Training Specialist, Life Sciences

BCD Meetings & Events; United States; Remote; USD 68,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

Room to Grow

Everyone has a voice

Make your move

We’ve got you covered

We’re positive. You’ll love it.

Job summary

BCD Meetings & Events is seeking a Training Specialist in Life Sciences to support onboarding, SOPs, and compliance within a highly regulated, client-focused setting. You will help drive operational excellence, process improvements, and cross-functional collaboration across the Life Sciences COE.

The role emphasizes training design, documentation, and performance improvement, with a flexible remote arrangement in the US time zones and occasional travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience building onboarding and training programs in regulated environments.
• Experience creating SOPs, job aids, process flows, and training resources.
• Partner with operations and account teams to identify training gaps and improve performance.
• Monitor data quality, SLA/KPI performance, and compliance trends; translate insights into training.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven setting.

Responsibilities

• Support onboarding and SOP creation to enable client implementations.
• Drive process optimization and continuous improvement within Life Sciences COE.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure training aligns with compliance needs.
• Track training effectiveness and adjust programs based on metrics.
• Lead/assist in training delivery and documentation for regulated environments.

Skills

Training program design

SOPs & job aids

Data & KPI monitoring

Project management

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or CMP

Tools

Cvent

Job description

Training Specialist, Life Sciences

Date: Sep 8, 2026

Location: US, Virtual, NOAM

Company: BCD

About Us:

At BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E), we provide more than meeting and event planning services: we create connections that inspire, motivate and change behavior for our customers. As the world’s most trusted and innovative meetings and events agency, BCD M&E cultivates a culture of people, passion and purpose to drive business forward.

Headquartered in Chicago, with locations in 60+ countries across the world, BCD M&E’s team of 2,000+ people are committed to sustainability and driving success for our customers, our business and ourselves. Our values are at the heart of everything we do, and we look for people that want to be a part of something special, can rise to our standards and love to bring their unique perspective to the table.

While we can’t guarantee every day will be the best (who can?), we can promise a community of people who genuinely care and lead with empathy, a flexible workplace with awesome perks and challenging work that means something.

See what life is about at BCD M&E at bcdme.com/careers

About the Role

If you love helping teams learn, improve, and do their best work, this Life Sciences role could be a great fit. You’ll support a highly regulated, detail-focused environment where training, compliance, and operational excellence all go hand in hand. From onboarding and SOPs to process optimization and client implementations, you’ll play a big part in helping teams deliver exceptional service. It’s a collaborative role with real impact on quality, consistency, and continuous improvement across the Life Sciences Center of Excellence.

You’re Good At

• Building engaging onboarding, training, and development programs that help people succeed in a structured, compliance-focused environment
• Creating and maintaining SOPs, job aids, process flows, and training resources that keep teams aligned and audit-ready
• Partnering with operations and account teams to spot training gaps, improve performance, and support smooth client implementations
• Monitoring data quality, SLA/KPI performance, and compliance trends, then turning insights into practical training or process improvements
• Managing multiple priorities, solving problems proactively, and staying organized in a fast-paced, deadline-driven setting

You Might Also Have

• Experience in Life Sciences, pharma, clinical, or other highly regulated environments
• A background in planning corporate meetings, incentives, and/or special events
• Hands-on experience with Cvent and other operational technology platforms
• Experience managing outside vendors, sourcing services, and negotiating contracts
• A bachelor’s degree, CMP certification, or people leadership experience

You Should Know

• This role is virtual in the Central/ Eastern time zone.

Travel requirements for this role are as follows: Less than 25%

THE PERKS

• Flexible Working
  We believe that a flexible working environment is key to getting the best out of our teams. We will support you to work where you need to and when you need to, depending on how you work best.
• Room to Grow
  Our line of work and business structure challenge our people in a way that inspires growth, with learning and development built into every role. We give individuals ownership over the direction and speed in which they grow.
• Everyone has a voice
  We thrive on conversations that spark curiosity and empathy. No matter how big or how small, every voice is heard, considered and respected.
• Make your move
  The diversity of roles across BCD M&E’s global locations means that our people often find new adventures during their time with us. Join us as a meeting planner role in the UK, stay for a global marketing career — there’s always room to move.
• We’ve got you covered
  Our extensive benefits include comprehensive healthcare, retirement plans, continued education support, diverse work locations, travel and hotel discounts, volunteer and sustainability opportunities and a successful employee recognition program.
• We’re positive. You’ll love it.
  It starts from the top. Our leaders lead with positivity, believe in our people and trust us to do the right thing. There will always be support along your journey, in little and big ways.

We carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors, including your professional background and experience. The salary range for candidates in applicable jurisdictions in the US for the position of Training Specialist, Life Sciences is between $68,000 - $78,000. The actual pay depends on your skills, qualifications, experience, geographical location, and project budget.