SR AD, Commercial Training and Development

Boehringer Ingelheim; Johns Creek (GA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA is seeking a Senior Associate Director, Commercial Training & Development to translate sales and marketing strategies into impactful learning experiences for our animal health sales force. You will lead enterprise-level training initiatives, mentor teams, and drive high-impact programs aligned with business goals.

The role requires strong instructional design, stakeholder management, and the ability to manage multiple high-priority projects in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Business, Marketing, Life Sciences, or related field.
• Minimum of ten years in training, development, or commercial roles in animal health or pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Experience as a sales manager or sales trainer is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to work with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Translate business objectives into actionable learning strategies and prioritize initiatives.
• Engage stakeholders across cross-functional teams to secure alignment and buy-in.
• Identify risks, mitigate them, and lead teams through change with empathy and structure.
• Forecast and allocate resources to ensure timely delivery of programs.
• Design and deliver modern training solutions across digital, instructor-led, and blended formats, using agile methodologies.
• Measure learning outcomes and iterate strategies to improve learner experience.

Skills

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Instructional design

Communication skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Training program delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Life Sciences, or related field

Job description

Description

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies’ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim’s high regard for our employees.

The Senior Associate Director (SR AD), Commercial Training & Development plays a pivotal role in translating sales and marketing strategies into impactful learning experiences that elevate the knowledge, skills, and capabilities of the Animal Health (AH) sales force across all species. This role serves as a dedicated training advisor to species-specific leadership teams, overseeing the strategy, design, development, execution, and evaluation of all training initiatives for customer-facing teams.

In addition to content leadership, the SR AD leads by example—mentoring team members, fostering a culture of innovation and accountability, and driving high-impact, enterprise-level training programs that align with business goals and enhance field force performance.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Alignment — Translates business objectives into actionable learning strategies and prioritizes initiatives based on impact and feasibility.
• Stakeholder Engagement — Builds consensus across cross-functional teams and communicates effectively with senior leadership to ensure alignment and buy-in.
• Risk & Change Management — Identifies potential risks, develops mitigation strategies, and leads teams through change with empathy and structure.
• Resource & Capacity Planning — Optimizes team resources and forecast capacity to ensure timely and effective delivery of training programs.
• Instructional Design & Innovation — Designs and delivers modern, learner-centric training solutions across digital, instructor-led, and blended formats. Leverages agile methodologies and emerging technologies to enhance engagement and retention.
• Continuous Improvement — Evaluates learning outcomes and integrates feedback and trends to future-proof training strategies and elevate the learner experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Life Sciences, or a related field required.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive experience in training, development, or commercial roles within the animal health or pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Due to the management training component, prior experience as a sales manager and/or sales trainer is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding and ability to apply principles, concepts, practices, and standards including knowledge and use of Animal Health or Pharma data and working knowledge of industry practices.
• Demonstrated excellent communication and presentation skills and ability to work with other disciplines.
• Ability to train user groups and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and analyze problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement effective solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and coordinate efforts with colleagues from several functional areas.
• Ability to work independently with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail in the fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results in a highly matrixed organization.
• Ability to influence, collaborate and interact effectively a senior leadership team and multiple key stakeholders across sales and marketing to align on objectives and provide consistent training direction.
• Demonstrated success in managing several large-scale projects and/or programs.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budget and resource.
• Ability to travel – Assumes ~25% travel (including overnight travel).

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

JOB ID

38664

Job function

Sales

Career level

Experienced professionals

Organization

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA

Working time

Full-Time

Job flexibility

Hybrid

Boehringer Ingelheim is an equal opportunity global employer who takes pride in maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture. We embrace diversity of perspectives and strive for an inclusive environment, which benefits our employees, patients, and communities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law