Senior Training Manager

Fusion Life Sciences Technologies LLC; Foster City (CA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Training Manager to lead the development of training programs for commercial learning and development in the HIV sector. This dynamic role involves collaborating with various internal teams and external vendors to create effective training solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, excellent communication skills, and a passion for fostering team success. With the flexibility of remote work and a focus on innovative training methods, this position is perfect for someone looking to make a significant impact in the pharmaceutical industry. Join a team dedicated to empowering sales professionals and enhancing product knowledge.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and implementing training programs for commercial sales.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet strict deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of training focused on product knowledge for sales teams.
• Collaborate with internal departments to ensure training effectiveness.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Project Management

Facilitation Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Time Management

Interpersonal Communication

Education

High School Degree with 12 years experience

Associate's Degree with 10 years experience

Bachelor's Degree with 8 years experience

Master's Degree with 6 years experience

Ph.D.

Tools

Teams

PowerPoint

Job description

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Title: Senior Training Manager Commercial Learning & Development - HIV

Remote Job - Foster City, CA

Duration: 7 Months

This position is posted as either a Remote position (25-30% travel) or Head Quarters (15-20% travel) based on the successful candidate making an informed choice.

Travel is required to attend meetings and training events for launch.

Essential Duties and Job Functions:

1. Lead and collaborate on the development and implementation of knowledge/skill-based training focused on ensuring success through therapeutic disease state and product knowledge for commercial field sales.
2. Develop and execute training with a specific focus on our new hire program ‘Accelerate’ as well as account management skills, product knowledge, new promotional campaigns, product launches, communication skills, selling skills, phased trainings, sales meeting training workshops, ongoing learning sustainment programs & other as needed field sales.
3. Collaborate with and support relevant internal departments, including Marketing, Commercial (Field Sales, National Accounts, Regional Trainers), Commercial Operations, Global L&D, Medical Information, Legal, Business Conduct and Regulatory to develop appropriate training.
4. Collaborate with internal customers including Compliance/Legal, Marketing and Medical Information to ensure training materials and workshops are current, effective and compliant with regulatory guidelines.
5. Partner with external vendors to design curricula or programs and planning of instructional methods and materials using adult learning principles.
6. Effectively prepare for instruction by conducting needs assessments, identifying targeted participant characteristics, and soliciting cross-functional feedback before finalizing design and strategy.
7. Offer solutions for bridging gaps between current organizational capabilities and needs.
8. Help ensure readiness of the organization for training deployment including identifying key stakeholders and determining their needs in advance, in order to deliver high quality and effective programming.
9. Analyze the characteristics of existing technologies and their use in instructional design.
10. Partner with subject matter experts and key stakeholders to identify training needs, improve training solutions and lead change initiative implementation.
11. Monitor and maintain alignment with Commercial group’s strategic training plan while balancing short-term and long-term business goals.
12. Manage budget aligned with both the development of training resources and/or POA/Sales Meetings.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

1. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Teams and PowerPoint, particularly as used in the development of instructional content.
2. Highly self-motivated and self-managed; ability to work independently and as part of a team with minimal coaching or supervision.
3. Ability to organize and work under strict time and production deadlines, while producing quality deliverables.
4. Good organization skills, time management, and the ability to juggle multiple tasks are all prerequisites of an effective project manager.
5. Excellent facilitation and communication skills.
6. Demonstrated ability to simultaneously handle a large and diverse number of technical tasks and issues with tact, cooperation and persistence.
7. Demonstrated ability to build consensus and gain alignment with key stakeholders.
8. Demonstrated ability to lead without authority.
9. Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
10. Comfortable working with people at all levels of the organization globally as well as with suppliers, vendors and customers.
11. Ability to effectively communicate in visual, oral and written presentation forms.
12. Ability to effectively manage a project from its initiation to delivery, either as live training or as a virtual deliverable.
13. Ability to effectively manage multiple vendors from selection to final deliverable.
14. Must have the ability to focus on performance by establishing clear objectives for the training.
15. Strong interpersonal communication, facilitation, problem solving, decision making and analytical skills.
16. High School Degree and Twelve Year's Experience OR Associates Degree and Ten Years Experience OR Bachelor's Degree and Eight Years’ Experience OR Masters' Degree and Six Years’ Experience OR Ph.D.

Preferred Experience:

1. MS degree plus 6 years in related field is desirable.
2. 5+ years of commercial pharmaceutical/biotech experience.
3. 3 years of successful Field Sales experience.
4. 1 year Prior commercial training experience.
5. Experience in HIV is preferred, launch experience preferred.
6. Sales, marketing, or training experience in a competitive biotech/pharma marketplace.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Marketing

Industries

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Biotechnology Research