Associate Director, Marketing Training Excellence

Gilead Sciences, Inc.•Foster City, CA

45d•Onsite

About The Position

Gilead's mission is to discover, develop, and deliver therapies that will improve the lives of patients with life-threatening illnesses worldwide. As an Associate Director, Marketing Training Excellence (reporting to the Executive Director of Global Commercial Learning and Development) responsibilities involve leading aspects of training for marketing that link to marketing competencies. This will include designing and delivering global marketing training content and conducting training for all affiliates, including the US. The candidate will be accountable for training content creation, conducting global training needs assessments, training design, training development, training delivery, and training evaluation. This position is based On Site in Foster City, CA. The successful candidate will be a dynamic, experienced individual with a strong track record of marketing and/or marketing training experience in the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry. They must have the proven ability to manage complex projects effectively, influence stakeholders without authority, effectively network across the organization, and communicate with senior leaders, all within a fast-moving, challenging, and dynamic Commercial environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree and Ten Years' Experience
OR
Masters' Degree and Eight Years' Experience
OR
PhD and Two Years' Experience

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver compelling training to large audiences.
Demonstrated ability to connect and align stakeholders of diverse backgrounds.
Excellent influencing skills: managing without direct power skills.
Strong self leadership, self-direction, comfort, and experience tackling ambiguous and complex problems.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with, focus, negotiate, resolve conflict, and drive consensus among individuals from various cultures and disciplines.
Strong executive presence with the ability to command respect through the exercise of sound business judgment and clear decision-making.
Proven ability to lead collaborative and creative problem-solving and overcome resistance or barriers.
Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams or work groups.
Demonstrated excellence in program management, project management, change management, and managing multiple projects/priorities.
Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

Advanced experience in curriculum development, project management, executive presence, facilitation expertise, and a deep understanding of adult learning principles.
Develop/enhance fundamental marketing training that is fit-for-future.
Collaborate with global stakeholders (with US being a major stakeholder) to define desired performance outcomes and the required behaviors, skills, and knowledge needed by different roles to deliver them.
Work with external vendors to design and build new global content.
Incorporate motivation, creative, and interactive training techniques to enhance the training experience and maximize learning and retention.
Ensure that strategic plans, goals, and objectives are documented, communicated, reviewed, and evaluated continuously.
Ensure stakeholders are engaged throughout training development, continuously incorporating feedback to ensure relevance and inclusion.
Proactively engage with Commercial groups to resolve issues, conflicts, and interdependencies
Respect Gilead's core values of integrity, accountability, teamwork, excellence, and inclusion.

Benefits

This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package.
Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.

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