Legal Business Partner

The Role:

The Legal Business Partner will provide administrative and case-specific support to Modernas IP Litigation (IPL) team in connection with U.S. and other complex legal matters. This role works closely with the IP Litigation team and partners with internal stakeholders outside counsel and e-discovery vendors to support discovery document management budgeting processes expert workflows and IPL operational initiatives including AI-enabled process improvements.

Heres What Youll Do:

Case-Specific Legal Support (Discovery Case Management and Counsel Support)

• Support day-to-day legal activities across active matters and coordinate case support needs with the IP Litigation team internal stakeholders and outside counsel.

• Assist with custodian interviews and coordinate collection of relevant custodian and non-custodial data sources.

• Assist with drafting dissemination and administration of legal holds and other preservation processes as needed; track acknowledgements and follow-ups in accordance with internal procedures.

• Maintain legal calendars and internal deadline tracking; monitor key case milestones (e.g. discovery deadlines depositions hearings) and support related reporting as needed.

• Organize and assist with gathering case documents and information to support legal needs (e.g. discovery response support internal fact development expert tracking and conflict checks).

• Assist with running internal conflict checks on potential case experts and coordinating with external counsel to ensure accurate reporting

E-Discovery and Document Management (Relativity Search Review and Reuse)

• Upload code and track case-specific documents in databases such as Relativity including maintaining organization tags/coding and supporting reporting needs.

• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and e-discovery vendor regarding data collections processing hosting review support and quality control measures.

• Work with the team and e-discovery vendor to assist with document reviews as needed.

• Support the development and continuous improvement of document reuse systems and related repositories to enable repeatable efficient workflows across matters.

Matter Operations Billing and Administrative Support

• Maintain matter workspaces and internal repositories (including SharePoint matter sites and case files) ensuring documents are complete current and organized for team access.

• Support new matter intake and set-up including opening new matters coordinating external counsel and vendor onboarding and preparing and maintaining files for same.

• Support budgeting and billing processes including coordinating case-specific budget updates with outside counsel when needed updating monthly budgets/spend tracking and working with the billing group to route and approve invoices for review and resolve invoice questions.

Process Improvement and AI Initiatives

• Support development and implementation of administrative and case-specific IP legal processes

• Participate in AI-related initiatives to improve legal support workflows including use of approved AI tools and/or GPT-enabled support where appropriate.

Heres What Youll Need (Basic Qualifications):

• University degree required

• 35 years of legal experience (in-house or at a law firm) preferably supporting large cross-border legal matters.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with internal stakeholders outside counsel and vendors.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Willingness to collaborate take initiative and follow through consistently in a team environment.

• Proficiency in English (verbal and/or written) required due to global collaboration needs.

Heres What Youll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications):

• Prior e-discovery experience in large cross-border legal matters; prior experience managing or assisting with complex document reviews is a plus.

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suites; familiarity with Microsoft Lists is a plus; SharePoint experience preferred.

• Prior use of AI tools and/or experience developing GPTs or implementing AI-enabled workflows in a legal setting is a plus.

Pay & Benefits

At Moderna we believe that when you feel your best you can do your best work. Thats why our global benefits and well-being resources are designed to support youat work at home and everywhere in between.

• Best-in-class 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

• Savingsandinvestments 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 theinfrastructure 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 peopleare the driving force behind our scientific progress and our 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 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 persons 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.

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