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Sanofi Group Director, Field Learning & Development Vaccines in Bridgewater, New Jersey
Job Title: Director, Field Learning & Development Vaccines
Location: Bridgetown, NJ
About the Job
We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.
The Director, Vaccine Commercial Training reports to the Head, GTMC North America Customer Facing Learning and Development. This person will have responsibility for strategic planning and implementation of world class product training, leadership/management training, and skill-based training for all therapeutic areas, via eLearning, live meetings, virtual training and training courses with a strong patient and science focus.
Main Responsibilities:
Develop and lead a comprehensive strategy for delivering training across field teams in all US therapeutic areas aligned with company, business unit and brand goals. Ensure transversal leverage in approach, vendors and resources where beneficial to the business.
Hire, lead, coach and train a full team of commercial trainers to ensure best in class program development and delivery.
Identify and develop resources and experiences which will reinforce the competencies and enhance capabilities of the field teams including new hire curricula, new product launch planning, selling skills and professional development. This role requires a high level of collaboration with Sales Leadership, Brand teams, Medical, Legal and Compliance as well as Business Operations colleagues.
Reinforce new ways of working for the Commercial Training team where sales team deliverables are co-created with sales teams, learning champions are leveraged and use of external vendors is optimized
Manage teams focused on implementation and continuous improvement to:
Lead proactive assessment of knowledge gaps within field teams; provide oversight and guidance to each product team to address with training initiatives and programs.
New-Hire initial & advanced training home-study curriculums, live training programs, National/Regional POA Meetings and Field Management Meetings (e.g., disease state, products, competitor products, infusion, reimbursement, and skill/role-based training)
Leadership Training tools and programs aligned with company core competencies to enhance and further the professional development of people managers and manager candidates
Assess and identify opportunities to support customer-facing teams other than sales teams such as FRMs and TLLs
Determine innovative, efficient and effective ways of delivering training
Responsible for ensuring all training materials incorporate all appropriate regulatory and legal compliance guidance per the Sanofi Standard Operating Procedure
Establish and implement key metrics to track and communicate level of value and impact of training and development initiatives to all stakeholders
Maintain a detailed and up-to-date knowledge of advances in adult learning education and training technology and methodologies that could be relevant to the business unit and recommend appropriate updates to strategies and tactics as needed.
Ensure budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements. Work with global teams such as the Learning Council to ensure plans and initiatives are reviewed and assessed to see if there are efficiencies that be achieved
About You
Basic Qualifications:
BA/BS Degree required, preferably in life science or business
15 plus years of relevant pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience
4 plus years of demonstrated successful personnel management experience and leading national teams
Experience in specialty pharmaceuticals or biologics
20% national travel required
Preferred Qualifications
MBA Product launch experience with alliance or joint venture structure
Proven communication skills with a well-developed ability to efficiently and productively communicate both verbally and in writing
Ability to influence, collaborate and interact effectively a senior leadership team and multiple key stakeholders in order to align on objectives and provide consistent training direction
Demonstrated excellence in project management and effectively managing multiple projects/priorities including budgeting and actual spend against budget is required
Strong collaboration, organizational and operations skills
Why Choose Us?
Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
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Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions.
With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi (https://youtu.be/96EwNjb1TLo)
As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live.
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