Training Manager, Oncology
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 immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
The Training Manager, Oncology, will be responsible for helping develop and deliver oncology training. 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 Sales to develop training that meets brand objectives and 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 degree5+ years of pharmaceutical / biotech industry experienceTraining, Marketing or Sales experience in the pharmaceutical / biotech industry preferredKnowledge of Oncology disease areas preferredExperience developing training tools to enable the enhancement of clinical acumen is a plusKnowledge of adult learning principles, training design concepts, and platforms is a plusExceptional ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at different levels of the organizationHigh level of professionalism and the ability to excel in a complex cross-functional environmentAbility to work in an unstructured environmentObtains strategic insight to appropriately dedicate time to important initiativesExceptional oral presentation skillsExcellent learning, problem solving and interpersonal skillsStrong organizational and multi-tasking skillsAbility to self-motivate and perform effectively with minimal supervisionExpertise with AI and innovative technology platforms (iPAD) and programs (e.g. MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel) is highly desirableAbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled.