Manager, Clinical Supplies Planner – Moderna – Cambridge, MA

The Role:
Moderna is seeking a Manager, Clinical Supplies Planner to manage the clinical drug supply planning and forecasting needs across its clinical projects. This position will work collaboratively across several therapeutic area teams as well as cross functionally to gather relevant information and utilize relevant systems to create study supply plans, forecast study drug supply, and provide delivery timelines and budgets. The successful candidate will be skilled at understanding the needs of programs with attention to detail with a collaborative outlook and with the ability to manage workload to meet project timelines.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

• Responsible for systems management as required to support the clinical supply chain

• Manages end-to-end supply planning, from bulk drug product through finished good availability

• Responsible for clinical supplies planning and forecasting to maintain supply continuity and study milestones

• Collaborates with CMC, clinical operations, and project management to ensure timing of clinical trial drug needs are met

• Interface with CMC for Drug Product & Production Planning; including expiry management

• Generates and reviews processes as required and ensures compliance to relevant SOPs

• Implements Industry Best Practices for clinical drug supply activities

• Maintains collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders (i.e., Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing) to assure the complete scope of planning activities remains connected with operations and compliant with quality requirements

• Monitors and tracks shipments to ensure smooth transit through the logistical path –including international shipping

• Key stakeholder in demand planning cycle within Clinical Development Organization

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

• At least five years of clinical supply management experience in a clinical research environment

• Bachelor’s degree in a science-based subject (advanced degree preferred)

• Prior Cold Chain distribution experience required

• Experience with forecasting solutions and tools preferred

• Prior Biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical or chemical manufacturing experience preferred

• Creative, capable problem-solver

• Experience in establishing and maintaining relationships with vendors

• Working knowledge of ICH, FDA, IRB/IEC and other applicable regulations/guidelines and demonstrated understanding of clinical research protocol requirements

• Demonstrated proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation software (MS Office skills such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and SharePoint)

• Successful c andidate will be curious in exploring new path for clinical research, bold in proposing creative solutions and ideas. Will work collaborative ly with multifunctional teams and partners and will be relentless in pursuing successful outcomes

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 winter shut down
  • 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.