Associate Director, Operational Excellence

**The Role**:
The Operational Excellence Associate Director will work closely with the Senior Director of Quality Management Systems to support the development, implementation, oversight, and maintenance of Quality System processes, departmental functional training, and quality/compliance management activities.
The role will involve building strong partnerships in a matrix organization, leveraging data and analytics to prioritize projects and improvement initiatives.
Provide support across the Quality Systems and Compliance network, working with Digital Partners and other stakeholders to ensure business and digital solutions and technologies are aligned and successfully implemented with the highest standards of compliance and integrity to meet business needs.

**Here’s What You’ll Do**:
Partner with Quality System Owners and Digital Leads to solve critical business challenges aligned with Moderna’s Quality Plan and Quality Roadmap

Lead, facilitate Lean and/or Six Sigma improvement projects in partnership with other functions linked to business needs

Build, maintain and leverage relationships across a matrix team to opportunities for collaboration, system and process improvement, facilitating continuous monitoring of processes and staying up to date on developments in regulations, standards and relevant best practices

Serve as project manager and mentor, providing guidance to expert networks, Global Quality members

Develop and provide strategic proposals, progress updates and presentations to all levels of the organization

Lead, facilitate Lean and/or Six Sigma improvement projects in partnership with other functions linked to business needs.

Interface with key stakeholders, sponsors, and other senior management to confirm system/program/project sponsorship/support, strategic alignment, report progress, recognize achievements, and drive decision for significant issues and risks

Demonstrate experience in process mapping, understanding system and data architecture and the gathering of improvement needs, opportunities and pain points to support identification and execution of AI and Automation possibilities to provide predictive trends, risk management inputs and other insights based on available data patterns

Measure and monitor metrics which are leading indicators of performance and support operational execution to help ensure performance is sustained

**Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table**:
Bachelor’s degree

Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a technical role in the biopharmaceutical manufacturing

Previous people leadership experience required and experience leading the development and technical growth of colleagues to support business transformation

Strong knowledge of quality and manufacturing operations

Strong analytical and strategic skills with experiencing solving complex and unique problems

Well-developed interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate across CMC functions and work effectively across all levels of the organization

Experience in managing projects that require critical thinking, collaborative approaches; innovation; strong analytical skills; ability to understand business issues and processes

Experience in leading/influencing internal and external stakeholders

Experience in managing projects that require critical thinking, collaborative approaches; innovation; strong analytical skills; ability to understand business issues and processes

Possesses a collaborative spirit, strong project/program management skills, including change leadership

Strong analytical skills to assess information, draw conclusions and recommend improvements

Demonstrate a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop, and coach others, oversee, and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact

Ability to write technical investigation summaries for multiple audiences

Proficient is MS Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint

Certified Lean Practitioner / Six Sigma Black Belt

20% travel expected

Moderna offers personalized benefit programs and well-being resources as unique as our global workforce so employees can do their best work.

We recognize and appreciate your diverse needs and interests and do our best to support you at work and at home with:
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, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
Educational resources
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.

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