Director, Global Medical Training - Neurology

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Some opportunities happen only once in a lifetime - like a job where you have the chance to change lives. At Alexion, people living with rare and devastating diseases are our Guiding Star. We are driven to continuously innovate and create meaningful value in all we do to help patients and families fully live their best lives. We value the uniqueness and diversity of our employees and recognize that nurturing the diverse perspectives and strengths of our people translates into innovative breakthroughs for patients. Director, Global Medical Training - Neurology Location: Barcelona Reports To: Senior Director, Global Medical Training Lead This is what you will do: The Director, Global Medical Training serves as a critical member of Alexion’s Global Medical Training (GMT) Team. The Director will serve as Therapeutic Area (TA) Training Lead and will report to the Sr. Director, Global Medical Affairs Training. The Director will guide the collaboration with cross functional stakeholders at global, regional and national level as well as other GMT Therapeutic Area Leads to develop engaging training programs for a diverse global medical team. Trainings will be designed to optimize impactful stakeholder engagement which enables informed patient-centric access and therapy decisions by communicating a strategic, harmonized and impactful medical message to the medical community. The Director will liase with subject matter experts, manage vendors and collaborate with global, regional and national Therapeutic Leaders to produce engaging content and activities for live trainings, virtual trainings and micro e-learnings supporting the overall medical strategy and vision. The director will also collaborate with Global Medical Leadership as well as other Training Leads to identify and develop skill training to enhance confident, effective and aligned engagements with the medical community. You will be responsible for: + Partner closely with the global, regional and national functional leaders and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to align on training priorities and guide the collaborative building of strategic and customized curricula for medical teams based on identified needs and emerging clinical data. + Sistematically develop ongoing training curricula to optimize reinforcement of medical strategy and educational updates on emerging clinical data, disease state advancements and health system priorities. Effectively foster and lead a collaborative, creative relationship with the many cross-functional stakeholders as well as external contributors and vendors. + Collaborate with the other TA Training Leads to identify interactive ways to fulfil gaps and synergize solutions to best meet training needs across organization. + Build cross-functional relationships across multiple levels of Medical Affairs colleagues envoking collaborative partnerships on gathering insights, identifying challenges and strategically build solutions while fostering a supportive learning culture and growth mindset for continued development and enhanced impact. + Utilize innovative instructional design to optimize the training experience and meet the goals of adaptive adult learning principles. + Utilize creative and effecitive technology to create new innovative forms of engaging trainings and updates that are easily accessable and digestible for the target audience. + Create a system of training performance measurements to evaluate trainings and inform future training design. + Develop a platform for enduring training to maximize utility of current and future trainings. You will need to have: + MD, PhD, PharmD or B.A./B.S in scientific study with appropriate experience + 5-7 years experience and proven track record in training and project management in the biopharmaceutical industry + Ability to lead transformation of strategic imperatives and medical direction into training deliverables + Experience in working within a matrixed organization to deliver strong results + Thorough understanding of the multiple facets of clinical research, clinical development, medical affairs, market access and ourcomes research + Knowledge and understanding of clinical priorities for different healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, pharmacist, researchers and research associates + Proven history in devolping engaging trainings incorporating adult learning principles and re-fresher training follow up which maximize impact + Ability to develop strong, respectful, professional, collaborative and productive relationships with a spirit and ability to align around vision to drive positive results + Travel required, 25-30% overnight travel. We would prefer for you to have: + Scientific degree of a clinical nature + Significant project management experience and certification + Experience in training instructional design and content management + Medical affairs experience including clinical development and KOL management + Experience in global preparation and launch of medicinal products Alexion is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on serving patients and families affected by rare diseases and devastating conditions through the discovery, development and commercialization of life-changing medicines. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Alexion has offices around the globe and serves patients in more than 50 countries. Further information about Alexion can be found at: www.alexion.com. Alexion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where every single person can belong because of their uniqueness. The Company will not make decisions about employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment based on race, color, religion, creed or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), parental status (including adoption or surrogacy), military status, protected veteran status, disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, genetic information, mental illness or other characteristics protected by law. Alexion provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of candidates and employees. To begin an interactive dialogue with Alexion regarding an accommodation, please contact accommodations@Alexion.com. Alexion participates in E-Verify. AstraZeneca completed its acquisition of Alexion, marking the creation of Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease. 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