Associate Director, Marketing - Oncology

About the role

Moderna continues to expand its innovative mRNA platform, unlocking new applications across diseases and therapeutic areas. This role will play a critical part in launching Moderna’s first commercial therapeutic into the oncology market.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and optimization of commercial operating models to support both standalone and partnership-based commercialization scenarios
• Drive launch readiness planning across multiple indications, including integrated workplans, governance, and execution tracking
• Establish marketing/sales scalable processes for forecasting, performance management, and field execution
• Oversee commercial KPIs and dashboards, translating insights into actionable recommendations
• Support field force strategy and implementation, including sizing, structure, and territory alignment and ongoing efforts to ensure optimization
• Partner with teams to help build and operationalize incentive compensation frameworks aligned to business objectives
• Develop sales force capabilities, including onboarding, training curricula, and continuous skill-building programs with relevant cross-functional partners
• Drive adoption of CRM and field tools to enhance productivity and customer engagement
• Partner with analytics teams to deliver advanced insights supporting decision-making (e.g., targeting, resource allocation, launch performance)
• Implement tools and processes for real-time performance monitoring
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, and speed to execution
• Identify and promote best practices across markets and brands
• Lead or support strategic projects (e.g., new capability builds, launch acceleration initiatives)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
• 6+ years of experience in biopharma commercial operations, commercial excellence, marketing operations, consulting, or related functions
• Experience in oncology commercialization and/or launch execution preferred
• Demonstrated success in sales force effectiveness, marketing operations, or commercial excellence roles
• Data-driven, execution-focused, and comfortable making trade-offs in key decisions
• Strategic thinking skills with the ability to synthesize complex data and insights into clear, actionable recommendations for field teams and senior stakeholders
• Prominent ability to partner cross-functionally and influence stakeholders across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Finance, and other key stakeholders
• Analytics capabilities including how to effectively measure launch success
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Curiosity mindset, and a passion for contributing to a transformative company that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred; 6+ years of experience in biopharma commercial operations, commercial excellence, marketing operations, consulting, or related functions; Experience in oncology commercialization and/or launch execution preferred; Demonstrated success in sales force effectiveness, marketing operations, or commercial excellence roles; Data-driven, execution-focused, and comfortable making trade-offs in key decisions; Strategic thinking skills with the ability to synthesize complex data and insights into clear, actionable recommendations for field teams and senior stakeholders; Proven ability to partner cross-functionally and influence stakeholders across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Finance, and other key stakeholders; Analytics capabilities including how to effectively measure launch success; Strong communication and presentation skills; Curiosity mindset, and a passion for contributing to a transformative company that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative.

Skills

• Commercial Operations & Execution
• Sales Force Effectiveness & Field Capabilities
• Data, Analytics & Insights
• Alliance & Cross-Functional Integration
• Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

Benefits

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.

Salary Range

$142,500.00 - $256,500.00. 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.

Working Model

We believe an in-person culture is critical to our success. By cultivating a workplace that values diverse experiences, backgrounds, and ideas, we create an environment where every employee can contribute their best. Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free, and drug-free work environment.

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.