Senior Manager, Logistics Operations

The Role

Joining Moderna offers the unique opportunity to be part of a pioneering team that's revolutionizing medicine through mRNA technology, with a diverse pipeline of development programs across various diseases.

As an employee, you'll be part of a continually growing organization, working alongside exceptional colleagues and strategic partners worldwide, contributing to global health initiatives.

Moderna's commitment to advancing the technological frontier of mRNA medicines ensures a challenging and rewarding career experience, with the potential to make a significant impact on patients' lives worldwide.

Moderna is solidifying its presence within our international business services hub in Warsaw, Poland, a city renowned for its rich scientific and technological heritage. This hub provides critical functions, meeting the growing demand of Moderna’s global business operations. We're inviting professionals from around the world to join our mission and contribute to the future of mRNA medicines.

This individual contributor role will be responsible for driving the performance, compliance, and transformation of Moderna’s European logistics operations hub. Operating from Warsaw, you will own day-to-day upstream logistics across warehousing and transportation while embedding automation, smart systems, and AI-enabled tools into every process. The role balances operational ownership with next-generation innovation, ensuring resilient and compliant logistics across Moderna’s growing international network.

You will collaborate closely with Moderna Digital, Planning, and Quality teams to implement AI-driven visibility, predictive analytics, and automated workflows. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to global health impact while helping evolve logistics operations into a digitally intelligent, fully connected ecosystem.

• Execute daily operations of Moderna’s European logistics hub, managing upstream transportation (air, road, sea) and warehousing.
• Ensure efficient material flows across inbound, intercompany, warehousing, and outbound supply chain segments.
• Lead implementation of GDP-compliant shipping processes including handling, validation, and customs.
• Drive operational excellence across all logistics flows, maintaining alignment with Health Authority, GDP, GMP, Cold Chain, Trade, and Security requirements.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align compliance and operational priorities, enabling robust and seamless supply.

• Deploy automation and digital platforms in partnership with Moderna Digital and Logistics Engineering:
  
  • Transport and Warehouse Management Systems (TMS/WMS)
  
  • Real-time visibility tools, smart IoT devices, and digital scorecards
  
  • AI/ML-enabled forecasting and exception management
  
  • Digital twins and automated customs solutions
• Lead integration with 3PLs and carriers, ensuring real-time data connectivity and performance alignment.
• Optimize cost-to-serve models while preserving reliability and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with Trade Compliance to ensure import/export readiness and customs adherence.
• Develop and maintain logistics SOPs, compliance documentation, and performance dashboards.
• Coordinate internal and external partners to deliver logistics transformation initiatives, focusing on scalability, simplification, and intelligent automation.

• “We digitize everywhere possible using the power of code to maximize our impact on patients.”
  This role is at the heart of Moderna’s logistics transformation, and success will require embracing digital platforms, AI, and automation to reimagine upstream flows. Your ability to apply advanced technologies to solve operational challenges will directly contribute to global patient outcomes.
• “We behave like owners. The solutions we’re building go beyond any job description.”
  As a senior logistics operator in a matrixed global structure, you’ll need to take full ownership of outcomes—proactively solving challenges, leading continuous improvement, and driving initiatives that shape the…