Working At Moderna

Yes, Moderna drug tests. The company drug tests potential hires and reserves the right to drug test current employees. If you fail a drug test during the hiring process, you are not eligible for employment with Moderna.

No, Moderna does not hire felons. The company performs an extensive background check on all candidates, and a felony on your record disqualifies you.

You answer "why are you interested in working for Moderna?" by expressing a desire to work for a groundbreaking and innovative vaccine technology company.

Examples of reasons you want to work for Moderna...

You write a cover letter for Moderna by highlighting your skills, talents, and accomplishments in the medical and/or vaccine technology fields, and describing how you wish to implement these in your work with the company.

You have to be at least 18 years old to work at Moderna. All positions at the company require relevant qualifications in terms of education and professional experience. Moderna hires adults of all ages as long as they feel the candidate meets the requirements of the role.

Moderna offers a myriad of benefits to its employees in the form of healthcare, competitive pay, and other areas.

Here are the benefits a Moderna employee receives:

• Daily on-site catered lunches

• Company-provided iPhone

• Free parking, monthly subway pass, or a subsidized commuter rail pass

• Free annual corporate membership to Bluebikes

• Highly competitive healthcare coverage including medical offered through BCBS (HMO/PPO), dental, and vision offered through VSP

• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical expenses and dependent care expenses

• 16 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for all new parents

• 16 weeks of 100% paid family caregiver leave

• 20 weeks of 100% paid medical leave

• Eligible for "Moderna Month" (one month paid sabbatical after five years of service and eligible for an additional one month paid sabbatical every 3 years thereafter)

• Adoption assistance and discounts to local childcare centers, as well as access to care.com

• 401(k) (traditional and Roth offered) with 50% match on first 6% deferred; match is vested immediately

• A suite of Moderna-paid insurance coverage, including life insurance and short-term and long-term disability

• Voluntary legal assistance plan

• 15 days' vacation and 7 sick days per year, in addition to a discretionary winter shutdown and 11 company paid holidays (includes 2 floating holidays)

The dress code at Moderna depends on the department you work in. Corporate roles at the company follow a business casual dress code. Laboratory positions require extremely strict safety protocols. In the laboratory setting, certain articles such as protective eyewear and gloves are provided.

The hiring process at Moderna is very detailed and can take a long time, depending on the role you are seeking. You apply for a job at Moderna on the company's website or through a third-party job website.

Moderna is owned by both individual shareholders in its stock as well as institutional investors.

The top three individual shareholders of Moderna are Robert S. Langer, who owns 11.5 million shares, or roughly 3% of the company's outstanding shares, CEO Stephane Bancel, who owns 6.4 million shares, and Noubar B. Afeyan, who owns just over two million shares.