Senior Manager, Commercial Sales Training

Abbott • Lake Forest, IL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Commercial Sales Training is the institutional owner and architect of the US Commercial Sales Training system. This role is responsible for the design, sequencing, and governance of role‑specific commercial training curricula, including certification standards, content progression, and reinforcement strategy. Ensures that training is professionally designed, scalable, and durable, translating global sales training assets and business strategies into a cohesive US commercial sales training architecture. The Senior Manager partners closely with Global Training, Marketing, Sales Leadership, and Field Sales Trainers to ensure training drives measurable improvement in commercial execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required (Business, Education, Organizational Development, or related field preferred)
• Minimum 8 years of experience across IVD sales/sales management, commercial training, sales enablement, marketing or related commercial functions
• Demonstrated experience designing and owning training curricula or learning systems, not just delivering training
• Strong ability to evaluate complex processes, integrate multiple inputs, and translate strategy into structured programs
• Excellent written, verbal, and executive‑level communication skills
• Proven ability to influence and lead across functions without direct authority

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (MBA, Master’s in Education, Organizational Development, or similar)
• Experience interfacing with global training organizations
• Background in diagnostics, medical devices, or regulated commercial environments
• Formal exposure to instructional design or adult learning methodologies
• Experience building certification or role‑readiness frameworks

Responsibilities

• Own the end‑to‑end design of US commercial sales training curricula across sales, management, and customer-facing roles.
• Define and maintain role‑specific certification frameworks, including readiness standards, assessments, and graduation criteria.
• Design logical sequencing of sales training content from foundational knowledge through advanced execution, ensuring rigor and accountability.
• Establish and maintain a consistent sales curriculum structure (“training chunks”) to be deployed and reinforced by field trainers.
• On-going sales enablement training to stay abreast of industry and product changes, to ensure enhanced skills.
• Serve as the key interface with Global Training for sales development, inventory global assets and determining applicability for the US commercial organization.
• Adapt and translate global content into US‑specific sales strategies, messaging, and field application, while maintaining compliance and consistency.
• Identify content gaps and commission or develop new materials as required.
• Own sales training governance, including curriculum standards, certification criteria, content version control, and documentation.
• Ensure sales training design aligns with adult learning principles and current best practices in commercial capability development.
• Establish clear success measures tied to role readiness, field execution, and performance indicators.
• Partner with Sales Leadership, Marketing, Commercial Operations, and other commercial enablement teams to ensure training reflects current strategy, products, and market dynamics.
• Full management responsibility for Regional Field Sales Trainers (staff of 3-4); sets and defines role expectations to ensure designed curricula are reinforced consistently and effectively in the field.
• Provide guidance and oversight to ensure training delivery remains aligned to institutional design.
• Conduct ongoing needs analysis to anticipate future capability requirements.
• Use field feedback, certification data, and business results to continuously refine curricula and standards.
• Stay current on industry trends, instructional design methodologies, and commercial training best practices.

Benefits

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior