Clinical Training Manager

Syneos Health; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Company 401k match

Flexible PTO

Sick time

Job summary

Syneos Health seeks a Clinical Training Manager to lead industry-leading training strategies and develop content for clinical professionals and client teams. Reporting to the National Program Director, you will design programs, oversee content development and learning effectiveness while driving efficiency across learning initiatives.

You will create onboarding and advanced curricula, evaluate training impact, and collaborate with leadership to align with business goals.

Qualifications

• BA/BS/Undergraduate required; RN preferred.
• Demonstrated ability applying adult learning principles, ADDIE model, Kirkpatrick evaluation model, competency models, curriculum and workshop design is required.
• Outstanding content design skills with expert level PowerPoint skills.
• Excellent facilitation, platform and verbal/written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all required training materials and/or home study materials necessary for initial new hire training, annual training and follow-up training classes for multiple franchises with excellent facilitation and platform skills through various mediums including live classroom training, virtual sessions, meetings, teleconferences, and workshops.
• Utilize a learning environment enriched with adult learning principles to enable optimal learning retention and application
• Development of materials may include PowerPoint Presentations, manuals, job-a-ids, online tutorials and maintaining specific curricula to reflect trends in the clinical arena, home educational visits and healthcare.
• Conducts Needs Analysis with Subject Matter Experts and Client Groups to determine learning and application gaps.
• Design learning content from scratch using ADDIE Methodology.

Skills

adult learning principles

ADDIE model

Kirkpatrick evaluation

curriculum design

PowerPoint skills

facilitation

communication skills

Education

BA/BS/Undergraduate

RN preferred

Job description

Updated: September 18, 2026
Location: Seattle, WA, United States
Job ID:18377-OTHLOC-C4CwYfwU

There’s one thing you do that’s exceptional: train.

You formulate a plan and empower your team to provide clinical expertise to health care providers helping them to improve patient outcomes. Your capacity to creatively strategize, motivate clinicians, and elicit achievement makes you the right fit for a Clinical Program Trainer role with Syneos Health.

The Clinical Training Manager will deliver industry leading training and develop strategies to increase learning effectiveness within the scope of services of Syneos Health and client teams. Reporting into the National Program Director, this position requires high-initiative; as this individual will create, define and drive learning strategy, to lead the approach for training and deliver expected outcomes. This individual will design specific training programs and provide oversight of content development, learning effectiveness and demonstrate process efficiency while interacting and training high-level clinical professionals, internal stakeholders and client groups. This role is a critical part of a talented team and will promote best-in-class performance of people and drive an enterprise culture of continuous learning.

Responsibilities:

Key Duties:

• Responsible for all required training materials and/or home study materials necessary for initial new hire training, annual training and follow-up training classes for multiple franchises with excellent facilitation and platform skills through various mediums including live classroom training, virtual sessions, meetings, teleconferences, and workshops.
• Utilize a learning environment enriched with adult learning principles to enable optimal learning retention and application
• Development of materials may include PowerPoint Presentations, manuals, job-a-ids, online tutorials and maintaining specific curricula to reflect trends in the clinical arena, home educational visits and healthcare.
• Conducts Needs Analysis with Subject Matter Experts and Client Groups to determine learning and application gaps.
• Design learning content from scratch using ADDIE Methodology.
• Complete comprehensive and timely updates to course materials, acting as a Subject Matter Expert, to reflect not only changes in the healthcare and clinical environments, but to ensure compliance with all legal, regulatory and business conduct standards.
• Provide actionable evaluations and feedback to trainees, their superior, and any additional appropriate clients and stakeholders in a comprehensive and timely manner.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and leadership to develop comprehensive on-boarding and advanced learning curricula through the use of technology and materials to meet all stakeholder needs; including but not limited to – new product launch materials, new hire materials, leader guides,and train the trainer materials.
• Define measures to assess, monitor, and report on the effectiveness and impact of training interventions as well as opportunities for improvement and refinement based on thosemetrics.
• Identify the business processes and actions where a team needs to excel in order to achieve its strategic goal.
• Interface with field clinical management, leadership and all internal support teams to drive client results and satisfaction.
• Maintains a current Training Plan and Matrix to ensure all goals and objectives are implemented.
• Coordinate Syneos Health home-study materials and schedule access and documentation of training completion through Learning Management System.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of the latest clinical information to optimize the delivery and relevance of training materials and programs.

Job Requirements

• BA/BS/Undergraduate required, RN preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of pharma/biotech training
• Demonstrated ability applying adult learning principles, ADDIE Model, Kirkpatrick evaluation model, competency models, curriculum and workshop design is required
• Outstanding content design skills with expert level PowerPoint skills
• Excellent facilitation, platform, and verbal/written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure, to meet short deadlines, and to collaborate with high initiative with cross-functional teams
• Proven record of assessing and meeting customer needs
• Strong analytical acumen, strategic mindset, and an ability to move forward with ambiguous information
• Adept at learning new technical, clinical, medical product, and disease state knowledge
• Excellent computer/technology skills
• Ability to work at Syneos Health locations as required
• Willingness to travel and overnight availability
• Leadership and management, managed care, reimbursement, and various therapeutic area expertise

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $120,000 to $127,500. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)

The benefits for this position will include:

• competitive compensation package
• Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
• Company match 401k
• flexible paid time off (PTO)
• sick time

Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos Health complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization builtto accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercialinsights into outcomes to address modern market realities. To learn more visit syneoshealth.com .

Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receiveconsideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status,ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protectedveteran status, disability or any other legally protected status and will not bediscriminated against. If you are an individual with a disability who requires reasonableaccommodation to complete any part of our application process, including the use of thiswebsite, please contact us at: Email: [emailprotected] One of our staff members willwork with you to provide alternate means to submit your application.