Senior Manager, Commercial Learning & Capability Transformation – Global Commercial Pompe & Fabry (US)

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.•San Rafael, CA

16d

About The Position

BioMarin is a leading rare disease biotechnology company focused on genetically defined conditions. The Commercial Learning & Capability Transformation team ensures our people have the skills, confidence, and tools to deliver innovative therapies to patients and families around the world. This team is building a future-ready learning ecosystem that blends science, creativity, and technology to elevate the capability of every commercial team member. The vision is to be the most innovative Commercial Learning & Capability Transformation team in the biopharma industry, setting the global standard for launch readiness, capability transformation, and AI-powered learning experiences. The Senior Manager, Commercial Learning & Capability Transformation – Global Commercial Pompe & Fabry (US) is a key commercial learning and capability partner responsible for building and delivering high-impact, compliant learning solutions that drive field performance and patient impact. This is a hands-on, business-embedded partner who translates brand strategy into capability, elevates field effectiveness, and ensures audit-ready execution. The individual will play a foundational role in designing and delivering commercial capabilities across the employee lifecycle - from onboarding through launch readiness, continuous capability development, and ongoing field performance support, while helping advance modern, scalable approaches to commercial learning. The work will ensure BioMarin's Pompe & Fabry commercial teams are capable, confident, and ready to perform, translating every learning experience into stronger commercial execution and better outcomes for patients living with Pompe and Fabry disease. Success comes through strong partnership, execution excellence, and a passion for building commercial capabilities that improve business performance and patient outcomes.

Requirements

6–8+ years in Commercial Learning & Development, Sales Training, Commercial Enablement, or a related commercial capability role.
Rare disease biopharma experience strongly preferred.
Proven ability to design, deliver, and scale learning programs.
Strong understanding of compliance and regulatory environments.
Demonstrated growth mindset and passion for innovation, including the use of AI tools.
Exceptional facilitation and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Business Partner – Works alongside commercial leaders to diagnose capability needs and build learning solutions that improve business performance.
Enterprise Facilitator – Confidently leads onboarding sessions, POA training, and virtual/global classrooms with executive presence and energy.
Content Architect – Designs scalable, high-quality learning assets across modalities while maintaining brand and compliance standards.
Product & Scientific Translator – Converts complex disease and product information into clear, actionable learning experiences.
Patient-Centric Professional – Anchors all learning strategies in empathy and a commitment to improving outcomes for patients with rare diseases.
Global Collaborator – Balances U.S. needs with global consistency while leveraging successful practices across therapeutic areas.
Collaborative Influencer – Builds strong partnerships across Leadership, Field, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Compliance, and HR without direct authority.
PRB & Compliance Navigator – Expertly manages content approval workflows, audit trails, and compliant-by-design processes.
Digital Transformation Advocate – Drives adoption of modern platforms, microlearning strategies, AI-enabled tools, and reinforcement approaches that improve learner engagement and retention.
Operational Excellence – Manages projects, vendors, timelines, and learning operations with precision, accountability, and a focus on quality execution.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary learning partner to the U.S. Pompe & Fabry business.
Translate brand strategy, POA priorities, evolving field needs, and commercial performance insights into targeted learning and continuous capability development plans.
Build role-based capability journeys across: Scientific fluency, Customer engagement & selling excellence, Competitive readiness, Launch readiness, Digital enablement.
Own the end-to-end onboarding experience for the U.S. Pompe & Fabry commercial organization, designing a future-ready onboarding journey from the ground up.
Design structured, compliant onboarding journeys that accelerate time-to-productivity while preparing field team members to confidently perform in their roles.
Integrate disease, product, systems, compliance, and commercial capabilities into a cohesive learning journey.
Continuously evolve onboarding using learner feedback, business insights, and field performance data.
Design and deliver high-quality learning across multiple modalities: Live (in-person & virtual), Workshops and simulations, Digital and on-demand experiences.
Lead execution of: Product & disease training, New hire onboarding and launch readiness, POA learning experiences, Ongoing capability development through reinforcement, coaching, microlearning, and performance support, Continuous learning initiatives that strengthen field effectiveness throughout the year.
Facilitate learning, address emerging business priorities, and ensure continuity of capability development.
Ensure all training is fully compliant and inspection-ready.
Partner with MLR/PRB to review and approve content.
Maintain training materials, records, and documentation within compliant systems.
Ensure required training is delivered, tracked, and defensible.
Bring a growth mindset to continuously evolve the learning experience.
Leverage modern approaches to improve learner engagement and retention, including AI-powered coaching and simulations, microlearning and in-the-flow-of-work enablement.
Continuously identify opportunities to extend learning beyond formal training through reinforcement strategies that improve long-term capability and knowledge retention.
Identify opportunities to modernize how learning is designed, delivered, and reinforced.
Identify and pilot innovative approaches that improve learner engagement while maintaining validation and compliance standards.
Define and track metrics tied to performance: Time-to-proficiency (20% reduction in first 12 months), Training compliance (100% audit-ready training records and required training completion), Learner engagement and retention, Field confidence and effectiveness.
Use insights to continuously optimize programs.
Communicate impact to senior stakeholders.
Design U.S.-based learning programs with global scalability in mind, identifying opportunities to leverage learning assets, capability frameworks, and best practices across regions where appropriate.
Partner closely with Global Commercial Learning & Capability Transformation colleagues to share insights, leverage proven learning approaches across therapeutic areas, collaborate on foundational learning initiatives, and adapt successful content and best practices for broader organizational impact.
Identify opportunities to reuse and adapt successful learning strategies, assets, and innovations developed across BioMarin franchises to accelerate capability building and create greater organizational consistency.
Balance the unique needs of the U.S. business with opportunities to drive greater global consistency, efficiency, and knowledge sharing.
Partner closely with Marketing, Medical, Market Access, Compliance, and Field Leadership.
Ensure alignment between learning, strategy, and execution.
Serve as a trusted learning partner on capability development.