Vice President, Head of Strategy & Operations

The Team You'll Join You will sit at the apex of Recursion's Strategy & Operations function, working as a direct partner to our CEO. You will lead and mentor the Strategy & Operations team and will have deep working relationships across the entire executive leadership team. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role at the center of Recursion's mission. You will be a key voice in defining the company's future while ensuring the organization operates with the focus and discipline required to deliver it.

The role demands someone who is equally comfortable in the boardroom, the data room, and the operations room. The Experience You'll Need Advanced degree required; MBA from a top-tier program strongly preferred. Life sciences, data science, or related scientific background is a significant advantage. 6+ years at a leading management consulting firm at the Principal, Associate Partner, or Partner level, with deep exposure to biopharma, biotech, or healthcare clients. Significant in-house experience in strategy, corporate development, or operations within a pharma or biotech company. Strong familiarity with AI platforms, machine learning applications, or digital health tools — and genuine curiosity about their role in transforming drug discovery and development. Proven track record shaping executive-level strategy, leading complex cross-functional initiatives, and influencing without direct authority. Experience preparing and presenting board materials, earnings communications, investor presentations, or regulatory filings. Exceptional analytical, communication, and storytelling skills — able to distill complexity into clear, compelling narratives for diverse audiences. High EQ and political acumen; skilled at navigating ambiguity, managing competing priorities, and building trust across all levels of an organization. Adaptability and resourcefulness; thrives in a fast-moving, high-growth environment where roles evolve and ambiguity is the norm. Working Location &

Compensation: This is an office-based, hybrid position at our offices located in New York City, New York . Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time. At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role, the estimated current annual base range for this role is $321,860 to $385,990 (USD) . You will also be eligible for an annual

bonus and equity

compensation, as well as a comprehensive

benefits package. #LI-DB1 #LI-REMOTE The Values We Hope You Share: We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust. We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action. We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment, test, and refine, embracing iteration over perfection. We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day. We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy—leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together. We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust, clarity, humility, and impact. Through sharing, we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities. Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively. More About Recursion Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting. Recursion’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at www.recursion.com , or connect on X and LinkedIn . Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Recursion Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Recursion or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Recursion’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Recursion, and Recursion will not owe any referral or other fees. Our team will communicate directly with candidates who are not represented by an agent or intermediary unless otherwise agreed to prior to interviewing for the job.

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