Sr. Manager, Commercial Training

Company Information

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy.

Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel) in 2017. Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

Legend Biotech is seeking Sr. Manager Commercial Training as part of the Commercial team.

Role Overview

The Sr. Manager, Commercial Training will develop and execute an effective knowledge acquisition strategy, with compelling content for learners in Legend commercial field roles, as well as in-house personnel.

This person will be an integral partner to the business operations and the commercial teams. Key components to this role will include developing and executing training, developing and monitoring KPIs, and highlighting knowledge gaps.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with brand team to build training modules to drive learning and field success across; therapy area, product knowledge, account management, business acumen, and campaign.
• Foster strong and supportive cross functional internal and external relationships with senior stakeholders, customers, and agencies. Gain alignment on requirements and deliver timely, high quality, engaging and practically applicable learning programs.
• Ensures that there is sufficient resourcing and signposting of learning work programs, to facilitate the right cross functional input, review and approval.
• Accountable for developing, refining and embedding a Learning Capabilities Measurement Plan to provide confidence that learning modules, programs and frameworks are having the desired impact.
• Able to identify knowledge gaps for commercial field teams and rectify this working independently or by proposing solutions to be executed through other teams or appropriate channels.
• Accountable for developing and delivery of promotional training content (including creation of materials and copy approval process) for major Oncology events such as ASCO/ASH reviews and product launches.
• Ensures all training is compliant and related to SOPs regarding customer interactions.
• Maintain an external and customer-facing focus to evaluate innovative new training or learning trends and translates these into opportunities for upskilling activities.
  
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 5+ years commercial experience in sales, clinical education, sales training and/or marketing roles with demonstrated success in-market
• 3+ years Oncology experience
• 3+ years training experience
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Proven track record of attaining organizational and personal objectives
• Makes decisions that balance a variety of factors, sets a clear direction for others in times of uncertainty and change, and constructively challenges the conventional wisdom or accepted ways of doing things
• Maintains high standards of performance, and follows through on commitments
• Ability to influence all customers (both internal and external) on issues that impact the business
• Evidence of instructional design/adult learning, capability building, upskilling or change initiatives
• Strong ability to understand Legend’s Oncology therapy area strategic context and work pro-actively within role scope to achieve the organization's highest priorities
• Strong planning and program management skills with the ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and develop workflow processes and tasks for multiple projects
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a matrix environment, demonstrating excellent interpersonal, communication, facilitation and negotiation skills
  
  
  

Legend Biotech is a proud equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to attracting, retaining, and maximizing the performance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is Legend’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Legend Biotech maintains a drug-free workplace.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Matched 401K
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• AD&D Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Paid Maternity Leave
• Paid Paternity Leave
• Pet Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Legal Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program