U.S. Federal Government Engagement Director

Director, Government Engagement - US Federal

Moderna

The Director, Government Engagement - US Federal is responsible for advocating changes to Federal laws and regulations by engaging Congress and the Executive Branch on Moderna’s priorities. This person will develop and lead relations and collaboration with Federal legislators and regulators who make legislative and public policy decisions and other key stakeholders who shape those decisions.

This position will report to the Sr. Vice President, Government Engagement and work remote from Washington, D.C.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

Lead the development and execution of federal government relations strategies and tactics to successfully implement legislative and policy goals pertaining to Moderna’s policy and business interests

Establish alliances with national patient advocacy groups, health professional organizations, business associations or other groups as appropriate to further Moderna’s priorities

Develop, maintain and expand relationships and communications with US Congress, federal agencies, industry associations, etc to ensure Moderna is known as a thought and policy leader on issues and policies impacting the biotech industry

Manage day-to-day relationships with industry trade associations and participate in relevant groups to advocate for Moderna’s desired objectives.

Perform legislative and regulatory analysis for a wide range of policy and political matters that may impact the Company

Develop timely reports and summaries of state-level actions and policy with direct impact to company and industry priorities and coordinate necessary meetings to update relevant stakeholders

Build internal and external knowledge and understanding of policy parameters and political factors influencing Moderna’s government engagement objectives and ensure ongoing awareness and support for legislative activities with Moderna’s business leaders

Participate in strategic meetings with patient association and medical/health stakeholders, as needed

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table:

Bachelor’s degree required. Graduate degree (business, legal, policy etc.) preferred

Minimum 10+ years of experience in federal government affairs, public or health policy, preferably in healthcare sector in positions of increasing responsibility. Related experience and/or education may be considered

Industry related, Trade association, lobbying, federal agency, and Capitol Hill experience desirable

Proven involvement and success in developing federal legislative campaigns and strong knowledge of the federal legislative and regulatory processes including understanding of Federal healthcare programs (i.e. Medicare/Medicaid, VA, DOD etc.)

Established relationships with policy makers within healthcare community including relevant Congressional committees, key staff, and federal agencies

Ability to effectively interact with policymakers, executives and possess outstanding written, verbal and presentation skills to synthesize complex issues and persuasively articulate specific actions and initiatives

Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills, consensus gathering skills, and be a team player in collaborating, supporting and implementing function, department initiatives

Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

Ability to effectively collaborate in a dynamic, cross-functional matrix environment

Here’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.