Director, Learning Excellence - Immunology

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Sales Enablement

Job Sub Function:

Sales Training

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

About Immunology

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Our Immunology team leads in the development of transformational medicines for immunological disorders and illnesses. You can influence where medicine is going by restoring health to millions of people living with immune diseases. 

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are searching for the best talent for Director, Learning Excellence (Immunology), to support the Dermatology franchise and the launch of an innovative and novel new product, to be in Horsham, PA.

Job Description 

The Director, Learning Excellence, plays a critical role on the Immunology Learning Excellence leadership team by leading the Dermatology Learning Excellence team and helping the organization prepare for the launch of an innovative and novel new product. This role will help cultivate a culture of continuous learning and development to drive maximum business impact and increase competitiveness.  

The primary responsibility is to lead the launch learning journey for a new commercial organization. The ideal candidate for this role will have a demonstrated track record of launch success, while building a high-performance culture.  The Director of Learning Excellence will lead new transformational innovation projects aimed at building the most competitive field force in Dermatology.

In addition, this individual will support the Senior Director of Learning Excellence by developing best-in-class capabilities focused on market leadership. The Director will coach and develop their team members on adult learning principles, facilitation skills, and innovative learning solutions, while fostering an environment that promotes both short-term achievements and long-term career growth.

Maintaining expert knowledge in technical areas, including clinical, access & fulfillment and product knowledge, sales expertise, and the healthcare environment is essential to this role.   

Key Responsibilities / Areas of Focus:

Team Leadership:

• Recruits, hires, and develops a team with varied strengths with the ability to deliver results and assume increased levels of responsibility within the organization.
• Develops others in the areas of adult learning principles, learning technology, clinical expertise, and marketplace knowledge.
• Operates efficiently in a matrix environment. 
• Helps team adapt to shifting priorities, cross-functional objectives, and unpredictable environment.
• Coaches’ others on identifying and understanding the most critical business needs to design and deliver comprehensive learning solutions.
• Ensures team outputs are fully aligned with overall company strategy to drive results.
• Oversees progress, budget, resources, and workload to maximize outputs and effectively address training needs and opportunities.
• Guides others with achieving short- and long-term project goals and acquiring resources.
• Ensures team consistently works within compliance and regulatory guidelines.  Demonstrates Credo Values during all interactions.

Collaborative Partnering:

• Strategizes with field sales and marketing leadership to understand their priorities and determine training needs that lead to the development of efficient and effective solutions that maximize field impact.
• Leads collaborative efforts with key stakeholders to ensure external commercial teams are aligned with product messaging and train