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Search Analyst roles involve keyword research, paid search campaign management, and performance reporting, skills that translate directly into high OPT demand from digital marketing agencies and in-house teams. Most positions qualify as specialty occupations under F-1 OPT, and STEM OPT extension is available if your degree is in computer science, statistics, or a related quantitative field.
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Flagship Pioneering is a scientific innovation engine that invents and builds companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps in human health, sustainability, and beyond.
What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our team of scientists, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and create breakthroughs for the benefit of people and planet.
Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity's most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.
Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE's "Change the World" list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been named four times to Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies.
Position Summary
We are seeking an Executive Search Operations Analyst to join Flagship Pioneering's Talent Acquisition team. In this hands-on role, you will support executive search execution across Flagship and its portfolio companies, with a strong focus on back-end AI-focused operations, such as template creation for reporting and content support. The ideal candidate is highly proactive, organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable using AI-enabled tools to build and refine recruiting materials, streamline documentation and enable workflows to move with precision and urgency.
Key Responsibilities
- Recruiting operations & coordination
- Support day-to-day search execution by creating, maintaining and updating materials and internal documentation using AI-forward tools and workflows
- Create and refine templates for job descriptions, status updates, candidate reports, debrief materials, and other executive search documents to ensure consistency across recruitment-related projects
- Partner with recruiters to keep workstreams organized and efficient, action items clear, and deadlines on track
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date records and candidate data to support consistent project management and execution across active searches
- Ensure accurate and timely entry of candidate data, search activity, and status updates in Greenhouse ATS to maintain data integrity for current and future recruitment and pipelining efforts
AI-Enabled Execution
- Use AI-enabled tools to improve speed, quality, and consistency of routine search operations, template development, reporting, and written communication
- Apply new tools and techniques to strengthen workflow organization, summarization, and documentation
- Stay current on internal Flagship priorities and business needs that affect executive search and talent acquisition workflows
Reporting, Data, and Workflow Support
- Leverage AI-enabled tools and templates to build and maintain dashboards, trackers, and recurring reporting that provide actionable insights into executive search activity, candidate pipelines, and search progress. Prepare client-ready candidate summaries, search updates, and other documentation to support assessment and decision-making
- Identify opportunities to reduce manual work and improve process efficiency through better use of systems, templates, and automation
Internal Stakeholder Support
- Proactively communicate and provide professional support to internal stakeholders throughout the executive search life cycle
- Support a high-touch internal experience by ensuring accurate information, timely follow-up, and smooth workflow execution
- Maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in recruiting coordination, executive search support, talent operations, or a related administrative role
- Bachelor's degree required
- Comfortable using AI-enabled tools to update trackers, maintain documentation, and support operational workflows
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Experience with Greenhouse or a similar applicant tracking system
- Excellent organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
- High degree of integrity, discretion, and trustworthiness
- Fluency in using data, dashboards, and reporting to track activity and surface insights
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting executive search or senior-level recruiting in a matrixed organization
- Track record in project management including building reports or dashboards to track search activity and candidate movement
- Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to improve operational workflows and communication
- Strong judgment, resourcefulness, and a proactive approach to solving problems
- Ability to build credibility and engage effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders and audiences, including senior executives
Equal Opportunity Employer
Flagship Pioneering is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
The salary range for this role is $76,000 - $104,000. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Flagship Pioneering currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. Compensation and benefits information is based on Flagship Pioneering's good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
Privacy Notice for Applicants: When you apply for a role at Flagship Pioneering or one of its portfolio companies, we collect and use personal information you provide (such as your name, contact details, work history, and application materials) to evaluate your application, communicate with you, and comply with legal obligations. Your application data is processed through Greenhouse, our applicant tracking system, and may also be reviewed using AI-assisted screening tools. We do not sell your personal information. California residents have rights under the CCPA/CPRA including to know, delete, and opt out of the sharing of their personal information. If you are located in the EU or UK, we process your data under GDPR and you have rights to access, rectify, and erase your data. To exercise your rights or for questions, contact privacy@flagshippioneering.com.
INTRODUCTION
Flagship Pioneering is a scientific innovation engine that invents and builds companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps in human health, sustainability, and beyond.
What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our team of scientists, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and create breakthroughs for the benefit of people and planet.
Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity's most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.
Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE's "Change the World" list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been named four times to Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies.
Position Summary
We are seeking an Executive Search Operations Analyst to join Flagship Pioneering's Talent Acquisition team. In this hands-on role, you will support executive search execution across Flagship and its portfolio companies, with a strong focus on back-end AI-focused operations, such as template creation for reporting and content support. The ideal candidate is highly proactive, organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable using AI-enabled tools to build and refine recruiting materials, streamline documentation and enable workflows to move with precision and urgency.
