Senior Manager, Training & Development, Obesity & Related Conditions

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the design, implementation, governance, and ongoing enhancement of the U.S. Sales New Hire Onboarding Program for Obesity & Related Conditions.

• Lead and coordinate regular, recurring onboarding and training sessions for new hires.

• Manage all aspects of onboarding operations, including learner enrollment, curriculum development, scheduling, communications, attendance monitoring, completion tracking, certification documentation, learner support, and readiness for audits.

• Evaluate learner engagement, knowledge retention, user experience, and the time it takes for new hires to become field-ready.

• Recruit, lead, mentor, and develop a team of training managers.

• Establish national standards and operational rhythms for training managers.

• Distribute resources across onboarding, sales capabilities, field training observations, sales meetings, and brand priorities.

• Collaborate with sales leaders to identify skill gaps and devise targeted learning, reinforcement, and coaching solutions.

• Facilitate workshops for learning and development at both national and regional meetings.

• Spearhead the design, development, launch, and ongoing management of the Obesity & Related Conditions Training SharePoint site.

• Establish and uphold information architecture and governance, including content ownership, metadata management, tagging, searchability, permissions, version control, review cycles, analytics, and enhancements to usability.

• Manage intricate learning initiatives and partnerships with agencies/vendors, overseeing scope, budgets, timelines, dependencies, risks, communications, quality, statements of work, and performance of partners.

• Collaborate with Sales Leadership, Marketing, Medical, Patient Access, Compliance, Legal, Human Resources, Operations, Global and U.S. Learning partners, and subject-matter experts.

• Convert brand and organizational priorities into accurate, compliant, and engaging live, virtual, and blended learning solutions.

• Provide support to sales leadership, including regional sales directors and district managers.

• Report directly to the Director, Training & Development, Obesity & Related Conditions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Doctorate degree with 2 years of experience in field sales, commercial training, learning and development, sales management, or a related field within a large organization; or a Master’s degree with 4 years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor’s degree with 6 years of such experience.

• A minimum of 5 years in pharmaceutical/biotech commercial training, sales enablement, or field sales roles.

• Proven track record in designing and launching large-scale new hire onboarding and field-readiness programs.

• At least 3 years of experience in people management.

• Experience in supporting commercial learning within pharma, healthcare, or regulated sectors, including product launches, launch readiness, lifecycle initiatives, and field capability enhancement.

• Proficiency in adult learning principles, instructional design, workshop development and facilitation, blended learning, certification, reinforcement, and coaching led by managers.

• Strong experience in project and vendor management, encompassing agencies, budgets, timelines, risks, and competing priorities.

• Advanced digital, LMS, and learning technology skills, including familiarity with SharePoint or similar knowledge-management platforms, analytics, and emerging AI-driven methodologies.

• Willingness and capability to lead live onboarding sessions, develop and conduct training for national and regional sales meetings, perform field observations, and support essential training events.

• Ability to handle multiple projects and deliverables within tight deadlines in dynamic and ambiguous environments.

• Availability to travel up to 20%.

• Position is U.S.-based Remote.

• Sponsorship for this position is not assured.

🏝️ Benefits

• Retirement and Savings Plan featuring generous company contributions.

• Comprehensive group medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Life and disability insurance coverage.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan.

• Stock-based long-term incentive options.

• Award-winning time-off policies.

• Bi-annual company-wide shutdowns.

• Flexible work arrangements, including remote and hybrid options when feasible.

• Opportunities for career development.

• Support for work/life balance.