Legal Business Partner

The Role:

The Legal Business Partner will provide administrative and case-specific support to Moderna’s IP Litigation (IPL) team in connection with U.S. and other complex legal matters. This role works closely with the IP Litigation team, 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.

Here’s What You’ll 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; track acknowledgements and follow‑ups in accordance with internal procedures.
• Maintain legal calendars and internal deadline tracking; monitor key case milestones and support related reporting.
• 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, 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.
• Support budgeting and billing processes, including coordinating case‑specific budget updates with outside counsel, 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 GPT‑enabled support where appropriate.

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

• University degree required.
• 3–5 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.

Here’s What You’ll 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

• Best‑in‑class healthcare, plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs.
• 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.

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, 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.

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.