Sr. Manager, Research Operations, Infectious Disease

The Role:

This role is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in operational success of the Infectious Disease Research organization & programs portfolio at Moderna. This role will partner with local and cross-organizational stakeholders to prioritize, manage and enhance the Infectious Disease (ID) Research team’s operational capabilities and resources to maximize the value to advancing our programs portfolio and the ID Research organization. You will gain significant exposure to scientific, strategic and organizational aspects of research and Moderna, with opportunities to develop new competencies in adjacent areas. As a Sr. Manager on the Portfolio Strategy & Operations team, you will contribute to operational agility and performance by defining, enhancing and facilitating the key operational processes to solve priority business needs.

This position reports to the Associate Director, Portfolio Strategy & Operations, ID Research and is based in Cambridge, MA.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

• Prioritize, manage and facilitate operational workflows (e.g., legal, procurement, budget, shipping, and others) required to meet program and organizational goals
• Define, prioritize and address key business problems in the operational space
• Lead workshops to define business requirements and success criteria to develop new or enhance existing processes
• Propose operational governance, document guidance and conduct training to ensure the ID Research team is aware of and appropriately utilizes operational processes & tools
• Collaborate with ID Research teams, PSO colleagues and cross-organizational stakeholders to ensure operational practice evolves and scales to meet new challenges
• Create, leverage and present progress metrics to stakeholders within the ID Research team, including development of new approaches to promote transparency and decision making
• Apply methodologies for objection handling and negotiation of priority status coming from ID Research business owners

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or scientific field with a passion for driving operational excellence, Masters preferred
• You have at least 5 years of experience in definition, design, implementation and support of operational solutions in a biotech or pharma industry setting
• You are comfortable acting as an owner, enjoy interacting with your end users and are capable of working cross-organizationally to drive product definition and execution in a fast-moving research organization
• You work independently yet engage proactively with team members, colleagues, and stakeholders to get alignment and drive projects forward
• You lead through influence and don’t hesitate to dive in and work alongside the team
• Demonstrated ability to work fluidly and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic and cross-functional environment, including a strong track record working cross-organizationally to achieve operational goals
• Prior success in developing novel solutions or solution enhancements to address common operational or resource challenges and optimize processes and tools
• A desire to be part of a high-growth, transformational company that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative
• Lean or Six Sigma certifications are a plus

Moderna is pleased to provide you and your family with a comprehensive and innovative suite of benefits, including:

• Highly competitive and inclusive medical, dental and vision coverage options
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical expenses and dependent care expenses
• Lifestyle Spending Account funds to help you engage in personal enrichment and self-care activities
• Family care benefits, including subsidized back-up care options and on-demand tutoring
• Free premium access to fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness classes
• Exclusive preferred pricing on Peloton fitness equipment
• Adoption and family-planning benefits
• Dedicated care coordination support for our LGBTQ+ community
• Generous paid time off, including:
  
  • Vacation, sick time and holidays
  • Volunteer time to participate within your community
  • Discretionary winter shut down
  • Paid sabbatical after 5 years; every 3 years thereafter
• Generous Paid Leave offerings, including 18 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for all new parents
• 401k match and Financial Planning tools
• Moderna-paid Life, LTD and STD insurance coverages, as well as voluntary benefit options
• Complimentary concierge service including home services research, travel booking, and entertainment requests
• Free parking or subsidized commuter passes
• Location-specific perks and extras!

Candidates should be aware that Moderna currently maintains a policy requiring all US-based employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive a booster shot once eligible . Newly hired employees must be vaccinated and boosted prior to their employment start date. Moderna is an equal opportunity employer and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated or receive a booster where it is not an undue hardship to the company to do so as provided under federal, state, and local law.

About Moderna

In over 10 years since its inception, Moderna has transformed from a research-stage company advancing programs in the field of messenger RNA (mRNA), to an enterprise with a diverse clinical portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics across seven modalities, a broad intellectual property portfolio in areas including mRNA and lipid nanoparticle formulation, and an integrated manufacturing plant that allows for rapid clinical and commercial production at scale. Moderna maintains alliances with a broad range of domestic and overseas government and commercial collaborators, which has allowed for the pursuit of both groundbreaking science and rapid scaling of manufacturing. Most recently, Moderna's capabilities have come together to allow the authorized use and approval of one of the earliest and most effective vaccines against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moderna's mRNA platform builds on continuous advances in basic and applied mRNA science, delivery technology and manufacturing, and has allowed the development of therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, cardiovascular diseases and autoimmune diseases. Moderna has been named a top biopharmaceutical employer by Science for the past seven years. To learn more, visit www.modernatx.com .

Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free and drug-free work environment.

Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Moderna will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.