Sr./Director, Translational Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Company: Moderna Therapeutics
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

Sr./Director, Translational Medicine, Infectious Diseases Cambridge, Massachusetts Clinical Development The Role: Moderna is seeking a Director/Senior Director, Translational Medicine, Infectious Diseases to support development of its translational strategy for infectious diseases clinical programs currently in early development working collaboratively with cross functional therapeutic team members. This role will be responsible for designing and building clinical development plans in terms of clinical endpoints and biomarkers with a focus on quick win/fail early strategies and early proof of concept. This individual will also build strategies to establish immunobridging and immune surrogates and correlates of protection to enable later stage development. This position reports to the VP, Translational Medicine, Infectious Diseases. This position will work collaboratively across with other ID therapeutic area and research teams to ensure planning, execution and delivery of the strategy for clinical trials conducted by Moderna.Here's What You'll Do:

• Develops experimental and translational medicine study designs to evaluate disease heterogeneity, potential immune correlates of protection, mechanism of action, for disease treatment or prevention
• Develops a biomarker strategy to support clinical development for early-stage clinical infectious disease programs
• Leads the clinical prioritization of biomarkers for early clinical development programs for early proof-of-concept and late-stage clinical development
• Develops and provides input and recommendations into all study related documentation (including protocol, informed consent form, and amendments) and processes
• Assists in the selection of clinical diagnostic biomarkers and explore new technologies through collaboration and partnerships, internal and external
• Evaluate technologies to identify, define and implement clinical biomarker strategies to support the clinical development of Moderna's compounds and clinical programs
• Requires close partnership with cross-functional experts in ID Research, Non-Clinical Sciences, Clinical Biomarkers, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Regulatory, and external partners
  Here's What You'll Bring to the Table:
  • M.D. or Ph.D. required with at least 3 years of experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry or equivalent government/academic experience for the Director level position, 7 years for consideration at the Senior Director level
  • Experience with infectious disease vaccine development or related science focus (i.e. immunology, translational science) is required
  • Experience designing and building clinical development plans preferred
  • Thorough understanding of vaccines and immunobiology, with experience integrating novel endpoints and biomarkers into clinical trials
  • Must be familiar with molecular and immunological methods including immunoassays (binding and neutralizing antibody), flow cytometry, transcriptomics, sequencing, cellular immunology, and infectious disease diagnostic assays
  • Experience in clinical translational or biomarker work and its role across drug development from early phase through licensure
  • Solid experience in the application of biomarkers during development of assets is preferred, including experience with clinical translational researchHere's What We'll Bring to the Table:
    • On-site subsidized cafeteria or catered lunches
    • Company-provided iPhone
    • Free parking, monthly subway pass or a subsidized commuter rail pass
    • Free annual corporate membership to Bluebikes
    • Highly competitive healthcare coverage including: medical offered through BCBS (HMO/PPO), dental, and vision offered through VSP
    • Flexible Spending Accounts for medical expenses and dependent care expenses
    • 16 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for all new parents
    • 16 weeks 100% paid family caregiver leave
    • 20 weeks 100% paid medical leave
    • Eligible for "Moderna Month" (one month paid sabbatical after five years of service and eligible for additional one month paid sabbatical every 3 years thereafter)
    • Adoption assistance and discounts to local childcare centers, as well as access to care.com
    • 401k (traditional and Roth offered) with 50% match on first 6% deferred. Match is vested immediately
    • A suite of Moderna paid insurance coverage, including: life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
    • Voluntary legal assistance plan
    • 15 days' vacation and 7 sick days per year, in addition to a discretionary winter shut down and 11 company paid holidays (includes 2 floating holidays) About Moderna: In 10 years since its inception, Moderna has transformed from a science research-stage company advancing programs in the promising-but-still-unproven field of messenger RNA (mRNA), to an enterprise with its first medicine having treated millions of people, a diverse clinical portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics across six modalities, a broad intellectual property portfolio in areas including mRNA and lipid nanoparticle formulation, and an integrated manufacturing plant that allows for both clinical and commercial production at scale and at unprecedented speed. 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 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 auto-immune diseases. Today, 24 development programs are underway across these therapeutic areas, with 13 programs having entered the clinic. Moderna has been named a top biopharmaceutical employer by Science for the past six 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. #LI-JM1- Posted 24 Days Ago Full time R3843 About Us Our Mission and Vision At Moderna we are pioneering the development of a new class of drugs made of messenger RNA (mRNA). This novel drug platform builds on the discovery that modified mRNA can direct the body's cellular machinery to produce nearly any protein of interest, from native proteins to antibodies and other entirely novel protein constructs that can have therapeutic activity inside and outside of cells. We have a clear mission to propel the field of mRNA science forward and deliver new medicines to patients and a unique vision for how to achieve this mission. Our Mission: To deliver on the promise of transformative messenger RNA (mRNA) science to bring new medicines to patients. Our Vision: To unlock the potential of mRNA by establishing an ecosystem of teams and partners that will work together to develop the broadest possible array of drugs, across diverse therapeutic areas and routes of administration, for serious diseases that are not treatable today. Third Party Staffing Agencies M oderna does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. For the protection of all parties involved in the recruiting process, resumes will only be accepted from recruiters/agencies if a signed agreement is in place at the inception of the recruiting effort and authorized for a specified position. Unsolicited resumes sent to Moderna from recruiters/agencies do not constitute any type of relationship between the recruiter/agency and Moderna and do not obligate Moderna to pay fees if we hire from those resumes. Reasonable Accommodation Notice Moderna will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. Please inform the company's personnel representative by calling 617-460-9346 or emailing humanresources@modernatx.com if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

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