Company DescriptionAbbVie'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. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Job DescriptionThe Senior Training Manager, Oncology (Imbruvica) will be responsible for helping develop and lead sales training for Oncology Franchise A, supporting Imbruvica. Reporting to the Director of Training, this person will work closely with his/her training peers to develop training related to disease, product, sales effectiveness, market knowledge, and operations training intended for members of the Commercial sales organization.This is a headquarter based position (Chicago/Lake County). Virtual/remote work may be considered with up to 50% travel.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/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 Degree; Master’s Degree preferred
5+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience
Training, Marketing or Sales experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry preferred
Knowledge of Hematology/Oncology disease areas highly preferred
Experience developing training tools to enable the enhancement of clinical acumen is a plus
Knowledge of adult learning principles, training design concepts, and platforms is a plus
Exceptional ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at different levels
High level of professionalism and the ability to excel in a complex cross-functional environment
Ability to work in an unstructured environment
Obtains strategic insight to appropriately dedicate time to important initiatives
Exceptional oral presentation skills
Excellent learning, problem solving and interpersonal skills
Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
Ability to self-motivate and perform effectively with minimal supervision
Expertise with technology platforms (iPad) and programs (e.g. MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel) is highly desirable
Additional InformationApplicable 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 short-term incentive programs.
This job is eligible to participate in our long-term 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 Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html