Associate Director, Global Oncology Training

Be part of fulfilling our ambition to be world leaders in Oncology. We are already the fastest growing team within AstraZeneca and across the industry, and there are countless new indications and targets in our game-changing pipeline. We deliver this value through launch excellence, commercial effectiveness and maximising the lifecycle. By leveraging our commercialised portfolio we are confident we can change the practice of medicine and redefine cancer treatment.

The **Associate Director, Global Oncology Training, Haematology** is responsible for the oversight, strategic direction, and leadership of the curriculum and assets to support Global market needs in Haematology. The incumbent will collaborate closely with his/her counterparts across each Oncology Training and Development (OTD) function to ensure an alignment of business operations within the global space of each therapeutic area. The Associate Director is expected to develop a consistent service delivery level to the brand that is evident in all learning and development assets created. The incumbent will work with sales, marketing, medical and other cross functional leaders to create training and development strategies and ensures alignment with business unit priorities to program objectives.

**Essential Responsibilities**:

- Works directly with internal global stakeholders, including training managers, global brand leads and US leads to understand current and future learning needs of the business.
- Establishes strong cross-functional relationships across the product, marketing, and existing internal training teams to develop a scalable global training program that meets launch and life cycle management goals of key global customers.
- Leads the identification, deployment, and promotion of the most effective and innovative practices across the department and globe; including launches.
- Leads teams to evaluate program metrics as a means of determining training impact in areas for growth and of success.
- Supports team members to achieve a customer-focused and performance-driven culture that supports Innovation, simplification, measurement, and excellence in learning development and delivery.
- Identifies best practices in early markets and cultivates an environment of best practice sharing for the benefit of subsequent launch markets.
- Creates synergies across the teams to create cost savings collaboration and to avoid duplication of efforts.

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent
- Pharmaceutical/biotech/oncology experience
- Demonstrated competency in working with/collaborating with medical learning & development and science liaison teams
- Ability to understand brand strategy and related strategic imperatives and develop learning that clearly conveys and pulls-through that strategy at the field level
- Demonstrated ability to effectively and concisely communicate (verbally and in writing) with all levels of stakeholders in the global commercial organization
- Ability to effectively lead in a cross-functional and virtual team environment, providing direction and guidance to team members with varied and complementary responsibilities.

**Preferred Requirements**:

- Advanced degree in medical, pharmaceutical, or life sciences or a related field or equivalent
- Oncology experience
- A blend of pharmaceutical sales, sales management and/or training experience
- Knowledge of instructional systems design preferred
- Experience working with/in global (ex-US) markets

**Minimum Skills and Competencies**
- Consultative abilities; demonstrated experience in identifying market-specific client needs and making appropriate recommendations for the most effective L&D solutions
- Negotiation abilities; demonstrated experience working with leadership across functions to identify common areas of need and gain consensus on forward strategies that will deliver desired results
- Technical breadth across multiple disease areas; ability to demonstrate aptitude for continued knowledge development
- Strong project team management skills; with demonstrated ability to focus on effective procurement and planning of resources and establishing viable project milestones and final deadlines
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills to assess stakeholder needs, anticipate and resolve functional area challenges
- Demonstrate accountability to deliver performance while managing multiple priorities; overcome obstacles to successfully achieve performance results
- Prior people leadership experience demonstrating ability to influence and lead others to success

**Preferred Skills and Competencies**
- Working knowledge of information/technology systems that support learning and development initiatives.