Director, Medical Affairs, Respiratory Vaccines - RSV

The Role

Moderna is seeking a Director, Medical Affairs, to spearhead Medical Affairs activities for our Respiratory Vaccines, within the RSV, COVID-19 or Flu programs.

This role will be the primary point person for the development of Medical Affairs plans and strategic activities in terms of data generation, integration, and dissemination for their specified disease area.

This role will also define and implement strategy that aligns with business goals by initiating major global projects to close gaps in medical education and research, identifying objectives, innovative tactics and clear measures of success for global activities supporting the launch and/or lifecycle management of respiratory vaccine(s) in conjunction with the global Medical Affairs Lead.

Moderna seeks candidates aligned with its culture centered on bold, collaborative, curious, and relentless values, which enable innovation in mRNA-based vaccines and therapeutics to benefit patients.Excellence in written and oral communication, teamwork and influencing without authority within a matrix organization is a must.

This is an exciting time to join Moderna as we expand our product reach globally to hundreds of millions of people and experience acceleration in our pipeline and late phase development, thereby poising Moderna for substantial growth in the upcoming years. This role will be a key contributor to Modernas future success in making a transformative impact to patients through our vaccines and therapeutics using our mRNA platform.

Heres What Youll Do

• Provide subject matter/therapy area expertise and leadership for cross-functional internal workstreams including Pharmacovigilance, Biostatistics, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs and Brand teams.

• Develop and foster relationships with external experts, medical societies and patient advocacy groups to ensure that robust insights are consolidated into global plans, enabling the generation of data that are needed by payers, physicians and patients to understand the value of Modernas innovative vaccines and therapeutics.

• Develop innovative research concepts and medical education initiatives to close gaps in research and knowledge and that supports understanding of the benefit/risk profile and optimal use of Modernas vaccines.

• Contribute to the writing of manuscripts and abstracts for congress presentations and peer reviewed publications.

• Create a roadmap for establishing effective internal training on external facing content and data, scientific engagement strategy, processes and systems and lead the preparations of materials for Advisory Board meetings & other key external stakeholder activities such as NITAGs.

• Provide guidance and scientifically accurate review of medical materials and strategies in accordance with established policies and practice standards, including regulatory guidelines to meet various customer needs.

• Develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with the broader Moderna organization.

• Represent Moderna externally.

Heres What Youll Need (Minimum Qualifications)

• PhD/PharmD required

• 8+ years of relevant industry experience, ideally in Medical Affairs and with in-therapy area expertise (such as RSV, COVID-19 and/or Flu)

Heres What Youll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications)

• MD preferred

• Proven ability to act with dynamic range, driving strategy and execution simultaneously to:

  • Develop relevant disease area Medical Affairs strategy and prioritization of activities across multiple workstreams.

  • Deliver high-quality results on time and within expedited timelines.

• Demonstrated track record in leading cross-functional teams and skillfully removing viscosity to encourage collective action towards execution of business goals and priorities.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving and dynamic environment, clearly communicating and collaborating with senior leadership to resolve challenging decisions.

• Keen attention to detail, strong business acumen, excellent analytical, problem-solving, and internal drive to generate high-quality work, with passion and urgency to drive impact for patients.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to meet the needs of varied internal and external stakeholders.

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

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 year-end shutdown
  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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