The Role:

Reporting to the Director, CDO Business Analytics & Operations Management, the Associate Director, Business Analytics and Operations Management will be accountable for implementation of tools and processes to perform business analytics within Clinical Development Operations (CDO). The successful candidate will have experience in analyzing, automating/digitizing clinical financial data, to enhance clinical study planning/design costing, forecasting and reporting. This is a dynamic and collaborative position, interfacing with multiple functions within Moderna.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

• Design, implement, and maintain both internal and external financial and operational benchmarking and forecast tools, facilitating predictive analytics in terms of cost and operational delivery of clinical studies.

• Proactively identify new and innovative analytic approaches that will improve CDO’s ability to answer clinical operational business questions by closely collaborating with key stakeholders to transform business questions and data into analytic solutions.

• Execute and lead Business Analytic initiatives and projects, ensuring analytical approaches implemented are built according to best practice and with eventual scaling in mind.

• Liaison with internal and external partners to assess/implement data sharing

• Deliver accurate, innovative, and timely insights (creation of dashboards and monthly reports providing transparency into TA, Indication, Study & Task level comparative metrics and pricing trends).

• Assist Director in collaboration with CDO functions and R&D Finance to establish best practice, processes and training for the financial planning and forecasting of clinical studies.

• Provide subject matter expertise to individuals and teams upon request related to quarterly forecasting, actuals and accruals reporting, variance analysis, budgeting, and long-range planning

  • Support teams in financial assessment and impact for new studies, programs, and/or amendments to existing studies

  • Support teams for planning and ensure accuracy of clinical trial budgets and forecasting, including modeling clinical study spend and maintaining or developing system to maintain cost models with related assumptions

• Serve as Project Manager, for external system implementation, clearly tracking & communicating progress, key deliverables, milestones, and timelines as relates to the implementation of systems.

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• BA/BS required

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a clinical research environment within the pharmaceutical, CRO and biotech industry

• Direct experience in implementation and management of benchmarking tools and systems to support operational & financial aspects of clinical studies.

• Experience developing and executing analytic solutions to address key business questions with measurable outcomes and insights

• Track record of establishing effective business relationships with internal and external customers, demonstrating strong collaboration skills, commitment to relationship building, and a relentless focus in delivering on commitments.

• Has a passion for hands-on data, analytics, and business strategy projects

• Analytical reasoning abilities, intellectual curiosity, strong business acumen, and creativity in problem-solving

• Experienced VBA Programmer

• Strong skills in database design and management (SQL)

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to think/act strategically

• Ability to collaborate effectively in a dynamic, cross-functional matrix environment

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!

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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