Director, Commercial Learning and Development, US Oncology

Gilead Sciences

2d•$191,250 - $247,500•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Commercial Learning and Development, US Oncology is responsible for leading the design and execution of oncology learning strategies across the US commercial organization. This is a remote role with up to 25% travel required. This role partners with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business priorities into effective capability-building plans that support launch readiness, field force effectiveness, and manager development. The position oversees the development of compliant, scalable, and impactful learning solutions across multiple modalities, while driving prioritization, operational excellence, and innovation in learning design and delivery. This leader also applies modern instructional design, performance measurement, and AI-enabled learning approaches to strengthen capability building and business performance across the US Oncology organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's with 12 years of relevant experience or master's degree with 10 years of relevant experience.
Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.
Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and realize their purpose.
Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Lead the learning strategy and roadmap for US Oncology capability development, ensuring alignment to business priorities, launch readiness, market needs, and field force effectiveness.
Manage and develop a team in support of US Commercial and CL+D priorities, establishing clear expectations, strong collaboration, and effective ways of working.
Provide people leadership through coaching, performance management, and talent development for the US Oncology learning team.
Demonstrate strong communication, facilitation, critical thinking, and decision-making skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a complex, matrixed environment.
Partner with commercial leadership to shape capability priorities, organizational readiness, manager effectiveness, and performance acceleration across the US Oncology business.
Drive cross-functional alignment across Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Medical, Commercial Operations, Legal, Regulatory, and Business Conduct to ensure the learning agenda supports business priorities and evolving oncology needs.
Collaborate closely with Marketing, Sales Leadership, Commercial Operations, Medical, Legal, Regulatory, and Business Conduct partners to ensure learning solutions are aligned, compliant, and effective.
Establish prioritization and operating processes that align learning resources to the highest-value oncology business needs while balancing near-term execution with longer-term capability building.
Apply adult learning principles and modern instructional design practices to create engaging, practical, and durable learning experiences that reinforce commercial strategy.
Leverage AI-enabled learning approaches, tools, and content development practices to improve personalization, accelerate deployment, increase learner engagement, and strengthen measurement of training effectiveness.
Support talent development within the learning organization, with a focus on building strong capability and long-term team effectiveness.
Bring experience across multiple learning modalities, including instructor-led, virtual instructor-led, digital, and self-directed web-based learning.
Evaluate and apply emerging technologies, including AI, to modernize learning strategy, streamline content development, and enhance field capability building.
Define clear learning objectives, success measures, and performance outcomes for training programs and the team responsible for delivering them.
Lead readiness and capability strategies for major launches, manager meetings, national meetings, and other strategic shifts across the US Oncology business.
Incorporate motivating, creative, and interactive learning strategies that maximize engagement, knowledge retention, and practical application in the field.
Lead complex learning projects from concept through execution, ensuring plans, timelines, dependencies, and deliverables are clearly defined, tracked, and achieved on time and within scope.
Establish disciplined project management practices, including timeline tracking, risk identification, and proactive mitigation strategies to support consistent delivery across oncology training initiatives and launches.
Communicate effectively in written, verbal, and visual formats with audiences ranging from field teams to senior leaders.
Continuously identify opportunities to improve learning strategy, delivery, and operational efficiency through innovation, experimentation, and best-practice adoption.
Use sales performance metrics, learner feedback, and business insights to assess training impact and inform ongoing program design.
Manage agency and vendor relationships for content design and development, ensuring high-quality deliverables, strong partnership, and effective budget stewardship.
Manage budgets effectively, balancing quality, impact, and operational discipline.
Bring a growth mindset and a strong orientation toward innovation, with the ability to identify opportunity in complexity and lead change effectively.