Director, Medical Excellence L&D, Virology Lead

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Job Description
 

The Director of Medical Excellence Learning and Development will be responsible for leading the development of the learning strategy, curriculum development, and content creation of scientific training within the Medical Affairs virology therapeutic areas to ensure scientific personnel in all regions are able to demonstrate industry-leading scientific acumen. This is a global role that will report to the Head of Global Medical Excellence Learning & Development within the Global Medical Strategy and Operations team.

Key responsibilities

• Leads the development of the learning strategy, curriculum development, and content creation for onboarding and ongoing training of Medical Affairs scientific teams across within the virology therapeutic areas, with a focus on HIV (Treatment and Prevention) and Liver Disease (HBV, HCV, HDV, PBC).

• Leads the curricula core team to identify scientific training needs, align training with global strategic priorities, and ensure training meets local learner needs to drive exceptional performance

• Collaborates with the Global Capability Curriculum lead within the Medical Excellence L&D team to ensure scientific content is trained in the context of how it should be applied in-role, aligned with the Medical Affairs engagement model, role-based competencies, and overall Medical Affairs strategic priorities

• Develops accurate, up-to-date, and engaging multi-channel scientific training content by working with internal and external subject matter experts and vendors

• Partners with the Regional Medical Excellence , Learning Operations, and regional/local stakeholders to implement live and virtual training programs, including facilitating training activities when necessary as well as running “train the trainer” workshops to enable teams to effectively deliver training

• Manages the virology learner journeys and training content library to ensure alignment with current training needs, including updating, archiving, or removing expired content

• Measures and reports on training impact, effectively communicating learning outcomes to drive data-driven decision-making

• Partners with Learning Operations to ensure training is appropriately organized, assigned, and tracked in the Learning Management System

• Develops and implements communication plans to ensure learners and their managers understand expected learning outcomes, assignments, and accountability

• Collaborates with Commercial Learning & Development therapeutic area training teams to identify opportunities for s