About Moderna
Moderna is a pioneering company revolutionizing medicine through mRNA technology, with a diverse pipeline of development programs across various diseases. As an employee, you'll be part of a continually growing organization, working alongside exceptional colleagues and strategic partners worldwide, contributing to global health initiatives. Moderna's commitment to advancing the technological frontier of mRNA medicines ensures a challenging and rewarding career experience, with the potential to make a significant impact on patients’ lives worldwide.
Moderna is solidifying its presence within our international business services hub in Warsaw, Poland, a city renowned for its rich scientific and technological heritage. This hub provides critical functions, meeting the growing demand of Moderna’s global business operations. We're inviting professionals from around the world to join our mission and contribute to the future of mRNA medicines.
The Role
As a Technical Program Manager (TPM) at Moderna, you will lead the orchestration of cutting-edge software development initiatives that are vital to our technology roadmap. This role is tailored for individuals who blend deep technical fluency with an innate product mindset and thrive in environments where urgency and ownership shape outcomes. Based in Warsaw, you will operate as a key individual contributor, ensuring software and digital innovation are delivered with precision, speed, and impact across our global organization.
You will serve as a linchpin between engineering, product, and business stakeholders—translating strategic goals into executable technical plans. Your work will directly influence how we launch and evolve mRNA-powered platforms, enabling critical business functions and, ultimately, improving patients’ lives.
From requirement scoping and architectural consensus-building to budget allocation, delivery risk mitigation, and issue triage, you will guide product releases through the complete development lifecycle. If you are energized by solving complex delivery challenges and passionate about building the infrastructure of transformative healthcare, this role offers unmatched potential.
What You’ll Do
Your key responsibilities will be:
- Driving the full software development lifecycle for complex initiatives, from defining requirements to ensuring delivery of high-quality releases.
- Partnering deeply with engineers and product managers to scope technical strategy, timelines, and workstreams aligned with product roadmaps.
- Managing interdependencies, timelines, and execution plans for successful delivery of strategic programs.
- Maintaining clear, high-fidelity project roadmaps and delivering on commitments with speed, clarity, and collaboration.
- Monitoring project progress and proactively resolving execution risks through structured risk analysis and mitigation.
Your responsibilities will also include:
- Translating customer and business needs into concrete technical requirements, aligning product trajectory and budget planning.
- Identifying and solving cross-functional challenges at both technical and organizational levels.
- Allocating tasks and making resource-related decisions based on skills, availability, and technical complexity.
- Evaluating and acquiring tools/software to ensure successful product execution; participating in hiring decisions as aligned to roadmap needs.
- Facilitating technical consensus across engineering teams, while maintaining agile responsiveness to feedback and changes.
- Ensuring rigorous issue triage and bug resolution post-release, preserving velocity and quality.
- Continuously scanning for delivery risks and developing proactive mitigation strategies.
Moderna Mindsets for Success
- “We act with dynamic range, driving strategy and execution at the same time at every step.” As a TPM, you will not just coordinate execution—you’ll also influence architectural decisions, resource planning, and roadmaps, while still ensuring hands-on delivery management in real time.
- “We digitize everywhere possible using the power of code to maximize our impact on patients.” In this role, you will be enabling the digitization of business capabilities at scale. You’ll work with engineering teams to ensure Moderna continues to harness technology as a force multiplier in health outcomes and innovation.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field OR 5 years of equivalent professional experience in lieu of a degree
- Minimum 7 years of relevant job experience
- 2+ years of job-related experience in data analysis, capacity planning, strategy, and risk management
- 2+ years of job-related experience in software delivery methodologies
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Machine Learning is preferred
- Prior experience in budgeting and project reporting
- Domain expertise in several of: Security, API integration, application lifecycle management, continuous delivery, web application operations, cloud services
- Demonstrated success in representing the voice of the customer.
- Demonstrated ability to channel many points of view negotiating, cultivating and growing partnerships
- Strong technical abilities: experienced with modern software development practices used to build and deploy applications
- Demonstrated experience building internet-facing applications at scale
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast growing, multidisciplinary organization
- Self-directed and self-motivated; excellent communicator and collaborator
- Experience working in life sciences, pharma/biotech, or high-tech industries with a preference for experience in one or more of eCommerce, data/machine learning platforms, or cloud infrastructure
- Experience in a regulated environment
- Experience working in a matrixed organization
- A desire to make an impact as part of a high-growth, transformational company that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative
What Moderna Offers
At Moderna, we believe that when you feel your best, you can do your best work. That’s why our global benefits and well-being resources are designed to support you—at work, at home, and everywhere in between.
- Quality healthcare and insurance benefits
- Lifestyle Spending Accounts to create your own pathway to well-being
- Free premium access to fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness classes
- Family planning and adoption benefits
- Generous paid time off, including vacation, bank holidays, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
- Savings and investments
- Location-specific perks and extras!
The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.
About Moderna (Company Culture)
Since our founding in 2010, we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform, the infrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered, and a world-class team. We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world.
By living our mission, values, and mindsets every day, our people are the driving force behind our scientific progress and our culture. Together, we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients, our employees, the environment, and our communities.
We are proud to have been recognized as a Science Magazine Top Biopharma Employer, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in the U.S.
As we build our company, we have always believed an in-person culture is critical to our success. Moderna champions the significant benefits of in-office collaboration by embracing a 70/30 work model. This 70% in-office structure helps to foster a culture rich in innovation, teamwork, and direct mentorship. Join us in shaping a world where every interaction is an opportunity to learn, contribute, and make a meaningful impact.
If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine, we invite you to visit https://www.modernatx.com/en-US/careers/life-at-moderna to learn more about our current opportunities.
Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free, and drug-free work environment.
Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day, please apply!
