Job title hierarchy at Moderna? Trying to understand the job title hierarchy there. Currently a Principal scientist at BMS and looking to jumpship to Moderna. Is a principal scientist euqal to associate director at Moderna? If so, maybe I should apply to a scientist/sr scientist role? BMS has a sr principal role to crack before reaching associate director.

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They’re different tracks.

Scientist track: scientist, sr scientist, principal scientist, up to scientific AD/Director (typically no direct reports)

Management track: AD, Director, Sr. Director
(typically with direct reports)

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Thanks for the insight. Interesting to know sr/principal scientists do not get direct reports at moderna.

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They do, but there is typically a AD-Sr Director running the group above them. The no direct reports refers more to a having scientific in the job title for AD and Directors

Job requirement is as vague as it gets. I saw principal scientist roles that require min phd+2 years and phd+10 years.

I've been looking at senior scientist, principal scientist, associate director, senior manager roles in various pharma companies and they're all pretty unclear in terms of expectations 🤔

Don’t worry too much about the title. Just focus on the requirements. Switching jobs is an opportunity for one to get recalibrated according to the job market. I’ve seen Bms principal coming into my company (bigger than BMS) with two level bump.

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