Oncology Medical Training Leader
1 week ago
At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation - ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.
Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.
Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.
**Description**:
The Oncology Medical Training (OMT) function at AstraZeneca is a tumour-aligned, specialist training team - where a passion for science, expertise in adult learning principles, and a curiosity to push boundaries meets with our commitment to improving patient outcomes. The OMT function plays a critical role in ensuring our Medical teams excel in the scientific knowledge and capabilities required to facilitate meaningful engagement with the clinical community and reinforce our position as leaders in Oncology.
The OMT Leader role is responsible for delivering comprehensive and impactful training content for AstraZeneca medical teams worldwide. You will partner with relevant tumour area stakeholders to identify global medical training needs, identify potential innovative solutions, implement educational initiatives, and evaluate success via metrics-based approaches. Key to the role will be development of an internal and external network, to assist in the effective implementation of training activities across teams and throughout the business.
**Accountabilities/Responsibilities**:
- Drive the development and delivery of scientific capabilities training initiatives to upskill Field Medical colleagues working in oncology globally, ensuring alignment with market needs.
- Develop therapeutic area training curricula - to include disease state, patient journey, therapeutic landscape, and pre-clinical/clinical/real-world evidence data from AstraZeneca - alongside relevant capabilities' training.
- Collaborate with colleagues and external partners to help identify unmet educational needs. Partners include Global Medical Affairs, Global MSL Excellence, Local Headquarters and Field Medical stakeholders, amongst others.
- Support training implementation in markets, including communication with Global and Local collaborators to ensure awareness of currently available and future educational content.
- Manage and work with outsource providers/ agencies on the development of new content and training solutions.
- Leverage adult learning principles to deliver effective and meaningful learning experiences, alongside the design of novel training solutions to bolster learner engagement and interactivity.
- Utilise metrics-based approaches to evaluate success in meeting educational objectives and driving learner outcomes.
- Support the localisation of training in the United States, with focussed support at product launch.
- Ensure compliance with global guidelines, policies and processes.
**Requirements - Education and Experience**
- Extensive experience in oncology
- Medical Affairs experience in pharmaceutical industry (³3 years) or other relevant experience such as scientific education or clinical practice
- Experience in creating and implementing training programs, and understanding of adult learning principles
- Demonstrated experience in managing a budget
- Demonstrated project management experience with a proven record of driving impact
**Skills and Capabilities**
- Experience in scientific/therapy area training programs relevant to Medical Affairs, with proven ability to build and deliver on trainings that address identified gaps
- Demonstrated ability to set and manage priorities, resources, performance targets and project initiatives in a Global and/or regional environment
- Working knowledge of clinician-facing Medical Affairs functions, preferably with prior In-Country, Regional or Global experience
- Excellent organisational, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
- Strong ability to effectively collaborate with various roles across Medical
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