Forest University, an M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University, and is a graduate of the Omnicom University Senior Management Program, a two-year executive education program in partnership with Harvard Business School and Babson College. He is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Army’s Ranger, Airborne, and Air Assault schools and he regularly volunteers with organizations supporting veterans and their families. Tyler lives outside of Boston in Wayland, MA with his wife, Anne, their daughters, Maddie and Nell, their Labrador Retriever, Lucy, and Golden Retriever, Walter.

Seminars:

Discover: Building a Connected Learning Ecosystem That Accelerates Mission Impossible Innovation 10:40 am

Embedding refreshed values and leadership mindsets to activate learning and knowledge-sharing across early stage venture companies within a complex life sciences ecosystem Operationalizing development through fit-for-purpose forums and collaborative exchanges that build intellectual, social, and human capital, enabling teams to share insights and solve novel problems across scientific domains Deploying proprietary digital tools, including a…Read more

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Develop: How Can Life Sciences Organizations Build Learning Ecosystems That Support Innovation, Inclusion & Global Talent Engagement? 11:20 am

How can learning ecosystems be designed to support both early-stage innovation and enterprise-wide development without fragmenting strategy or resources? What are the most effective ways to scale learning across geographies and functions while maintaining relevance for scientific, operational, and commercial teams? How can organizations foster a culture of continuous learning and knowledge exchange that reflects…Read more

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