Key Responsibilities
- Recruiting operations & coordination
- Support day-to-day search execution by creating, maintaining and updating materials and internal documentation using AI-forward tools and workflows
- Create and refine templates for job descriptions, status updates, candidate reports, debrief materials, and other executive search documents to ensure consistency across recruitment-related projects
- Partner with recruiters to keep workstreams organized and efficient, action items clear, and deadlines on track
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date records and candidate data to support consistent project management and execution across active searches
- Ensure accurate and timely entry of candidate data, search activity, and status updates in Greenhouse ATS to maintain data integrity for current and future recruitment and pipelining efforts
AI-Enabled Execution
- Use AI-enabled tools to improve speed, quality, and consistency of routine search operations, template development, reporting, and written communication
- Apply new tools and techniques to strengthen workflow organization, summarization, and documentation
- Stay current on internal Flagship priorities and business needs that affect executive search and talent acquisition workflows
Reporting, Data, and Workflow Support
- Leverage AI-enabled tools and templates to build and maintain dashboards, trackers, and recurring reporting that provide actionable insights into executive search activity, candidate pipelines, and search progress. Prepare client-ready candidate summaries, search updates, and other documentation to support assessment and decision-making
- Identify opportunities to reduce manual work and improve process efficiency through better use of systems, templates, and automation
Internal Stakeholder Support
- Proactively communicate and provide professional support to internal stakeholders throughout the executive search life cycle
- Support a high-touch internal experience by ensuring accurate information, timely follow-up, and smooth workflow execution
- Maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in recruiting coordination, executive search support, talent operations, or a related administrative role
- Bachelor's degree required
- Comfortable using AI-enabled tools to update trackers, maintain documentation, and support operational workflows
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Experience with Greenhouse or a similar applicant tracking system
- Excellent organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
- High degree of integrity, discretion, and trustworthiness
- Fluency in using data, dashboards, and reporting to track activity and surface insights
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting executive search or senior-level recruiting in a matrixed organization
- Track record in project management including building reports or dashboards to track search activity and candidate movement
- Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to improve operational workflows and communication
- Strong judgment, resourcefulness, and a proactive approach to solving problems
- Ability to build credibility and engage effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders and audiences, including senior executives
Equal Opportunity Employer
Flagship Pioneering is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
The salary range for this role is $76,000 - $104,000. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Flagship Pioneering currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. Compensation and benefits information is based on Flagship Pioneering's good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
Privacy Notice for Applicants: When you apply for a role at Flagship Pioneering or one of its portfolio companies, we collect and use personal information you provide (such as your name, contact details, work history, and application materials) to evaluate your application, communicate with you, and comply with legal obligations. Your application data is processed through Greenhouse, our applicant tracking system, and may also be reviewed using AI-assisted screening tools. We do not sell your personal information. California residents have rights under the CCPA/CPRA including to know, delete, and opt out of the sharing of their personal information. If you are located in the EU or UK, we process your data under GDPR and you have rights to access, rectify, and erase your data. To exercise your rights or for questions, contact privacy@flagshippioneering.com.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Search Analyst
Confirm your degree supports STEM OPT
If your degree is in information systems, statistics, computer science, or marketing analytics, you may qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. Confirm your CIP code with your DSO before applying, since employers weight STEM-eligible candidates more favorably.
Highlight quantitative skills in your resume
Search Analyst roles are data-heavy. Feature proficiency in tools like Google Analytics, A/B testing frameworks, and SQL prominently. Employers sponsoring OPT want candidates who can contribute immediately, so concrete metrics from past campaigns strengthen your application significantly.
Target agencies alongside in-house teams
Digital marketing agencies hire Search Analysts in volume and are often more experienced with OPT paperwork than smaller in-house teams. Agencies at mid-market size frequently have established DSP and SEM workflows that fit OPT roles cleanly.
Start your OPT application 90 days before your end date
USCIS recommends applying for OPT authorization up to 90 days before your program end date. Processing takes three to five months, so late applications risk gaps in work authorization that can disrupt an active job search or existing offer timelines.
Prepare to explain OPT clearly to hiring managers
Many hiring managers at smaller employers are unfamiliar with OPT. Keep a one-paragraph explanation ready that covers your authorized work period, your employer's reporting requirements, and STEM extension eligibility. Removing confusion early keeps the process moving.
Focus applications on employers with prior OPT or H-1B history
Employers who have previously hired OPT workers or filed H-1B visa petitions already understand the compliance requirements. Prioritizing these companies shortens the internal approval process and significantly improves your odds of receiving and converting an offer.
Search Analyst OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Search Analyst role qualify as a specialty occupation under OPT?
Yes, in most cases. Search Analyst positions typically require a bachelor's degree or higher in marketing, information systems, statistics, or a related field, which meets the specialty occupation standard. Roles focused on paid search, SEO analytics, or performance reporting consistently qualify. Roles that are purely operational with no degree requirement attached may not.
Am I eligible for the STEM OPT extension as a Search Analyst?
It depends on your degree's CIP code, not the job title itself. If your degree is in computer science, information systems, statistics, or applied mathematics, you likely qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. A marketing or communications degree typically does not qualify. Confirm your CIP code with your DSO and verify that your employer can meet E-Verify and training plan requirements before counting on the extension.
How do I find Search Analyst jobs that are open to OPT candidates?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters for employers with a demonstrated history of work authorization sponsorship. Searching there surfaces Search Analyst openings where employers are already familiar with OPT requirements, which reduces the friction of explaining your status from scratch during the interview process.
What should I do if a Search Analyst employer says they don't sponsor visas?
OPT is not employer-sponsored in the traditional sense. You already hold work authorization issued by USCIS through your school. The employer does not file a petition or pay a government fee for OPT. Clarifying this distinction often resolves the objection. If the employer still declines after understanding OPT, prioritize companies that have previously hired international students.
Can I work as a Search Analyst on a freelance or contract basis during OPT?
Yes, OPT allows self-employment and contract work, but each engagement must be directly related to your field of study. You must also work a minimum of 20 hours per week in aggregate across all positions to maintain valid OPT status. Keep documentation for each contract showing job duties, hours, and the connection to your degree program in case your DSO requests it.