Senior Technical Product Owner, Procurement & Legal Systems (SAP Ariba)

Moderna · Warsaw

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The Role:

Joining Moderna means advancing mRNA science to transform medicine. Work with exceptional global teams on a broad pipeline and build a career that makes a real difference for patients.

Moderna is strengthening its international business services hub in Warsaw, supporting our growing global operations. We welcome professionals ready to help advance our mission and shape the future of mRNA medicines.

This is a global individual contributor opportunity to take day-to-day ownership of a portfolio of business-critical Procurement and Legal applications, with an immediate focus on SAP Ariba and its integration with SAP S/4HANA. Reporting to the Director, Digital Legal & Procurement Systems, you’ll operate with significant autonomy, partnering with global Procurement process owners to translate complex business needs into well-designed, measurable digital outcomes.

You’ll combine deep end-to-end Procurement knowledge with strong product judgment and technical fluency, taking work from intake and prioritization through design, delivery, release, production support, and continuous improvement. You’ll investigate complex cross-platform issues through evidence and root-cause analysis, guide distributed technical resources and external service providers, and build the controls and documentation required for reliable, audit-ready enterprise platforms.

The role also offers the opportunity to get close to Generative AI tools and explore where AI-enabled approaches can improve product ownership, knowledge management, requirements, analysis, documentation, operational efficiency, and the broader digital experience across Procurement and Legal systems.

Here's What You'll Do:

• Own the end-to-end intake and delivery backlog for global Procurement and Legal systems, translating priorities into clear epics, stories, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and delivery commitments.
• Evaluate requests based on business value, effort, risk, and urgency, recommending whether work should proceed, be reshaped, deferred, or declined, while communicating trade-offs transparently.
• Translate business needs and end-to-end processes into clear requirements, process and functional designs, integration needs, test scenarios, and release plans.
• Apply pragmatic Agile practices to create clarity, accountability, and predictable delivery, facilitating only those processes and ceremonies that add value.
• Measure product health and outcomes through backlog quality, delivery predictability, release quality, recurring incidents, manual effort, control effectiveness, and documentation coverage.
• Maintain strong working knowledge of application environments, configurations, master data, dependencies, and integrations, using this knowledge to trace issues across SAP Ariba, SAP S/4HANA, and the integration layer and drive remediation where gaps exist.
• Lead major application releases from end to end, including impact assessment, environment and integration readiness, testing, defect resolution, cutover, and stabilization.
• Triage production issues, distinguishing isolated symptoms from systemic problems, and use ticket trends and root-cause analysis to drive durable improvements that reduce repeat incidents and manual effort.
• Ensure production issues have clear ownership and documentation and are driven through resolution to confirmed closure.
• Own the execution and continuous improvement of SOX-relevant application controls, including access and segregation of duties, change and release management, integration and data integrity, audit evidence, security and privacy, and third-party access.
• Maintain a comprehensive application handbook covering environments, configurations, integrations, controls, procedures, decisions, ownership, known issues, and risks, enabling future owners to transition effectively without costly rediscovery.
• Set priorities and allocate work across distributed technical resources and external service providers, reviewing quality, removing blockers, managing delivery commitments, and addressing quality or performance concerns to ensure reliable execution.
• Act as a trusted Digital partner to global Procurement and Legal stakeholders, helping define problems and desired outcomes, evaluate trade-offs, and translate priorities into executable work.
• Maintain transparency and effective partnership across Finance/AP, SAP and integration teams, Information Security, Internal Audit/SOX, Procurement, Legal, and service providers, surfacing risks early and escalating with a recommended path forward.
• Bring strong functional understanding across the end-to-end Procurement lifecycle, including supplier onboarding and lifecycle management, supplier master data, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, buying, invoicing, procurement controls, auditability, contracting, strategic sourcing, and RFPs.
• Apply functional and technical fluency across integrated SAP Ariba and SAP S/4HANA source-to-pay processes to investigate configurations, master data, access, transactions, and integrations, evaluate proposed solutions, and work effectively with technical specialists.
• Bring structure to ambiguity through dependable end-to-end ownership, maintaining clear decision trails, seeking and applying feedback, surfacing risks early, and following commitments through verified completion.
• Use learning agility and intellectual curiosity to quickly understand unfamiliar platforms, processes, and technical concepts and communicate them effectively to both business and technical stakeholders.
• Explore opportunities to use Generative AI and emerging digital capabilities to accelerate analysis, knowledge discovery, requirements development, documentation, operational support, and continuous improvement while working within appropriate enterprise controls.

The key Moderna Mindsets you’ll need to succeed in the role:

• “We behave like owners. The solutions we’re building go beyond any job description.”
• “We act with dynamic range, driving strategy and execution at the same time at every step.”

Here’s What You’ll Need (Basic Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience owning or delivering enterprise Procurement applications and complex, cross-functional technology initiatives.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end Procurement processes, with particular depth in supplier onboarding and lifecycle management, supplier master data, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, buying, and invoicing, as well as procurement controls, auditability, contracting, strategic sourcing, and RFPs.
• Demonstrated product ownership experience across intake, value-based prioritization, backlog management, requirements, solution evaluation, acceptance criteria, testing, releases, production support, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated learning agility and intellectual curiosity, with the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar platforms, processes, and technical concepts.
• Demonstrated record of dependable end-to-end ownership, including bringing structure to ambiguity, maintaining clear decision trails, surfacing risks early, seeking and applying feedback, and following commitments through verified completion.
• Experience supporting integrated SAP Ariba and SAP S/4HANA source-to-pay processes, with the functional and technical fluency to investigate configurations, master data, access, transactions, and integrations; evaluate proposed solutions; and work effectively with specialists.
• Experience leading distributed technical resources, including setting priorities, reviewing work, managing delivery commitments, and addressing quality or performance concerns.
• Experience operating SOX-relevant enterprise applications and supporting access, change, release, integration, data-integrity, and audit-evidence controls.
• Strong critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and learning agility, with the ability to understand unfamiliar platforms, processes, and technical concepts quickly and communicate effectively with business and technical stakeholders.
• Prroficiency in English (verbal and/or written) required due to global collaboration needs."Here’s

What You’ll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications):

• Product ownership, implementation, or production-support experience with SAP Ariba in an SAP S/4HANA-integrated environment.
• Experience leading complex enterprise releases, integrations, platform modernization, or technology transitions.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management or other Legal technology platforms.
• Experience operating in a global, highly matrixed organization.
• A collaborative and assertive working style: able to listen, build trust, challenge constructively, make decisions, and remain open to feedback.

Our Working Model 

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.

Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free, and drug-free work environment.

Pay & Benefits

At Moderna, we believe that when you feel your best, you can do your best work.  That’s why our benefits and well-being resources are designed to support you—at work, at home, and everywhere in between.

• Competitive 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
• Savings and investments 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, the infrastructure 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 people are the driving force behind our scientific progress and our culture. Together, 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. 

If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine, we invite you to visit modernatx.com/careers to learn more about our current opportunities. 

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 person's 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. 

We’re focused on attracting, retaining, developing, and advancing our employees. By cultivating a workplace that values diverse experiences, backgrounds, and ideas, we create an environment where every employee can contribute their best. 

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodation or adjustments to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation or adjustment in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations and Adjustments team at leavesandaccommodations@modernatx.com. 

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