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Form of workGeneral Scope and Summary
Sage Therapeutics is searching for a creative, charismatic, resourceful, and integrative thinker for an important role that is responsible for implementing education on disease, product, and skills training programs for the Commercial organization and will be a conduit to the cross-functional partners in identifying, building, and executing training with a goal of positively impacting the business objectives of the organization.
Roles and Responsibilities
Execute on the commercial training plan by developing and executing training programs from new hire onboarding to advanced continuing education training.
Develop and implement training programs/certifications for all commercial meetings, including National Sales Meetings, POAs, launch meetings, train the trainer meetings, virtual classroom meetings, and other identified training opportunities in a continuous learning mode.
Maintain subject matter expertise within Commercial for disease states, products, and therapeutic areas aligned with Sage’s portfolio.
Partner with subject matter experts and resources, both internally and externally, to implement and deploy learning solutions.
Coordinate with Regulatory, Legal, and Medical for the review and approval of training material.
Partner with Marketing and Sales leadership to build training initiatives that support the execution of tactics aligned with brand and business strategic imperatives and coordinate the rollout of promotional materials.
Apply principles of adult learning to ensure training effectiveness. Access resources to keep up-to-date on industry best demonstrated practices.
Develop and maintain facilitation skills expertise in support of training content delivery.
Maintain the standards for training materials, ensuring they are current and working within the LMS.
Experience, Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills
Must thrive working in a fast-paced, innovative environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient. Must have strong facilitation skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to develop important relationships with key stakeholders and learners. Must have a demonstrated ability to translate strategy into action and an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple way.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required.
3+ years of experience in pharma/biotech/medical device required.
2+ years of training experience required.
Preferred Qualifications
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to teach and develop people in complex Sales organization.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate and execute in a matrixed environment.
Demonstrated understanding of the selling process; ability to comprehend and execute sales processes.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and complete those projects on time.
Demonstrated results orientation and high productivity through setting high standards and achieving stretch goals.
Expertise with technology platforms (e.g., Zoom, Teams, LMS, Veeva).
Proficient with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other tools.
Strong team player that has a growth mindset approach and is solution-oriented.
Ability to think critically and cross-functionally.
Exceptional in-person and virtual presentation and facilitation skills.
High level of initiative and desire to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
Exhibits a high degree of flexibility in adapting to a rapidly changing environment.
Travel required for training initiatives and meetings.
Strong project management skills.
Experience in neuroscience preferred.
Embrace our core values: Put People First, Improve Lives, Cultivate Curiosity, Do Right, and Forge New Pathways.
Excitement about the vision and mission of Sage.
