Associate Director, Commercial Learning and Development - Uro-Oncology

As a privately-owned, biopharmaceutical company, Ferring pioneers and delivers life-changing therapies that help people build families and live better lives. Our independence helps us cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit and long-term perspective that enables us to achieve growth and scale, while remaining agile and true to our ‘people first’ philosophy. Built on a 70-year plus commitment to science and research, Ferring is relentless in its pursuit of science that drives powerful discoveries and therapies to help people build families, stay healthy, and stand up to the world’s oldest enemy: disease. 

Ferring is on a mission to transform the treatment of bladder cancer with a novel, first-in-class intravesical gene therapy that provides patients with an alternative to bladder removal surgery. Our Uro-Oncology team is growing with a variety of rewarding opportunities in commercial, medical affairs and technical operations. If you are energized by the prospect of bringing the benefits of cutting-edge science to meet the needs of patients, we may have the perfect role for you. 

As the Associate Director, Commercial Learning and Development (Uro-Oncology) you will leverage your field sales and L&D experience to lead the design, development, facilitation, and measurement of commercial sales learning programs and oversee the overall training strategy and plan for the Uro-Oncology business unit. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Key Account Management, Senior Leadership and other key stakeholders to ensure the Uro-Oncology training strategy & execution supports the business needs, strategy & objectives.

This is your opportunity to help drive the next phase of growth for an important bladder cancer treatment and make a real difference in the lives of patients! With Ferring, you will be joining a recognized leader, identified as one of “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” by Fast Company, and honored by Fortune with inclusion on its “Change the World List,” for addressing society’s unmet needs.  Ferring US is also Great Places to Work® Certified, distinguishing it as one of the best companies to work for in the country. 

Responsibilities:

• Partner with the brand to have a deep understanding of the strategy and internalize the Commercial L&D vision/strategy and the role of Uro-Oncology training within the overall business strategy. Understand the company’s competitive position(s), the strengths, and opportunities of the business.

• Continuously capture feedback from stakeholders, creating and measuring sales L&D effectiveness metrics for current commercial customer facing employees while preparing for expansion positions. Creates, maintains and reports L&D metrics which focus on training effectiveness, value, and impact

• Design, develop, deliver, and assess the L&D initiatives for Uro-Oncology needs; sales, field reimbursement, key account management, regional directors and more.

• Supports business objectives by developing business planning processes which focus on streamlining training vendors, resources and platforms. Works closely with sales leaders, marketing leaders and field-based stakeholders to pull through initiatives

• Design, develop, and implement the approved product training and capabilities for POAs, initial new hires, advanced, continuous, and POAs for sales, sales managers, and key account managers utilizing adult learning principles.

• Continuously evaluates training initiatives by conducting ongoing needs and gap analysis to identify essential training initiatives needed for the evolving franchise growth

• Assist in the establishment of standardizing training processes, including management of the on-line Learning Management System, and other platforms to ensure consistency.  

• Works with cross functional teams to build appropriate modernized learning assets to enable commercial roles and responsibilities

• Project manages training curriculum that includes content creation, vendor management, budget management, and communication to key stakeholders

Requirements: 

• Buy and Bill experience required, Oncology experience preferred

• Bachelor’s degree required, Advanced Degree preferred

• 5+ years of life sciences experience in commercial learning and development required

• 3+ years of life sciences experience in customer-facing sales roles

• Ability to lead the development and execution of commercial training plans

• Strong facilitation, presentation, and project management skills

• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and manage multiple training initiatives and maintain strong attention to detail

• History of demonstrating strong cross-functional collaboration skills

• Experience working with training vendors, learning platforms, and performance data metrics

• Training certifications preferred

Ferring + you

At Ferring, we offer competitive total compensation along with an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work. From working hours that respect your lifestyle, a culture that is welcoming and equitable, and the chance to work with the industry’s most impressive people, these are just some of the ways we live our "People First" philosophy.

Our Compensation and Benefits

At Ferring, base salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $120,000 to $223,000 which is the reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount paid may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, education and primary work location. Additional compensation for this role will be provided based on competitive annual incentive compensation targets in the form of an annual bonus - payouts are based on individual and company performance.

Benefits for this role include: comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with a premium differential, inverse to base salary, to be paid by employees; a 401k plan and company match; short and long-term disability coverage; basic life insurance; wellness benefits; reimbursement for certain tuition expenses; sick time frontloaded yearly of 40 hours, or higher if state or local law requires; vacation time for full time employees to accrue between 112.5 and 150 hours yearly in the first four (4) years of employment, and additional accruals starting in the fifth (5th) year of employment; and 12 to 13 paid holidays per year. We are proud to offer 20 weeks of paid parental leave, learn more about the parental leave offering in our benefits package here. For roles that are not field-based, Ferring has a hybrid work policy that is four days in the office, with the option to work one day remotely.

Ferring is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local laws.

Join our team and your voice will be heard, and your contributions will be valued. If you love to come up with new ways to make a positive difference and see them through, you will fit right in.

We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (including Disability/Protected Veterans). We maintain a drug-free workplace.