Director, Process Development

Moderna is seeking a Director to lead upstream process development with a primary emphasis on E. coli-based production for recombinant enzymes and plasmids critical to Moderna's technology platforms and pipeline programs. This leader will set technical strategy and drive execution across strain and expression strategy enablement, upstream fermentation process development, scale-up/scale-down, process characterization, and technology transfer to internal manufacturing. This role requires deep expertise in E.coli physiology and fermentation engineering, including fed-batch strategies, media/feed development, inline measurements/PAT, and oxygen transfer/respiration metrics (OUR/CER), with the ability to partner effectively across downstream purification, analytics, quality, and manufacturing to deliver robust, scalable, and compliant processes.