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Moderna Headquarters & offices · Cambridge, Massachusetts
Moderna · Cambridge, Massachusetts
A light-filled atrium rising six floors, with a “veggie stair” of live plants cascading up through it, sits at the heart of Moderna's Cambridge headquarters.
The Moderna Science Center at 325 Binney Street in Kendall Square puts labs and offices around one grand atrium designed by NBBJ. Moderna's benefits include sabbaticals, global recharge days and a discretionary year-end shutdown. Every number from Moderna's filings, its own pages and the designers' project pages.
- 462,000sq ft, Moderna Science Center
- 6 floorsatrium with a living “veggie stair”
- ≈ 4,700full-time employees in 18 countries
- $225,053median employee pay, 2025
Sources: Form 10-K 2025 · Proxy statement 2026 · NBBJ · Carlsbad Manufacturing case study · Moderna job postings (2026)
Companies / United States / Biotechnology / Moderna
THE HEADQUARTERS · KENDALL SQUARE, CAMBRIDGE
One grand atrium, with a stair of plants
Moderna calls 325 Binney Street a purpose-built home that mixes digital-first, modular research labs with collaborative spaces. Its centre is a grand atrium spanning six floors: NBBJ describes a light-filled collaboration zone with a crystalline prism wall and a “veggie stair” of live plants that cascades upward. Around it sit research labs, wellness rooms and a range of places to meet or work alone. The building holds Moderna's principal executive offices together with its platform, drug discovery and clinical development teams.
- ≈ 462,000 sq ft
- Six-floor atrium
- “Veggie stair” of live plants
- Crystalline prism wall
- 400+ planters in the building
- Opened June 2024
Inside 325 Binney: the grand atrium
The centre of the building is a grand atrium spanning six floors, with a crystalline prism wall and a “veggie stair” of live plants that cascades upward (NBBJ).
The Moderna Science Center from outside
Moderna leases the building of about 462,000 sq ft at 325 Binney Street, named the Moderna Science Center, for 15 years from 2023.
Sources: Form 10-K 2025, Item 2 · modernatx.com, “Moderna Celebrates Grand Opening of New Global Headquarters” (July 2, 2024) · NBBJ news, “325 Binney Street Is Recognized with Two IIDA New England Awards” · Carlsbad Manufacturing, “Moderna Headquarters Case Study”
325 Binney Street, Kendall Square
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Moderna Science Center (global headquarters) | 325 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 |
| Former headquarters (Technology Square, until 2024) | 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139 |
| Moderna Technology Center (manufacturing campus) | Norwood, Massachusetts |
Source: SEC EDGAR company record (business address) · S-1 (2018), cover · Form 10-K 2024 and 2025, Item 2 · See them on the map ↓
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Item 2 · NBBJ news · TAKTL project page “Moderna Science Center, 325 Binney Street” · 325binneystreet.com (Alexandria Real Estate Equities) · IIDA New England Design Awards project page. The 10-K and the developer give different floor areas.
Benefits (United States)
All employees get equity awards and choose their split of stock options and RSUs.
Part of Moderna's paid time off.
Plus global recharge days and vacation.
Paid volunteer time off and a yearly Volunteer Season.
Fertility, adoption and surrogacy support.
Access to fitness, mindfulness and mental health support.
Retirement plan with a company match.
Employee matching donation programs.
Source: Moderna job postings R19819, R19527, R18853 (2026) · modernatx.com, “Life at Moderna” · Form 10-K 2025, Human Capital · Proxy statement 2026 (401(k) match)
How Moderna keeps people, in its own words
Moderna tracks turnover and says its pay and culture have helped bring it down.
Science magazine has ranked Moderna a top employer for each of the last eleven years.
An interactive programme that brings new people into the culture and Mindsets from day one.
Launched in December 2021 to teach every employee to use AI and machine learning in their work.
An outside analysis found no statistically significant pay gaps by gender globally, or by gender, race and ethnicity in the U.S.
Voluntary, employee-led groups open to all, from ASPIRE and mPOWER to mVETS and WISDM.
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Human Capital · modernatx.com, “Life at Moderna”
Who works here
full-time employees in 18 countries (Dec 31, 2025)
hold a Ph.D., doctorate, M.D., J.D. or master's degree
of vice presidents and above are women
founded by Flagship Pioneering
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Human Capital · S-1 (2018)
Pay at Moderna
The median employee is a U.S.-based engineer. CEO Stéphane Bancel earned 89 times this amount ($19,932,217).
Source: Proxy statement 2026, CEO Pay Ratio
Source: Moderna job postings R19819, R19527 and R18853 (2026), Cambridge, Massachusetts. Moderna calls these “the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay”; bonus and equity may be added.
Office history: Technology Square to 325 Binney Street
- 2010 Founded by Flagship Pioneering
Moderna was founded in 2010 by Flagship Pioneering to develop a new category of medicines based on mRNA. Stéphane Bancel became CEO in October 2011.
Source: S-1 (2018) · Proxy statement 2026
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2018 A multi-building campus in Technology Square
At its 2018 IPO, Moderna's principal office was 200 Technology Square, Cambridge. It used about 190,000–200,000 sq ft of offices and labs in several multi-tenant buildings near Kendall Square, plus a 200,000 sq ft manufacturing site in Norwood.
