Associate Talent Partner, Early Career Recruiting

About the role

Moderna is entering its next phase of evolution, and attracting world-class early career talent is critical to fueling our mission to deliver the greatest possible impact to patients. We are seeking an Associate Talent Partner, Early Career Recruiting to deliver recruitment and hiring of interns and co-ops across the company. In this role, you will execute the strategy that shapes how emerging talent experiences Moderna – from first impression through university partnerships, to recruitment, selection, offer, and preparing for onboarding.

As an Early Career recruiter, you will operate with significant autonomy, partnering with senior business and HR leaders across the company to understand intern and co-op opportunities in the business and bring them to life. This role is ideal for a resourceful, agile recruiter who can flex between attracting and evaluating candidates, partnering with top-tier universities, and presenting to senior leaders – someone who thrives in a fast-paced, ever-evolving, mission-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior stakeholders to understand hiring needs, align on pipeline priorities, and organize Early Career talent planning across functions.
• Drive accountability for Early Career hiring across stakeholders.
• Deliver a best-in-class Early Career experience, delivering end-to-end recruitment for internship and co-op roles, including talent attraction, sourcing, screening, hiring manager partnership, candidate experience, and offers.
• Drive campus engagement and university partnership that expands Moderna’s reach across a diverse range of top-tier universities.
• Guide business teams in delivering high-impact events. Lead Moderna’s presence at campus and virtual events that build awareness and excitement among emerging talent.
• Represent Early Careers in senior-level conversations and reports; inform leaders through data, insights, and compelling storytelling.
• Act as a culture ambassador who brings Moderna’s values to life in every candidate touchpoint.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 3 years’ experience in Campus Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, or University Admissions.
• Strong recruiting skills and the ability to creatively identify and engage exceptional emerging talent.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; confident presenting to senior leaders.
• Excellent detail orientation; demonstrated strength in planning and follow through of complex initiatives or projects.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment with significant autonomy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ATS/CRM tools such as Workday and Handshake.
• Demonstrated success engaging talent through diversity-focused partnerships, university associations, student groups, HBCUs, HSIs, and professional organizations.
• Enthusiasm for optimizing or transforming workflow or processes through AI and/or automation.

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

Pay

The salary range for this role is $89,900.00 - $143,800.00. 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.

Schedule

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.

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.