Legal Business Partner, Commercial

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 strengthening its international business services hub in Warsaw, supporting our growing global operations. We welcome professionals ready to help advance our mission and shape the future of mRNA medicines.

As an integral member of Moderna's global Legal team, you'll help enable the commercial success of our business across the EMEA region by providing legal and operational support within a highly collaborative international environment. Based in our Warsaw Enterprise Solutions Hub, you'll partner with senior legal professionals and cross-functional stakeholders to simplify complex legal processes, strengthen commercial execution, and help modernize legal operations through digital innovation.

This individual contributor opportunity offers exceptional exposure across International Commercial functions while placing you at the forefront of legal transformation. Working in a fast-moving biotech environment, you'll have the opportunity to leverage Generative AI tools to optimize legal workflows, enhance contracting processes, and help shape the future of legal operations.

Here’s What You’ll Do

• Partner with senior lawyers and global cross-functional stakeholders to provide legal and operational support across a wide range of International Commercial legal matters spanning multiple EMEA markets.

• Act as the primary legal escalation point for Procurement Operations, supporting a broad portfolio of commercial contracts and facilitating negotiations with third-party suppliers and partners.

• Review promotional and non-promotional materials to ensure compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, and company requirements.

• Collaborate closely with Legal Operations to enhance contracting systems, templates, playbooks, and digital legal processes, including the adoption and optimization of AI-powered tools and GPT solutions.

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve legal training materials while documenting and refining evolving legal workflows and best practices.

• Build a strong foundational understanding of Moderna's pioneering mRNA platform to effectively support business objectives and provide commercially focused legal guidance.

• Contribute to broader Legal Operations initiatives, including Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) projects, compliance activities, and cross-functional operational priorities as required.

• Embrace opportunities to expand into emerging areas of legal innovation, particularly AI-enabled legal solutions, automation, and process optimization initiatives.

• Support integration, collaboration, and alignment across Moderna's global Legal function, fostering consistency and operational excellence.

• Demonstrate curiosity, ownership, and continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to digitize, streamline, and enhance legal systems, processes, and ways of working.

• Work closely with colleagues across Legal, Procurement, Commercial, Compliance, and other business functions to enable effective decision-making and efficient business execution.

• Leverage Generative AI technologies to reimagine legal workflows, improve operational efficiency, and help drive Moderna's digital transformation agenda within the Legal function.

The key Moderna Mindsets you’ll need to succeed in the role

• “We digitize everywhere possible using the power of code to maximize our impact on patients.”
  Your interest in generative AI and digital legal solutions will directly support our strategic move toward automation, faster decision-making, and data-driven legal processes.

• “We behave like owners. The solutions we’re building go beyond any job description.”
  You’ll take ownership across multiple legal support areas, leaning into ambiguity and helping build new legal operations capabilities that empower the entire business.

Here’s What You’ll Need (Basic Qualifications)

• University law degree required.

• 4-6 years of relevant experience (in-house and/or law firm)

• Experience drafting and negotiating complex contracts in biotech/pharma.

• Strong judgment, integrity, and ability to work independently and provide pragmatic risk-based solutions.

• Excellent communication, organization, and time-management skills.

• Proficiency in English (verbal and/or written) required due to global collaboration needs.; additional languages a plus.

• Strong interest in AI applications, automation tools, process improvement and knowledge management capabilities

Pay & Benefits

At Moderna, we believe that when you feel your best, you can do your best work.  That’s why our benefits and well-being resources are designed to support you—at work, at home, and everywhere in between.

• 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 building benefits, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, bank holidays, 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

The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.

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. 

As we build our company, we have always believed an in-person culture is critical to our success. 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. Join us in shaping a world where every interaction is an opportunity to learn, contribute, and make a meaningful impact. 

If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine, we invite you to visit modernatx.com/careers to learn more about our current opportunities. 

Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free, and drug-free work environment. 

Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day, please apply! 

Moderna is committed to equal opportunity in employment 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. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 

We’re focused on attracting, retaining, developing, and advancing our employees. By cultivating a workplace that values diverse experiences, backgrounds, and ideas, we create an environment where every employee can contribute their best. 

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodation or adjustments to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation or adjustment in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations and Adjustments team at [email protected]. 

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