Job Title: Associate Director, Commercial Training, Rare Disease
About the Job The Sanofi Associate Director of Learning and Development reports to the Sanofi Director of Commercial Training -Foundations and Emerging Therapies. This position is based in Cambridge, MA and requires in office presence a minimum of three days per week in line with Sanofi policy. The Associate Director will be responsible for supporting the learning needs of the commercial sales force within our rare disease business unit. Specifically, there are a number of upcoming new product launches within the rare disease space that are complementary to our existing rare disease portfolio. This role requires the development of launch training materials, and maintenance/creation of various training resources for our legacy rare disease brands. This role will also be responsible for supporting the implementation of new products and skill-based training via eLearning, live meetings, virtual training and on demand training courses.
Main Responsibilities- As a learning strategic partner, this candidate will work in the development of learning materials, training materials and resources supporting the rare disease Business Unit to include disease, product, and customer interaction capabilities training as well as other training courses for the Business Unit.
- This person must be able to effectively leverage Sanofi talent and resources within a developing matrixed learning and development operational team to support the business unit's needs in addition to utilizing external resource partners to achieve development efforts.
- Support in the development and execution of strategic and tactical plans to support the short and long-term objectives of the Sales, Marketing Teams as well as collaborative efforts with our PSS and medical teams where needed and appropriate. This includes responsibility for implementation and continuous improvement to the following work streams:
- New hire training programs and curriculum
- Launch training learner journey development and execution
- Continuing education with ongoing learning programs
- Advanced training for ongoing learning of product and disease knowledge and customer
Interaction capabilities
- Field advisory teams and learning champions
- Assist in the definition and development of core competencies and create tools, curriculum
Marketing materials into all new hire and ongoing learning training programs
- Assist in the definition and development of core competencies and create tools, curriculum
Area/Zone and Regional Sales Meetings, in close coordination with Marketing, Field
Advisory Teams/Learning Champions.
About YouBasic Qualifications:
- BA/BS Degree required.
- 5+ years of relevant pharma experience. Or equivalent commercial learning and development experience in other industries.
- Proven communication skills with a well-developed ability to efficiently communicate both verbally and in writing with all levels of stakeholders
- Ability to influence, collaborate and interact effectively with a senior leadership team and multiple key stakeholders across sales and marketing to align on objectives and provide consistent FL&D direction
- Demonstrated excellence in project management and effectively managing multiple projects/priorities
- Ensure that all training programs are consistent with, and supporting of, company legal, regulatory and compliance guidelines
- Strong collaboration, organizational and operations skills
- 10% national travel required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Rare Disease training experience strongly preferred
- 8 plus years of relevant pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience with at least 2 years leading national home-office based training preferred
- Experience with AI technologies preferred
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills essential to success in this position
- Launch learning development preferred
- Experience with developing and deploying account excellence training programs
- Familiar with instructional design principles
- Utilizes learning technologies regularly to accelerate efficient development of learning initiatives
- Background history in measurement of learning effectiveness
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.
- Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changing treatments to millions - and is committed to doing right by patients, communities, and the planet.
- Drive progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably
- Support teams across science, medicine, and operations by building better systems, shaping bold strategies, and enabling innovation at speed
The salary range for this position is:
$133,500.00 - $192,833.33
All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK.
