Director of Analytical Chemistry - mRNA-LNP Discovery

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moderna therapeuticsSomerville (MA)

Natural Sciences Managers In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing

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About the role

Moderna seeks a Director of Analytical Chemistry to provide strategic and operational leadership for discovery-stage analytics in mRNA-LNP research. The role drives analytical strategies across lipids, excipients, and formulations, partnering with chemistry, formulation, and delivery sciences to accelerate design-make-test-learn cycles. The candidate will supervise analytical method development, impurity profiling, and RNA analytics, ensuring alignment with program milestones and external

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