Director/Associate Director, Executive Search

The Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to be a critical part of the executive talent engine fueling a high-growth organization that is radically changing the biotech industry. As Moderna is undergoing unprecedented global growth, join us to help lead the charge in building the next generation of leadership. With 48 programs in development and expanding capabilities across all functions, we are thrilled to bring in a dynamic and experienced biopharma Director/Associate Director to join our Executive Search team, based in our Cambridge, MA HQ. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Executive Search, this role will work closely with our Executive Committee, including CHRO and CEO, on key leadership searches at the VP and above levels. It is an extraordinary opportunity to shape the future organization and have an impact on Moderna at a critical inflection point.

Heres What Youll Do:

• Partner with the Executive Committee and their leadership teams to lead full life cycle recruiting efforts for our VP and above roles.

• Coach interview panels on talent assessment skills and build confidence and savvy around hiring best practices for our leaders.

• Ensure we keep an incredibly high talent bar and focus on Modernas Values and Mindsets.

• Create and communicate robust recruiting strategies, ensuring strong partnerships and collaboration with HR Business Partners, Total Rewards, and other cross functional teams.

• Continue to build a robust network and be innately curious towards talent market intelligence in the biopharma industry.

• Leverage external and internal talent data and analytics to inform hiring managers and guide them to make strategic hiring decisions.

• Help define and champion a consistent recruiting process at Moderna that results in a superior candidate and hiring manager experience. This includes robust search kick-off sessions, interview team prep/debrief sessions, and use of behavior-based interviewing skills and assigned focal areas.

• Conduct in-depth talent video screens and full candidate reports, in-person interviews, and facilitate/lead internal team discussions regarding candidates.

• Develop strong relationships with potential talent in the market, both proactively and with current leaders under consideration, through proactive networking and transparent and consultative communication.

• Be bold in creating new approaches to identify, engage, attract, and assess talent for Moderna.

• Manage a varied number and type of searches at any given time, leveraging in-house talent sourcing and/or external retained search partners.

Heres What Youll Bring to the Table:

• Bachelors with advanced degree (preferred) with at least 10+ years of progressive responsibility in the area of biotech/pharma executive search (in-house/corporate plus agency is ideal).

• A desire to be part of a high-growth, transformational company that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative.

• Demonstrated track record of being a true talent advisor to senior leaders with high market and business acumen.

• Exceptional sourcing and talent mapping skills (you are a tenacious hunter that turns over every rock and naturally builds diverse talent networks).

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; you are outgoing, communicative, and seek to build relationships on a daily basis.

• You drive for results and set a high bar for yourself and others

• A natural ability to be organized in how you think, communicate and conduct your work

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 persons 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.

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