Senior Training Manager, Oncology - Multiple Myeloma

Allergan; Mettawa (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in the United States is seeking a Senior Training Manager, Oncology, to develop and deliver training for commercial field representatives. You will report to the Associate Director of Training and collaborate with global trainers to create disease, product, sales effectiveness, market knowledge content.

This HQ-based role offers remote options with 50% travel to headquarters. You will manage programs, coordinate with Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Medical and Regulatory, and lead

Qualifications

• Requires minimum of a bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience preferred
• Training, Marketing or Sales experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry preferred
• Knowledge of Heme Oncology disease; specifically, Multiple Myeloma areas preferred
• Experience developing training tools to enable the enhancement of clinical acumen is a plus
• Knowledge of adult learning principles, training design concepts, and platforms is a plus
• Exceptional ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at different levels of the organization
• High level of professionalism and the ability to excel in a complex cross-functional environment supporting collaborative project planning
• Ability to work in an unstructured, ambiguous environment
• Obtains strategic insight to appropriately dedicate time to important initiatives
• Exceptional oral presentation and executive leadership communication skills
• Excellent learning, problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to self-motivate and perform effectively with minimal supervision
• Expertise with AI and innovative technology platforms (iPAD) and programs (e.g. MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel) is highly desirable

Responsibilities

• Maintaining subject matter expertise for disease states, products and therapeutic areas
• Developing and executing training programs and initiatives with minimal guidance
• Designing and enhancing current curriculum to meet needs of the Commercial organization
• Coordinating with Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Medical and Regulatory to ensure accuracy of medical content and compliance with promotional policies for training materials
• Managing vendors when developing training content and executing contract requirements
• Performing project management function during the development of training content
• Leading training meetings to include planning, logistics management, vendor monitoring, and participant conduct
• Partnering with Marketing, and Commercial Leadership to develop training that meets brand objectives and to coordinate the rollout of training materials for field colleagues
• Influencing and leading without authority by collaborating with cross functional teams (Marketing, Sales, Market Access, etc) to provide highly effective, timely, innovative and relevant training solutions
• Collaborating with external partners to help provide best-in-class training deliverables
• Collaborating with our partner company colleagues to ensure there is alignment of training strategy and tactics
• Builds trust and credibility with Business Partners through regular interaction and is evidenced by feedback and proven working partnerships (adheres to AbbVie Ways of Working pillars)
• Acting as a resource for field sales through active participation in all sales meetings and routine field rides.
• Designing and leading the execution of training work sessions at National Sales and POA Meetings
• Developing and maintaining facilitation skills expertise in support of training content delivery
• Continually assess the organization’s training needs for both clinical fluency and development competencies and provide appropriate feedback for innovation

Skills

Executive communication

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Training design

Presentation skills

MS PowerPoint

MS Excel

MS Word

AI platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

iPad

MS PowerPoint

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

The Senior Training Manager, Oncology, will be responsible for helping develop and deliver Oncology Training for commercial field representatives. Reporting to the Associate Director of Training, this person will work closely with his/her training peers as well as our global trainers to jointly develop training related to disease, product, sales effectiveness, market knowledge, and operations training intended for members of the Commercial organization.

Key Accountabilities/Core Job Responsibilities:

• Maintaining subject matter expertise for disease states, products and therapeutic areas
• Developing and executing training programs and initiatives with minimal guidance
• Designing and enhancing current curriculum to meet needs of the Commercial organization
• Coordinating with Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Medical and Regulatory to ensure accuracy of medical content and compliance with promotional policies for training materials
• Managing vendors when developing training content and executing contract requirements
• Performing project management function during the development of training content
• Leading training meetings to include planning, logistics management, vendor monitoring, and participant conduct
• Partnering with Marketing, , and Commercial Leadership to develop training that meets brand objectives and to coordinate the rollout of training materials for field colleagues
• Influencing and leading without authority by collaborating with cross functional teams (Marketing, Sales, Market Access, etc) to provide highly effective, timely, innovative and relevant training solutions
• Collaborating with external partners to help provide best-in-class training deliverables
• Collaborating with our partner company colleagues to ensure there is alignment of training strategy and tactics
• Builds trust and credibility with Business Partners through regular interaction and is evidenced by feedback and proven working partnerships (adheres to AbbVie Ways of Working pillars)
• Acting as a resource for field sales through active participation in all sales meetings and routine field rides.
• Designing and leading the execution of training work sessions at National Sales and POA Meetings
• Developing and maintaining facilitation skills expertise in support of training content delivery
• Continually assess the organization’s training needs for both clinical fluency and development competencies and provide appropriate feedback for innovation

Qualifications

• Requires minimum of a bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience preferred
• Training, Marketing or Sales experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry preferred
• Knowledge of Heme Oncology disease; specifically, Multiple Myeloma areas preferred
• Experience developing training tools to enable the enhancement of clinical acumen is a plus
• Knowledge of adult learning principles, training design concepts, and platforms is a plus
• Exceptional ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at different levels of the organization
• High level of professionalism and the ability to excel in a complex cross-functional environment supporting collaborative project planning
• Ability to work in an unstructured, ambiguous environment
• Obtains strategic insight to appropriately dedicate time to important initiatives
• Exceptional oral presentation and executive leadership communication skills
• Excellent learning, problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to self-motivate and perform effectively with minimal supervision
• Expertise with AI and innovative technology platforms (iPAD) and programs (e.g. MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel) is highly desirable

This is a headquarter based position with preferred location at ABV1, open to remote position with 50% required travel to headquarters.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employer remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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