Tracey Franklin

Chief People and Digital Technology Officer

As Chief People and Digital Technology Officer, Tracey Franklin leads Moderna’s talent and digital organizations.

Before taking on her expanded role, Ms. Franklin served as Chief Human Resources Officer of Moderna from 2019 to 2024, leading the Company’s people strategy, culture and workforce capabilities to support rapid growth and innovation through the COVID-19 pandemic. Under her leadership, Moderna expanded its workforce from approximately 800 to nearly 6,000 employees globally.



She joined Moderna following 15 years at Merck & Co., Inc. where she most led Merck’s global talent strategy as Vice President, HR Chief Talent and Strategy Officer and served on Merck’s HR Leadership Team. Ms. Franklin’s previous leadership roles included responsibility for HR for all divisions in the European region, head of HR for the U.K. and Ireland subsidiaries of Merck, and HR Operations leader responsible for HR program implementation across Merck’s global footprint. She was based in Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S.

Ms. Franklin holds a Bachelor of Arts in communication arts and sciences from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Arts in industrial and organizational psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University.