Director of Engineering

The Role:

As the Director of Engineering at Moderna, you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and engineering excellence across our Clinical Development and Operations divisions. Your leadership will be instrumental in designing, building, and sustaining a scalable, platform architecture that aligns with our company's strategic goals. You will manage complex and varied data sources and external and internal systems to catalyze medical advancements, integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance our data capabilities and operational effectiveness.

We are currently seeking a dynamic leader with in-depth experience related to clinical development plans, clinical study protocols, clinical study reports, regulatory submission documents, and publications. This individual will build data products and lead a team of engineers and work along side researchers in providing expert advice on design, standards, and best practices. The associate in this role will lead a team and a program to develop relationships and influence engineering and risk teams across the organization to provide effective oversight.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

• Innovate and Impact: Develop and implement sophisticated data solutions to manage clinical data complexities, ensuring superior quality and access for medical breakthroughs. Your work will have a direct impact on our mission to advance medical science and improve patient outcomes.
• Technical Excellence: Architect and maintain comprehensive data pipelines and structures critical for drug discovery and precision medicine. Ensure compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, GXP, and FDA regulations through robust data governance.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with IT teams to integrate legacy systems with modern data platforms, creating a harmonized data environment across the company.
• Advanced Analytics: Utilize machine learning techniques to uncover critical patterns in extensive datasets, significantly advancing drug development and patient care outcomes. Apply advanced analytics to optimize supply chain operations, enhancing healthcare delivery efficiency.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with a range of stakeholders, including regulatory and compliance experts, healthcare professionals, and business leaders, to ensure data privacy and ethical management of patient information.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Mentor emerging talent within the data engineering domain, cultivating expertise and establishing best practices for a robust data engineering infrastructure. Lead and manage the strategic direction and operational aspects of data initiatives, ensuring alignment with company goals in data analytics and AI.
• Industry Representation: Represent Moderna's data strategy and AI initiatives, establishing partnerships, governing data frameworks, and showcasing the organization's forward-thinking stance in the industry.
  
  
  

Here’s What You’ll Need (Minimum Qualifications)

• Leadership Experience: 10+ years of leadership experience in data strategy, analytics, and digital transformation within enterprise environments, with a proven track record of driving data-centric innovations.
• Technical Expertise: Demonstrated expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics, with experience in implementing these technologies to drive business outcomes.
• Statistics and Analytics Expertise: Knowledge of drug discovery and development and ability to integrate statistical concepts into drug discovery and development strategies.
• Strong Leadership Skills: Experience managing diverse teams and complex cross-functional projects in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• In-depth Knowledge ins tatistical analysis and clinical trial design and expertise in statistical software such as R or SAS is required
  
  
  

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications)

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex data concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to anticipate future data needs and trends.
  
  
  

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!
  
  
  

About Moderna

Since our founding in 2010, we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform, the infrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered, and a world-class team. We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world.

By living our mission, values, and mindsets every day, our people are the driving force behind our scientific progress and our culture. Together, we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients, our employees, the environment, and our communities.

We are proud to have been recognized as a Science Magazine Top Biopharma Employer, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in the U.S.

As we build our company, we have always believed an in-person culture is critical to our success. Moderna champions the significant benefits of in-office collaboration by embracing a 70/30 work model. This 70% in-office structure helps to foster a culture rich in innovation, teamwork, and direct mentorship. Join us in shaping a world where every interaction is an opportunity to learn, contribute and make a meaningful impact.

If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine, we invite you to visit modernatx.com/careers to learn more about our current opportunities.

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

Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day, please apply!

Moderna is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry or citizenship, ethnicity, disability, military or protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law. Moderna is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Belonging, Inclusion, and Diversity are critical to the success of our company and our impact on society. We’re focused on attracting, retaining, developing, and advancing our employees and believe that by cultivating diverse experiences, backgrounds, and ideas, we can provide an environment where every employee is able to contribute their best.

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations team at leavesandaccommodations@modernatx.com. (EEO/AAP Employer)

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