Principal Technical Program Manager, Digital CMC

The Role

The Digital CMC organization is looking to hire an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) who brings strong technical expertise, a product mindset that embodies the unique Moderna Mindsets and passion to change the future of medicine. In this role, you will work on exciting, cutting-edge technology initiatives/products from the ground up to empower our technology roadmap across the organization, with the ultimate goal of transforming patient lives.

Here’s What You’ll Do

Technical Program Managers at Moderna are agile delivery leaders that balance business intent with engineering and operational tactical activities, while building and optimizing product delivery schedules. They utilize dynamic range, technical depth, and agile practices to drive product launches through the entire software development lifecycle, including technical strategy, workstream decomposition, timelines, dependency management, reporting, and delivery risk mitigation. TPMs build and leverage close relationships with software engineers, product managers and key business partners to understand product priorities and ensure that all technical deliverables are met on a consistent basis.

In this role, the TPM will drive programs and digital product launches that enables Moderna to make and sell our therapeutics commercially across the globe, directly impacting who has access to our medicines. This requires experience and strong working knowledge of how Moderna’s manufacturing processes and systems work, including systems such as DeltaV, MES, LIMS, Chromeleon, SAP, and other similar capabilities within the CMC domain.

A successful candidate will have an established track record in customer facing, cross-functional program initiatives, have broad and deep technical knowledge, have demonstrated problem solving skills, excellent schedule/delivery management skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced collaborative environment. Additionally, a successful candidate will have the ability to quickly earn trust with the teams they engage with, foster a positive program environment, and come to each discussion, deliverable, and issue with a "can do" attitude.

Key Responsibilities:

• Program management of large scale complex initiatives through the entire development life cycle; planning, execution, status reporting and coordination against project plans and delivery commitments

• Provide leadership and support for multiple engineering teams involved in building and supporting the CMC applications eco system. Engage the engineering teams and TPMs of various organizations to ensure that their iterations on design and development enable completion by needed deadlines. Assist in the execution through multiple iterations of product enhancements and delivery.

• Work closely with platform engineering teams to ensure customer, business, and technology needs are met without compromising long term platform health and evolution

• Coordinate and facilitate system architecture and design sessions with engineering, evangelize modern software architecture best practices

• Facilitate roadmap development across the multiple product engineering teams and help shape the overall vision for Commercial Digital products to evolving global requirements, rules, and laws.

• Facilitate launch planning across multiple teams to bring the project end points along multiple work streams into a single timeline to meet launch target dates

• Coordinate with the product teams, business teams, and stakeholders to ensure that end-to-end verification and validation complete at the right time and in the correct environments to demonstrate readiness for launch

• Coordinate with project/program managers from non-tech work streams to ensure that technical and non-technical plans and initiatives are coordinated and achieve the combined goals and business needs without negatively impacting the performance of the business teams and vendors in the execution of their duties

Defining Product Requirements

• Deeply understand customer and business needs and translate to technical requirements and develop the product’s trajectory, required resources, and budgets

Solving Challenges

• TPMs will identify cross-functional and cross-team dependencies and devise strategies to solve these challenges both at an organizational and technical level.

Determining Product Timelines and Reporting

• Honoring product timelines is key to timely delivery. TPMs carefully plan timelines based on product priority, complexity and various other factors. They also regularly monitor the progress of specific product tasks.

Building Consensus and Finding Cutting-edge Solutions

• TPMs work with software development engineers and managers within and across teams to drive consensus on technical requirements to ensure delivery. They also regularly take stock of various project-related tasks and review progress regularly.

Analyzing and Mitigating Risks

• TPMs regularly assess and identify potential product-related issues throughout the lifecycle of a product and plan effective strategies to mitigate risks to ensure smooth and timely delivery of outcomes

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field OR 5 years of equivalent professional experience in lieu of a degree

• Minimum 9 years of relevant job experience

• 2+ years of job-related experience in data analysis, capacity planning, strategy, and risk management

• 5+ years of job-related experience in software delivery methodologies

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

• Prior experience in budgeting and project reporting

• Domain expertise in several of: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, QC Labs, application lifecycle management

• Demonstrated success in representing the voice of the customer.

• Demonstrated ability to channel many points of view negotiating, cultivating and growing partnerships

• Strong technical abilities; experienced with modern software development practices used to build and deploy applications

• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast growing, multidisciplinary organization

• Self-directed and self-motivated; excellent communicator and collaborator

• Experience working in life sciences, pharma/biotech, or high-tech industries with a preference for experience in one or more of eCommerce, data/machine learning platforms, or cloud infrastructure

• Evidence of Moderna Mindset: “We behave like owners. The solutions we're building go beyond any job description”

• Evidence of Moderna Mindset: “We Act with dynamic range, driving strategy and execution at the same time at every step”

• Evidence of Moderna Mindset: “We Prioritize the platform over any single solution”

• Experience in a regulated environment

• Experience working in a matrixed organization

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

At Moderna, we believe that when you feel your best, you can do your best work.  That’s why our US benefits and global well-being resources are designed to support you—at work, at home, and everywhere in between.

• Best-in-class healthcare coverage, plus a suite of voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs
• A holistic approach to well-being, with access to fitness, mindfulness, and mental health support
• Lifestyle Spending Accounts to personalize your well-being journey
• Family planning and adoption benefits
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
• Savings and investment opportunities
• 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. 

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. 

Our Working Model 

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. 

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

Equal Opportunities

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 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 an E-Verify Employer in the United States. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 

Accommodations

We’re focused on attracting, retaining, developing, and advancing our employees. By cultivating a workplace that values diverse experiences, backgrounds, and ideas, we create an environment where every employee can 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 [email protected]. 

Export Control Notice

This position may involve access to technology or data that is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such, employment is contingent upon the applicant’s ability to access export-controlled information in accordance with U.S. law. Due to the nature of the work and regulatory requirements, only individuals who qualify as U.S. persons (citizens, permanent residents, asylees, or refugees) are eligible for this position. For this role Moderna is unable to sponsor non-U.S. persons to apply for an export control license.

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