Source: S-1 (2018) · Form 10-K 2018, Item 2
Technology Square, 2017 · Beyond My Ken / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2020 The pandemic year
The Technology Square campus was about 175,000 sq ft and staff grew 59% to about 1,300. Revenue rose from $60 million in 2019 to $803 million.
Source: Form 10-K 2020 · SEC XBRL
200 Technology Square, December 2020 · Fletcher / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2021–22 Cambridge campus grows to 292,000 sq ft
With the COVID vaccine, the Cambridge campus grew to about 261,000 sq ft in 2021 and 292,000 sq ft in 2022, and staff rose from 1,300 to about 3,900.
Source: Form 10-K 2021 and 2022, Item 2
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2023 Lease at the Moderna Science Center
In the third quarter of 2023 Moderna began a 15-year lease on a new building of about 462,000 sq ft at 325 Binney Street, named the Moderna Science Center.
Source: Form 10-K 2023, Item 2
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2024 Grand opening of the new headquarters
More than 1,000 employees joined CEO Stéphane Bancel and Governor Maura Healey for the ribbon cutting in June 2024. By the end of 2024 Moderna had substantially left Technology Square and brought its Cambridge teams together at the Moderna Science Center.
Source: modernatx.com (July 2, 2024) · Form 10-K 2024, Item 2
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
| Annual report | HQ space (sq ft) | m² | As described |
|---|---|---|---|
| S-1 2018 | 190,712 | 17,718 | Technology Square, multi-tenant buildings (leased) |
| 10-K 2020 | 175,000 | 16,258 | Technology Square campus (leased) |
| 10-K 2021 | 261,000 | 24,248 | Cambridge campus (leased) |
| 10-K 2022 | 292,000 | 27,128 | Cambridge campus (leased) |
| 10-K 2023–25 | 462,000 | 42,921 | Moderna Science Center, 325 Binney Street (leased) |
Map: how the headquarters moved
Moderna has never left Kendall Square: its move in 2024 took it from Technology Square to Binney Street, less than a kilometre away.
- 1 · 2018200 Technology Square, Cambridge — Principal office at the 2018 IPO; multi-building campus until 2024
- 2 · 2024325 Binney Street, Cambridge — Moderna Science Center, global headquarters today
Addresses: S-1 (2018) · SEC EDGAR company record · Form 10-K 2024 · Locations: OpenStreetMap
What Moderna does
Moderna develops medicines and vaccines based on mRNA. It sells three products — its COVID vaccines Spikevax and mNEXSPIKE, and the RSV vaccine mRESVIA — and most revenue still comes from COVID vaccines.
Revenue reported by customer location.
Where the money came from · total revenue by geography, 2025
Source: Form 10-K 2025, total revenue by geographic area
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · SEC XBRL
Growth: revenue vs. people
$0.14B → $1.9B
760 → 4,700
Calendar years. Revenue: SEC XBRL. Employees: Form 10-K, full-time (approximate). Revenue peaked at $19.3B in 2022 on COVID vaccine sales. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
CEO since October 2011 and a director since 2011.
Founded in 2010 by Flagship Pioneering; Noubar Afeyan, founder and CEO of Flagship, is a co-founder of Moderna and its Chairman since 2012.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · S-1 (2018)
Moderna: questions people ask
Where is Moderna's headquarters?
At the Moderna Science Center, 325 Binney Street, in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It houses Moderna's principal executive offices and its platform, drug discovery and clinical development teams.
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · SEC EDGAR
Who designed Moderna's headquarters?
NBBJ's Boston studio, for the developer Alexandria Real Estate Equities; John Moriarty & Associates was the contractor.
Source: NBBJ · TAKTL project page · IIDA New England Design Awards
How big is the Moderna Science Center?
About 462,000 sq ft (≈ 42,900 m²), according to Moderna's 10-K. The developer described the building as about 375,000 sq ft.
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · 325binneystreet.com
What is the “veggie stair”?
A stair of live plants that cascades up through the six-floor atrium, beside a crystalline prism wall. More than 400 custom planter liners were made for the building's wooden planters.
Source: NBBJ · Carlsbad Manufacturing case study
When did Moderna move into its new headquarters?
The lease began in the third quarter of 2023, people moved in in phases from early 2024, and the grand opening was held in June 2024. By the end of 2024 Moderna had substantially left Technology Square.
Source: Form 10-K 2023 and 2024 · modernatx.com (July 2, 2024)
Where was Moderna's headquarters before?
In Technology Square near Kendall Square, Cambridge, with 200 Technology Square as its principal office address at the 2018 IPO.
Source: S-1 (2018) · Form 10-K 2018–2023
What benefits does Moderna offer?
In the U.S., job postings list vacation, volunteer days, a sabbatical, global recharge days and a discretionary year-end shutdown, plus family planning support (fertility, adoption, surrogacy) and fitness and mental health resources. Every employee receives equity.
Source: Moderna job postings (2026) · Form 10-K 2025
How many people work at Moderna?
About 4,700 full-time employees in 18 countries at the end of 2025, down from about 5,800 a year earlier.
Source: Form 10-K 2025 and 2024
How much does Moderna pay?
The median employee earned $225,053 in 2025. Cambridge postings in 2026 give $109,200–$174,600 for a Scientist and $142,500–$256,500 for a Principal Scientist in Protein Design.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · Moderna job postings
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