Manager Field Training

The Manager Field Training for the Neuroscience Parkinsons Franchise will be instrumental in developing and leading training initiatives to support the commercial organization. This role requires a candidate with strong clinical aptitude and executive presence capable of thriving in a fastpaced environment with competing priorities and timesensitive deadlines. The individual should be comfortable operating amidst ambiguity but consistently perform at a high level of grounded in strategic insight. Regular communication with senior leadership and internal partners demands a high degree of emotional intelligence organizational awareness and adeptness in navigating internal processes to achieve targeted impacts.

This is a hybrid position which requires travel to our Mettawa IL office an average of twice per month for live meetings and training sessions with a commitment to travel domestically 50 of the time.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain expert knowledge in relevant disease states products and therapeutic areas.
• Develop and implement training programs and initiatives with minimal oversight.
• Design and update curriculum to address the needs of the commercial organization.
• Collaborate with departments to ensure that training materials are accurate and compliant.
• Manage vendor relationships throughout content development and contract .
• Perform project management duties during the training content creation process.
• Organize training meetings covering all aspects from planning to participant engagement.
• Partner with marketing and sales teams to align training materials with brand goals.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to provide effective timely and innovative training.
• Work with external partners to ensure delivery of bestinclass training solutions.
• Build trust and credibility with business partners through consistent proven partnerships.
• Serve as a resource during sales meetings and through regular field engagement.
• Lead training sessions at national sales meetings and other pivotal events.
• Continuously develop facilitation skills to support the delivery of training content.
• Assess ongoing organizational training needs and suggest innovations for clinical and developmental competencies.

Stakeholders:

• Train Franchise Leadership & Marketers/ Global pipeline Market Access & MSL Team and Senior Brand Technology colleagues and new
• Directors of Marketing RDs to existing pipeline
• Partner with marketing sales leadership Medical/Legal/Regulatory/Compliance and other departments as needed to create and implement specific training material.
• Continuously assess training and development needs of the sales force and coordinate training resources for current and future needs.
• Draws from field sales knowledge and develops and nourishes relationships with field sales to provide sales training and marketing leadership with a clear understanding of field needs to support product positioning address competitive promotional efforts and to assess the success of the various communication tools.
• Assist execute and pullthrough the Franchise Annual Training Plan with stakeholders and adjusted based on business needs.
• Contributes to stakeholder strategic imperatives and strategy (i.e. IBT Meetings operations excellence meetings etc.

Qualifications :

• BA degree required; masters degree a plus
• 5 years pharmaceutical medical device/equipment industryrelated sales
• Experience in training marketing or sales within the pharmaceutical/biotech sector.
• Knowledge of relevant disease state and selling in that environment
• Experience with pathology and companion diagnostics is a plus.
• Familiarity with adult learning principles and training design is preferred.
• Exceptional collaboration skills with stakeholders at various organizational levels.
• High professionalism and the ability to excel in a crossfunctional environment.
• Strong ability to work effectively in an unstructured setting.
• Strategic insight to prioritize important initiatives effectively.
• Excellent presentation & communication skills both written and verbal

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 shortterm incentive programs. 

• This job is eligible to participate in our longterm 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 employee remains in the Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law. 

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