Product Manager, Digital for Research and Tech Dev

Biopharma Careers; Norwood (KY); On-site; USD 122,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive healthcare

Well-being program access

Family planning benefits

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Moderna is seeking a Product Manager to partner with Research and Technical Development scientists, translating scientific workflows into scalable software releases, including Benchling and AI-enabled tools. You will own end-to-end delivery with software developers, aligning with internal data standards and long-term strategy.

You’ll balance deep scientific engagement with disciplined system design to support reuse, reporting, and scale across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in life sciences, informatics, or related field
• 5–7 years of experience in pharma/biotech informatics or product-adjacent roles
• Hands-on experience using or administering Benchling and integrating it with secondary applications
• Experience turning user requirements into structured system designs
• Strong communication and facilitation skills for workshops with scientific and technical stakeholders
• Experience producing high-quality requirements, design, and data model documentation

Responsibilities

• Partner with scientific teams to understand software use cases and support business needs
• Capture and present requirements for manager review, balancing team needs and platform standards
• Lead requirements gathering and design workshops translating workflows into data models and user stories
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog balancing scientific needs, value, and constraints
• Define and drive integration strategies across internal systems for seamless data flow and user experiences
• Develop test plans, guide UAT, and create training materials for rollout and onboarding
• Provide user support during rollout and track product success metrics

Skills

Benchling

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Workshops facilitation

Data modeling

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in life sciences/informatics

Tools

Benchling

Job description

The Role

The Product Manager will partner closely with Moderna Research or Technical Development scientists to understand their scientific workflows and translate those needs into scalable, consistent releases of our internally developed applications and digital platforms (Benchling and AI enabled tools). You will work closely with software developers to own the end-to-end delivery of assigned projects, from requirements discovery through rollout and adoption, while ensuring solutions align with shared internal standards and long-term data strategy. This role will report to a Principal Product Manager within Moderna’s Digital organization.

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape how scientific data is captured, structured, and used across Moderna Research and Technical Development teams. The role balances deep engagement with scientists and disciplined system design, ensuring that solutions meet immediate team needs while supporting future reuse, reporting, and scale.

Here’s What You’ll Do

• Partner with scientific teams to understand their software-related use cases and with internal software development teams to best support their business needs.
• Capture user requirements and present them for manager review and approval, ensuring balance between team needs, shared platform standards and long-term scalability.
• Leverage knowledge of R&D scientific software systems to propose potential approaches during requirements gathering.
• Lead requirements gathering and design workshops, translating scientific workflows into data models, development-ready user stories, and release documentation.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog, balancing scientific needs, business value, and technical constraints
• Analyze and translate end-to-end business data processes - from internal ordering & request systems to bespoke RNA/DNA production workflows.
• Partner with governance teams to establish and enforce platform standards, data models, and best practices to ensure consistency, scalability, and reuse across teams.
• Define and drive integration strategies across internal systems to enable seamless data flow, interoperability, and consistent user experiences across platforms.
• Collaborate with software developers to hand off requirements, review and validate delivered configurations, and drive iterative refinement through demos and user workshops.
• Develop test plans, guide UAT execution, and create documentation and training materials to support user training and onboarding.
• Provide user support during rollout and early adoption
• Establish and track product success metrics (e.g., adoption, data quality) and drive continuous improvement
• Act as a trusted advisor to scientific stakeholders, guiding trade-offs and promoting software development best practices.

Here’s What You’ll Need (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a life sciences, informatics, or related discipline
• At least 5-7 years of experience in pharmaceutical research, biotech, informatics, or product-adjacent role
• Hands-on experience using or administering Benchling and integrating it with secondary applications.
• Demonstrated ability to gather, refine, and translate user requirements into structured system designs
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to lead workshops and partner effectively with scientific and technical stakeholders
• Experience producing high-quality requirements, design, and data model documentation to support scalable implementations and ongoing platform support

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications)

• Ph.D. degree in a life sciences, informatics, or related discipline
• Familiarity with R&D lab workflows (e.g. assay development, process development, flow cytometry, next generation sequencing) and a wide variety of laboratory instrumentation.
• Experience with business process mapping and leading cross-functional requirements or design workshops
• Proven ability to develop fit-for-purpose data models and solutions rooted in strong product understanding and established industry standards.
• Experience creating user documentation, training materials, and delivering user training
• Comfortable working with external implementation partners
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and deliver high-quality outcomes in a matrixed environment
• A collaborative, curious mindset and a desire to build systems that enable high-quality science at scale

Pay & Benefits

• Competitive healthcare, plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs
• A holistic approach to well-being, with access to fitness, mindfulness, and mental health support
• Family planning benefits, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
• Savings and investments to help you plan for the future
• Location-specific perks and extras

The salary range for this role is $121,600.00 - $194,500.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An individual’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, performance, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, other incentive compensation, or equity award, subject to company plan eligibility criteria and individual performance.

About Moderna

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.

Equal Opportunities

Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry or citizenship, ethnicity, disability, military or protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law. Moderna is a place where everyone can grow.

Moderna is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Accommodations

We’re focused on attracting, retaining, developing, and advancing our employees. By cultivating a workplace that values diverse experiences, backgrounds, and ideas, we create an environment where every employee can contribute their best.

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations team at [e-mail] .

Export Control Notice

This position may involve access to technology or data that is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such, employment is contingent upon the applicant’s ability to access export-controlled information in accordance with U.S. law. Due to the nature of the work and regulatory requirements, only individuals who qualify as U.S. persons (citizens, permanent residents, asylees, or refugees) are eligible for this position. For this role Moderna is unable to sponsor non-U.S. persons to apply for an export control license.