Manager, External Manufacturing, Commercial Drug Substance Operations

The Role:
Reporting to the Director (External Manufacturing, US Supply Chain), the Manager will be part of a team responsible for the oversight, performance, and results for a portfolio of Moderna’s Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMO). The team is responsible for ensuring a reliable supply of critical raw materials to meet global clinical and commercial program needs.
This role is responsible for delivering results to meet Moderna’s CMC objectives while accountable for providing cross-functional operational excellence and continuous improvement leadership internally as well as externally. The role is a change agent for continuous improvements to remove process deficiencies or inefficiencies and organizational viscosity by facilitating the identification, prioritization, management and execution of Continuous Improvement initiatives. The role is aimed at increasing the overall operational effectiveness and proactively deliver measurable process improvement results.
Here’s What You’ll Do:
Leverage practical knowledge of Lean, Project Management, Operational Excellence and Six Sigma principles to foster a culture of continuous improvement across the value stream by partnering with Tech Dev, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, Procurement, Finance, Regulatory and other key internal as well as external stakeholders.
Drive a forward-thinking mindset by developing a roadmap for the team to meet strategic business objectives and address performance gaps.
Structure and lead cross-functional project teams, including facilitation of Process Excellence topics, problem solving, process mapping, performance assessment and process improvement workshops.
Collect, aggregate, and synthesize performance metrics and project data to present findings at all levels of the organization.
Monitor Key Performance Indicators and sustain improvements through Lean system implementation, including visual management, layered standard work, audits and more.
Support preparation of periodic business and operations review meetings.
Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or Related Sciences and 5+ years of industry experience, or Master’s degree with 3+ years of industry experience.
A passion for Operational Excellence along with a Continuous Improvement mindset.
Outstanding communication skills to collaborate in a dynamic, cross-functional matrix environment.
Application of critical thought to anticipate the next needed step as you push past possible.
Ability to implement, influence and lead with dynamic range both internally as well as externally.
Ability to operate independently while managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to navigate through ambiguity.
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:

• Volunteer time to participate within your community
• D iscretionary year-end shutdown
• Vacation, sick time and holidays
• 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 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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