Sr. Manager, Site Budgets and Contracts

The Role Joining Moderna means advancing mRNA science to transform medicine. Work with exceptional global teams on a broad pipeline and build a career that makes a real difference for patients. Moderna is establishing a leading research, development, and manufacturing facility at Harwell to support onshore mRNA vaccine production for respiratory diseases in the UK.This long term investment will create skilled jobs and strengthen collaboration with academic, NHS, and government partners.

We welcome experts ready to help expand access to life saving vaccines. Reporting to the Director, Global Clinical Operations (GCO) Business Analytics & Operations Management (BAOM), you will take a leading role in the generation, review and oversight of investigator site budgets and investigator grants across Phase I–IV clinical trials. You will combine deep Grants Manager and/or Grant Plan expertise with internal, third-party vendor and industry data to build accurate budgets, inform scenario planning and understand its impact on study budgets.

Working across GCO, Clinical Operations, CROs and key functional partners, you will provide strategic oversight of site budgets, contracts and negotiations throughout study start-up and the duration of assigned studies. Your work will be critical to maintaining Fair Market Value (FMV) and GCP-driven principles, managing risks and negotiation parameters, and enabling sites to activate against target clinical trial timelines, while creating opportunities to work close to Generative AI tools and emerging digital capabilities that can enhance analytics and operational decision-making.

Here’s What You’ll DoCreate, directly oversee and manage investigator site budgets across multiple assigned clinical trials within a designated therapeutic area. Generate and review accurate Phase I–IV investigator grant (IG) budgets using Grants Manager, leveraging extensive Grants Manager and/or Grant Plan expertise to deliver budgets efficiently. Validate budgets using Moderna internal data, third-party vendor data and relevant industry data. Provide consistent site contract and budget oversight and support to assigned Clinical Operations clinical trial teams, bringing up-front and ongoing strategic planning tailored to individual programs and study requirements.

Provide input into scenario planning and assess the resulting impact on study budgets. Leverage internal and CRO-provided Investigator Grants reference data alongside available Fair Market Value benchmarking tools to establish clinical trial-specific IG budget estimates that support trial budget forecasting. Lead and/or contribute to the development of target FMV-based investigator grant budgets and negotiation parameters across therapeutic areas including infectious disease, oncology and/or therapeutics, operating within an outsourced CRO model.

Act as the lead point of contact for CRO site budget activities on assigned studies, overseeing the development and approval of global investigator site budgets and associated negotiation parameters. Ensure cross-program and cross-clinical-trial consistency in country-level site budget targets and parameters. Directly manage and track CRO investigator site Clinical Trial Agreement (CTA) and budget negotiations in alignment with FMV and GCP-driven principles.

Collaborate closely with assigned CROs and Clinical Operations to ensure established clinical trial investigator grant budgets remain within target throughout the CTA negotiation process. Serve as the liaison between CROs and Moderna Legal/Clinical Contracts and Outsourcing teams during the review and finalization of country-level CTA/CSA templates. Monitor key performance indicators, including cycle times and SIV/site…