Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner

Biopharma Careers; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 272,000 - 490,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Well-being resources

Family planning benefits

Generous paid time off

Equity/long-term incentives

Job summary

Moderna is seeking a Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner to shape and deliver the people strategy across enterprise functions in a fast-paced biotech environment.

You will partner with senior executives to evolve organizational design, talent strategy, and performance enablement, driving global-scale outcomes and leveraging AI-driven insights for decision-making and culture transformation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in HR, business, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience with 5+ in HR leadership.
• Experience advising executive leaders in global, fast-paced environments.
• Expertise in organizational design, talent strategy, succession planning.
• Proven track record leading enterprise transformation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic advisor to executive leadership for org design, talent strategy and performance enablement.
• Lead HR strategy for large, complex business areas enabling speed, innovation, and scale.
• Translate business and scientific priorities into future-ready people strategies and capabilities.
• Champion work reinvention leveraging AI, automation, and new ways of working.

Skills

Executive advisory

Organizational design

Talent strategy

People analytics

Change leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

HRIS

People analytics platform

Job description

The Role

The Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner is a key leader responsible for shaping and delivering the people strategy across critical enterprise functions. This role partners directly with senior executives to advance Moderna's mission by continuously evolving how work gets done, ensuring the organization is designed for focus, agility, and impact.

As a trusted advisor to executive leadership, this role drives forward-looking talent and organizational strategies that unlock performance, accelerate innovation, and build the capabilities needed for the future of work. The Vice President, HRBP plays a central role in advancing Moderna's evolution as a digital-first, AI-enabled company, reimagining how work gets done and how talent and technology come together to deliver breakthrough outcomes.

This leader will operate at the intersection of people, technology, and business transformation, shaping a workforce that is agile, skilled, and ready to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving biotech landscape.

Here’s What You’ll Do

• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, shaping organizational design, talent strategy, succession planning, and performance enablement to support Moderna's long-term ambitions
• Lead HR strategy for large, complex business areas, driving workforce outcomes that enable speed, innovation, and global scale
• Translate evolving business and scientific priorities into future-ready people strategies, ensuring the organization has the capabilities required to deliver on its mission
• Champion work reinvention, reimagining roles, workflows, and team structures to fully leverage AI, automation, and new ways of working
• Lead complex, enterprise-wide transformation efforts, aligning structure, talent, and ways of working to accelerate impact
• Drive forward-looking workforce planning, using data, analytics, and AI-driven insights to anticipate capability gaps and inform strategic investments in talent
• Partner with leaders to embed digital and AI capabilities across the workforce, including reskilling, upskilling, and evolving role design
• Advance Moderna's data-driven approach to talent, leveraging people analytics and intelligent tools to inform decision-making and measure impact
• Collaborate across HR functions to deliver seamless, scalable solutions that support a high-performing, global organization
• Represent HR in executive forums, shaping enterprise conversations on talent, culture, and the future of work
• Continuously evolve the HRBP model to be more integrated, tech-enabled, and impact-driven, raising the bar for strategic partnership
• Actively explore and adopt emerging technologies, including AI, to enhance productivity, decision-making, and employee experience
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing HRBP team to drive enterprise people priorities and deliver measurable impact

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
• 15+ years of relevant experience, including at least 5 in HR leadership
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
• Proven experience advising executive leaders in complex, global organizations, ideally within innovative, fast-paced environments
• Deep expertise in organizational design, talent strategy, succession planning, and performance enablement
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise transformation initiatives, including organizational, cultural, and workforce shifts
• Experience managing, coaching, and developing direct reports
• Experience navigating matrixed environments and influencing across regions, functions, and senior stakeholders
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, challenge the status quo, and drive change at scale
• High level of integrity, adaptability, and strategic problem-solving orientation

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

• Experience driving or supporting digital and AI-enabled workforce transformation, with a clear understanding of how technology is reshaping work
• Experience leveraging advanced people analytics, AI, and automation to drive insights, workforce decisions, and measurable business outcomes
• Strong ability to connect business strategy, scientific innovation, and people strategy to deliver measurable outcomes
• Experience operating in a digital-first, highly innovative environment, ideally within biotech, pharma, or similarly complex, science-driven industries

Pay & Benefits

At Moderna, we believe that when you feel your best, you can do your best work. That's why our US benefits and global well-being resources are designed to support you, at work, at home, and everywhere in between.

• Best-in-class healthcare coverage, 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 investment opportunities to help you plan for the future
• Location-specific perks and extras

The salary range for this role is $272,200.00 - $490,100.00. 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.

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.

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] .