Associate Director, Medical Education & Training

Xenon Pharmaceuticals; Needham (MA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Xenon Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Senior Medical Affairs Training Lead to drive end-to-end medical and scientific training across our neuroscience portfolio. You will partner with Medical Directors and cross-functional teams to develop and maintain talking points, knowledge checks, and certification pathways for diverse audiences, including field medical and congress teams.

You will lead onboarding for new hires, ensure training readiness for compliant external engagement, and translate

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a scientific/clinical discipline (PharmD, MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent).
• 5+ years of relevant management experience in Medical Affairs or Medical Education.
• Experience developing training for multiple audiences (field medical, congress teams, cross-functional stakeholders).
• Strong instructional design and facilitation skills with ability to translate complex data into practical learning.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end medical and scientific training development across disease states and neuroscience portfolio.
• Design and develop engaging training modules for different audiences and use-cases.
• Facilitate live and virtual training sessions; manage calendars and assess effectiveness.
• Lead onboarding for new hires and create role-based learning paths.
• Develop talking points and objection-handling resources with Medical Directors.
• Support congress strategy, execution and post-congress synthesis and follow-up.
• Translate literature and field insights into training priorities and medical initiatives.
• Lead HCP tiering and integrated medical planning components.
• Coordinate literature alerts and timely dissemination of developments.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure content accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Travel up to 10% as needed.
• Advanced degree holders with 5+ years in relevant roles preferred.

Skills

Training design

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Project management

Instructional design

Adult learning

LMS knowledge

Education

Advanced degree in scientific/clinical discipline

5+ years in Medical Affairs/related field

Tools

Literature review tools

Job description

Xenon Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Senior Medical Affairs Training Lead to drive end-to-end medical and scientific training across our neuroscience portfolio. You will partner with Medical Directors and cross-functional teams to develop and maintain talking points, knowledge checks, and certification pathways for diverse audiences, including field medical and congress teams.

You will lead onboarding for new hires, ensure training readiness for compliant external engagement, and translate