Associate Director, Quality Assurance Operations

The Role:
Reporting to Director, Quality Assurance Operations, the Sr. Manager of Quality Operations is responsible to
set-up and coordinate performance management and large project oversight within the Quality Organization.
Working in collaboration with Global and Local Quality teams and stakeholders, he/she ensures that Quality operations are conducted in a compliant and efficient manner, considering:
Global regulations and industry standards
Operational Excellence principles
Digitalization plans and opportunities
Department budget, strategy, and projection.
The incumbent will leverage proven quality management and process improvement methodologies, leading team and cross-functional initiatives achieving sustainable and measurable business results.
The candidate will be an integral partner to Moderna’s innovative technology platform as we continue to integrate automation and digital technology into everything we do.
Here’s What You’ll Do:
Lead Quality operations right first-time improvement projects, ensuring strong connection between the Quality team and stakeholders. Lead improvement efforts for prioritized processes and support other initiatives as required
Interact with process/operations owners, to help define and document project objectives, governance, and priorities within the scope of the project/program/initiative
Serve as “project manager” and mentor, providing guidance to Quality members and teams.
Facilitate process mapping and root-cause analysis activities that lead to identification of process “wastes”, structural inefficiencies, and process improvement opportunities.
Demonstrates leadership and acts as a change agent, constructively challenging to generate open minded thinking
Apply change management methods to ensure effective execution of processes and quality system, and to promote a quality culture and mindset of operational excellence and continuous improvement
Build, maintain and leverage relationships across the matrix to identify opportunities for process improvement and facilitate the implementation and continuous monitoring of processes and staying up to date on developments in process improvement methodologies and best practices
Interface with key stakeholders, sponsors, and other senior management to confirm program/project sponsorship/support, strategic alignment, report progress, recognize achievements, and drive decision for significant issues and risks.
Performs other administrative/managerial duties as required.
Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table:
BS or equivalent and 10 - 15 years of experience, or a Master’s level degree and 8 - 10 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry
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:

• D iscretionary year-end shutdown
• Volunteer time to participate within your community
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years; every 3 years thereafter
• Vacation, sick time and holidays

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 person’s 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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