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Delaware	001-35966	13-3680878
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

60 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA		02142
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	BLUE	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 25, 2022, the board of the directors of bluebird bio, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Jason F. Cole, as the Company's Chief Strategy and Financial Officer and Treasurer and the principal financial officer, and removed Gina Consylman as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer who is leaving the Company on April 3, 2022 to pursue a new opportunity.

Prior to this role, Jason F. Cole, 48, has served as the Company's Chief Business Officer since November 2021. Mr. Cole previously served as the Company’s Chief Operating and Legal Officer from February 2019 to November 2021. Prior to this role, Mr. Cole served as the Company's Chief Legal Officer since March 2016. Mr. Cole received an A.B. in Government from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.

There are no other arrangements or understandings between Mr. Cole and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Cole was appointed as Chief Strategy and Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Mr. Cole is not a party to any transaction that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



Date: March 31, 2022	bluebird bio, Inc.

	By:	/s/ Helen C. Fu
		Helen C. Fu
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary