The Role

Joining Moderna offers the unique opportunity to be part of a pioneering team that’s revolutionizing medicine through mRNA technology with a diverse pipeline of development programs across various diseases. As an employee, you’ll be part of a continually growing organization working alongside exceptional colleagues and strategic partners worldwide, contributing to global health initiatives. Moderna’s commitment to advancing the technological frontier of mRNA medicines ensures a challenging and rewarding career experience with the potential to make a significant impact on patients’ lives worldwide.

Moderna’s mission is to establish a leading-edge research, development, and manufacturing facility at Harwell as part of a long-term commitment to onshore mRNA vaccine production for respiratory diseases. This initiative will create a multitude of highly skilled jobs and foster collaboration with academic, NHS, and government partners across the UK. We’re looking for global experts eager to join us in this endeavor, contributing to a future where access to life-saving vaccines is a reality for all.

In this role, you will be empowered to oversee compliance within the site’s supply chain organization at Moderna’s Harwell facility, ensuring excellence in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) across supply chain functions. You will have a key role in supporting site readiness, including managing SOPs, handling warehouse and logistic deviations, and ensuring effective documentation for inbound, outbound, and cycle counting processes. Working closely with both local and global teams, you’ll play a vital part in upholding the standards that keep Moderna’s innovative mRNA medicines moving efficiently across the pipeline, with the opportunity to make a substantial impact on patient care worldwide.

Here’s What You’ll Do

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Overseeing documentation for inbound and outbound processes, ensuring regulatory alignment and efficiency.

• Reviewing and revising SOPs for the supply chain function at the Harwell site.

• Collaborating with the Supply Chain Director to maintain training modules for supply chain associates, ensuring they meet compliance standards.

• Providing documentation support to local warehouse specialists, specifically in cycle counting and peaking activities.

• Managing documentation requirements for sample movements, including adherence to global standards.

Your responsibilities will also include:

• Handling deviations within the warehouse area, in collaboration with the Warehouse Operations Lead and QA/QC team.

• Overseeing GMP compliance within supply chain functions, implementing readiness and maintenance actions as needed.

• Coordinating export control (outbound) for international shipments, maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.

• Monitoring and managing alarms, including freezer alarms, ensuring swift responses and deviation management.

• Taking on additional duties as needed to support the compliance and operational objectives of the Harwell facility.

The key Moderna Mindsets you’ll need to succeed in the role:

• Act with Dynamic Range: This role will require you to manage both high-level strategy and hands-on documentation and compliance tasks, effectively bridging gaps between logistics, quality, and supply chain operations.

• Digitize Everywhere Possible: Ensuring compliance and efficiency in supply chain processes means leveraging digital tools, from SAP to Smartsheet, enabling seamless operations in a fast-paced, transformative environment.

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

• University degree in biology, or chemical, or equivalent.  

• 5+ years’ experience (BA/BS) or 3+ years (MS) in various Supply Chain, Project Management, and Manufacturing functions (strong preference towards Pharmaceutical and Biotech experience)

• This position is site-based, requiring you to be at Moderna’s site full-time. This position is not eligible for remote work.

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

• Experience in a highly regulated industry, Pharmaceutical, or related field.

• Experience of supply chain processes, including warehousing

• Proficient use of Microsoft Office (SAP, Smartsheet, Microsoft Word, and Excel).

• Ability to work in a matrix organization, together with team members of other functions

• Proactive, collaborative, and customer-focused attitude.

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

Moderna offers personalized benefit programs and well-being resources as unique as our global workforce so employees can do their best work.

We recognize and appreciate your diverse needs and interests and do our best to support you at work and at home with:

• Quality healthcare and insurance benefits
• Lifestyle Spending Accounts to create your own pathway to well-being
• Free premium access to fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness classes
• Family planning and adoption benefits
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, bank holidays, volunteer days, sabbatical, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
• Educational resources
• Savings and investments
• Location-specific perks and extras!

The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.

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 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. 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 or adjustments to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation or adjustment 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 and Adjustments team at [email protected].

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