Associate Director, Global Oncology Training, DDR

Associate Director, Global Oncology Training, DDR  

The Associate Director, Global Oncology Training, DDR oversees the curriculum and assets for global market needs in DDR. They ensure alignment within each Oncology Learning and Capabilities Development (OL&CD) function and maintain a consistent service delivery level. The role involves collaborating with sales, marketing, medical, and other leaders to develop strategies that align with business unit priorities and program objectives.

Essential Responsibilities: 

• Works directly with internal global stakeholders, including training managers, global brand leads, and US leads to understand current and future learning needs of the business. 

• Establishes strong cross-functional relationships across the product, marketing, and existing internal training teams to develop a scalable global training program that meets launch and life cycle management goals of key global customers. 

• Leads the identification, deployment, and promotion of the most effective and innovative practices across the department and globe; including launches.  

• Leads teams to evaluate program metrics as a means of determining training impact in areas for growth and of success. 

• Supports team members to achieve a customer-focused and performance-driven culture that supports Innovation, simplification, measurement, and excellence in learning development and delivery. 

• Identifies best practices in early markets and cultivates an environment of best practice sharing for the benefit of subsequent launch markets

• Creates synergies across the teams to create cost savings collaboration and to avoid duplication of efforts.   

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent

• Minimum of 5 years of a blend of pharmaceutical/biotech/oncology experience

• Demonstrated competency in working with/collaborating with medical learning & development and science liaison teams

• Ability to understand brand strategy and related strategic imperatives and develop learning that clearly conveys and pulls-through that strategy at the field level

• Demonstrated ability to effectively and concisely communicate (verbally and in writing) with all levels of stakeholders in the global commercial organization

• Ability to effectively lead in a cross-functional and virtual team environment, providing direction and guidance to team members with varied and complementary responsibilities.

Preferred Requirements:

• Advanced degree in medical, pharmaceutical, or life sciences or a related field or equivalent 

• Minimum of 3 years of Oncology experience

• Minimum of 3 years of a blend of pharmaceutical sales, sales management and/or training experience

• Knowledge of instructional systems design preferred

• Experience working with/in global (ex-US) markets

Competencies

• Consultative abilities; demonstrated experience in identifying market-specific client needs and making appropriate recommendations for the most effective L&D solutions

• Negotiation abilities; demonstrated experience working with leadership across functions to identify common areas of need and gain consensus on forward strategies that will deliver desired results

• Technical breadth across multiple disease areas; ability to demonstrate aptitude for continued knowledge development

• Strong project team management skills; with demonstrated ability to focus on effective procurement and planning of resources and establishing viable project milestones and final deadlines

• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills to assess stakeholder needs, anticipate and resolve functional area challenges

• Demonstrate accountability to deliver performance while managing multiple priorities; overcome obstacles to successfully achieve performance results

• Prior people leadership experience demonstrating ability to influence and lead others to success

• Demonstrated ability to utilize widely known business software applications (e.g. MS Office Suite) to organize, analyze and synthesize information

• Working knowledge of information/technology systems that support learning and development initiatives.

Benefits

• An attractive pipeline and innovative products

• Individual development opportunities and a focus on lifelong learning

• A lot of trust, appreciation, and space for collaboration in a focused and passionate team

• A diverse, inclusive, and unbiased work environment committed to the Charter of Diversity, which not only accepts differences but actively promotes them, welcoming and considering applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their characteristics

• A sustainable company that will become carbon-negative across its entire value chain by 2030

• An attractive benefits package, including EGYM Wellpass, corporate benefits and much more

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.