Sr. Cyber Risk 3rd Party Analyst

Moderna Therapeutics; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Moderna Digital Core Governance, Risk and Compliance is seeking a Risk Management Analyst to support end-to-end third-party cybersecurity risk reviews across Moderna. You will assess scoping, risk analysis, remediation tracking, risk disposition, governance reporting, and process documentation in a regulated life sciences environment.

You will partner with Legal, Privacy, Procurement, and technical stakeholders to align risk decisions with contract obligations and governance expectations, while

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in cybersecurity risk management or related field.
• Experience owning or supporting third-party cybersecurity risk reviews and risk disposition.
• Experience in a GxP-regulated environment is required.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end third-party cybersecurity risk review process from intake through reporting.
• Review assessments to identify gaps, residual risks, and remediation needs; advise on risk treatment.
• Support contract negotiations by reviewing cybersecurity addendums and control requirements.
• Partner with Legal, Privacy, Procurement and stakeholders to align risk decisions and governance.
• Analyze risk trends across assessments, vendors, services, and AI capabilities to improve posture.
• Document requirements for AI-enabled risk processes and escalation points.

Skills

Cybersecurity risk mgmt

Third-party risk mgmt

GxP environments

Analytical skills

Communication skills

AI risk awareness

Education

Four-year degree or equivalent

Tools

OneTrust

ServiceNow

Jira

Power BI

Excel

SharePoint

Job description

The Role:

Moderna Digital Core Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) is seeking a Risk Management Analyst to support the end-to-end third-party cybersecurity risk review process across Moderna. This role will help strengthen Moderna’s third-party cybersecurity risk management practices by supporting assessment scoping, risk analysis, control gap identification, stakeholder follow-up, remediation tracking, risk disposition, governance reporting, process documentation, and cross-functional engagement. The Risk Management Analyst will play a key role in helping the organization understand third-party cybersecurity risk exposure, evaluate residual risk, identify compensating controls, prioritize remediation activities, support risk treatment decisions, and maintain clear, accurate, and actionable third-party risk data in a regulated life sciences environment. This individual will also support contract-related cybersecurity risk activities by helping review and interpret cybersecurity control requirements, remediation commitments, and governance expectations in partnership with Legal, Privacy, Procurement, business owners, and technical stakeholders. To excel in this role, the Risk Management Analyst should have strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills, excellent attention to detail, experience working in GxP-regulated environments, a solid understanding of cybersecurity and third-party risk management concepts, and curiosity about emerging risks introduced by artificial intelligence, fourth-party dependencies, and evolving regulatory expectations. This individual should also be able to translate third-party cybersecurity risk processes into clear requirements, decision logic, control expectations, evidence needs, escalation points, and human oversight requirements to help identify and implement opportunities where automation and agentic workflow capabilities can scale and mature the program.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

• Own the end-to-end third-party cybersecurity risk review process, from intake and assessment scoping through risk analysis, stakeholder follow-up, remediation tracking, risk disposition, and reporting.
• Review completed third-party cybersecurity assessments to identify control gaps, residual risks, compensating controls, remediation needs, contractual considerations, and recommended risk treatment decisions.
• Support contract negotiations by reviewing, interpreting, and advising on the cybersecurity addendum and associated cybersecurity control requirements, including requirements related to incident notification, audit rights, vulnerability management, access control, encryption, logging and monitoring, subcontractor security, secure development, business continuity, and AI-enabled services where applicable.
• Partner with Legal, Privacy, Procurement, business owners, and technical stakeholders to align third-party risk decisions, contract obligations, remediation commitments, and governance expectations.
• Analyze third-party risk trends across assessments, vendors, services, AI capabilities, fourth-party dependencies, data types, and GxP impacts to improve Moderna’s third-party cybersecurity risk posture.
• Support the use of AI, automation, and agentic workflows to improve third-party cybersecurity risk processes by documenting requirements, decision logic, control expectations, evidence needs, escalation points, and human oversight requirements.

Additional tasks as needed

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

• 5+ years of experience in a similar or related position, including experience with standard concepts within cybersecurity risk management, third-party risk management, or GRC.
• Experience owning or supporting third-party cybersecurity risk reviews, including assessment analysis, risk disposition, remediation tracking, documentation, reporting, and cybersecurity addendum support during contract negotiations.
• Sound judgment to identify when risks, control gaps, contractual concerns, or remediation delays require escalation to drive timely decision-making and appropriate risk treatment.
• Experience working in a GxP-regulated environment is required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate cybersecurity risk concepts and control expectations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience using AI to optimize, augment, or streamline risk analysis, documentation, reporting, workflow management, or stakeholder communications.
• Proven ability to operate in highly matrixed environments and influence without direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications):

• Four-year degree or equivalent relevant work experience preferred, ideally in information systems, cybersecurity, or risk management.
• Familiarity with third-party cybersecurity risk frameworks and assessment standards such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, SIG, CAIQ, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with GRC, workflow, reporting, and collaboration tools such as OneTrust, ServiceNow, Jira, Power BI, Excel, SharePoint, or similar tools.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data integrity, auditability, consistent documentation, and transparent risk reporting.
• Influential, inclusive, and trusted partner compassionate to the needs and situations of all your stakeholders.
• Embrace a culture of continuous service improvement and service excellence.
• A desire to make an impact as part of a high-growth, transformational company.

Our Working Model

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. Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free, and drug-free work environment.

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 $145,900.00 - $234,200.00. 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. If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine, we invite you to visit modernatx.com/careers to learn more about our current opportunities.

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.

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

Moderna 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.