AstraZeneca

Director, Medical Training

AstraZeneca$135K — $160K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in life sciences, healthcare, education, organizational development, or related field.
  • 7+ years in Medical Affairs or related fields within pharmaceutical or healthcare sectors.
  • Experience developing competency-based clinical or scientific learning programs at scale.
  • Expertise in learning strategy and product launch readiness.
  • Strong scientific and clinical knowledge with the ability to simplify complex concepts for learners.
  • Proven ability to influence stakeholders in a complex, matrix organization.
  • Strong program management skills, including budget and vendor management.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the clinical learning strategy for BBU Medical, encompassing onboarding and capability development.
  • Implement and assess a standardized field coaching approach to enhance team performance.
  • Create a learning roadmap that meets both enterprise standards and specific medical needs.
  • Conduct learning needs assessments and capability gap analyses based on various data inputs.
  • Design competency-based curricula that cover essential clinical and scientific knowledge.
  • Ensure clinical learning readiness for launches, including assessment and measurement processes.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to align on learning priorities and delivery.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the future of clinical learning across a large organization.
  • A pivotal role that involves collaboration with diverse teams and stakeholders.
  • Access to advanced learning platforms and technologies for continuous professional growth.
  • Involvement in significant product launches that have a direct impact on patient care.
Full Job Description

The Director Medical Training is a highly visible enterprise leader who will shapehowMedicalteams across the full US BBBU portfolio build and apply the scientific and clinical capabilities needed to deliver meaningful impact for patients and healthcare systems. This role owns the end-to-end clinical learning strategy and execution for Medical HQ and field teams, creating an integrated learning ecosystem that accelerates launch and lifecycle readiness, strengthensscientificexpertiseandMedicalcapabilities, and elevates the quality of external scientific engagement across therapy areas. Working with Medical leaders and cross-functional stakeholders, the Director will translate US Medical strategy, portfolio priorities, global standards, and regulatory requirements into scalable learning experiences that enable teams to turn science, evidence, and insights into action. Reporting to the Head of Medical Excellence, this individual will have a pivotal opportunity to define the future of clinical learning across BBU Medical and strengthen the readiness and effectiveness of teams across the portfolio.

Accountabilities

  • Define and own the multi-year clinical learning strategy for Medical across the full BBU portfolio, covering onboarding, role-based capability development, launch and lifecycle readiness,team learning and effectiveness, compliance certification, fieldcoachingand continuous learning.

  • Own the development, implementation, and ongoing assessment of a consistent field coaching approach, equippingMedicalleaders and people managers with the tools, standards, and insights needed to strengthen capability, reinforce learning, and improve field performance.

  • Build an integrated portfolio learning roadmap that balances enterprise-wide standards with therapy-area, asset, and role-specific needs across HQ and fieldMedicalteams.

  • Lead learning-needs assessments and capability-gap analyses usingMedicalstrategy, portfolio milestones, learner feedback, performance data, and evolving scientific and healthcare-system needs.

  • Design and oversee competency-based curricula that integrate disease-state knowledge, product and pipeline science, clinical evidence, treatment guidelines, evidence literacy, scientific narratives, insight generation, digital engagement, andMedicalways of working.

  • Own clinical learning readiness for launches and major lifecycle milestones, fromrequirementsdefinition and content development through assessments, certification, reinforcement, and measurement.

  • Establish consistent onboarding and first-90-day learning experiences forMedicalroles, with clearproficiencyexpectations and pathways for ongoing role-specific development.

  • Set learning standards for high-quality, compliant scientific exchange and external engagement, includingappropriate preparationfor field and HQ Medical interactions.

  • Determineand manage theoptimalmix of instructor-led, virtual, digital, simulation-based, social, and microlearning approaches to improveproficiency, retention, and application.

  • Ensure all learning content is scientificallyaccurate, balanced, current, and compliant with applicable medical, legal, regulatory, and internal standards;maintainaudit-ready governance and documentation.

  • Partner with Medicalleadership, therapy-area teams, Field Medical, Medical Excellence, Scientific Communications, Evidence, Digital, Compliance, Regulatory, Global Medical, and other relevant functions to align priorities and coordinate delivery.

  • Lead the governance, prioritization, and demand-planning process forMedicallearning across the portfolio, clarifying decision rights, timelines, resource needs, and dependencies.

  • Define success measures and dashboards, includingproficiency, completion and certification, time-to-readiness, learner confidence, application, and Medical-impact indicators; use insights to continuously improve solutions.

  • Drive adoption of learning platforms, content-management systems,Medicaltechnologies, and analytics tools that improve access, scalability, personalization, and measurement.

  • Lead change management and communications for major learning initiatives, equippingMedicalleaders and people managers to reinforce learning and coach for sustained application.

  • Manage budgets, vendors, agencies, and technology partners to deliver high-quality learning solutions on time and within agreed resources.

  • Build reusable standards, playbooks, and communities of practice that enable sharing across therapy areas, reduce duplication, and scale effective approaches across BBU Medical.

Essential Skills/Experience

  • Bachelors degree in life sciences, healthcare, education, organizational development, ora relatedfield.

  • 7+ years of relevant experience in Medical Affairs, field medical, medical education, clinical learning, scientific training, or learning and development within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare sector.

  • Demonstrated success developing and deploying competency-based clinical or scientific learning programs at scale across multiple brands, assets, therapy areas, orMedicalroles.

  • Experience leading learning strategy and readiness for product launches,indicationexpansions, and lifecycle milestones in a regulated environment.

  • Strong scientific and clinical acumen, with the ability to translate complex evidence, data, and medical strategy into clear, practical, and engaging learning experiences.

  • Knowledge of Medical Affairs operating models, field and HQ Medical roles, scientific exchange, insight generation, evidence dissemination, and applicable compliance requirements.

  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders within a complex, matrixed organization.

  • Experienceestablishinglearning governance, assessments, certification orproficiencyframeworks, and meaningful measures of learner readiness and impact.

  • Strong program and portfolio management skills, including prioritization, budget stewardship, vendor oversight, risk management, and delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives.

  • Excellent communication, facilitation, consulting, andchange-leadershipskills.

Desirable Skills/Experience

  • Advanced scientific, clinical, education, or business degree preferred (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, EdD, MS, MBA).

  • Experience across more than one therapeutic area and familiarity with a broad biopharmaceutical portfolio.

  • Prior experience supporting both field and HQ Medical populations, including MSL or other scientific-engagement roles.

  • Experience withadult-learningprinciples, instructional design, simulation, coaching, and modern assessment practices.

  • Familiarity with LMS/LXP platforms, content-authoring tools, virtual learning technologies,Medicalsystems, and analytics dashboards.

  • Track recordof leading enterprise capability transformation,establishingcommon learning standards, or building aMedicallearning operating model.

  • Peopleleadership or significant matrix-team leadership experience.

Date Posted

16-Aug-2026

Closing Date

30-Aug-2026

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of prescription drugs. The company was formed in 1999 through the merger of Astra AB and Zeneca Group plc. AstraZeneca's products are used to treat a wide range of medical conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and diabetes. The company has operations in over 100 countries and employs more than 76,000 people worldwide. AstraZeneca is committed to developing innovative medicines that improve the health and well-being of people around the world.
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Size
83,100 employees
Market Cap
$211.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+10.2%
Revenue
$26.6 billion
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