Associate Director, MSL Training, IAI

Role Summary

The Associate Director, Medical Affairs Training, Dermatology/IAI designs and executes a training plan aligned with Medical Affairs strategy to drive scientific expertise and business acumen. Responsible for managing the training framework, including scientific and non-medical curricula, training documentation, and creation of medical content to align training priorities with business and employee needs. Reports to the Director, Medical Communications – Dermatology/IAI.

Responsibilities

• Designs and implements a training plan aligned with Dermatology/IAI Medical strategic goals, incorporating input from subject matter experts to support scientific and non-medical training needs of the Medical team
• Establishes effective working relationships with Medical Directors and cross-functional colleagues in Development, Global Medical Affairs, Legal, Regulatory, Compliance and Commercial, and external opinion leaders to ensure comprehensive training
• Creates scientific training materials, including clinical Q&As, product/disease state backgrounders, and slide decks
• Supports creation and maintenance of an internal LMS platform, including access, content, and routine updates
• Assesses training effectiveness, identifies skill gaps, and implements innovative training initiatives to address them
• Formulates training curriculum for new field Medical hires and assists field leadership with expectations and certification; provides hands-on coaching for new hires and ongoing strategic education
• Ensures appropriate employee assessments are in place and conducted regularly through routine field visits and communicates feedback to field leadership
• Partners with leadership to implement soft-skills trainings to develop leadership and business acumen of Medical Affairs personnel
• Sources, evaluates, and selects vendors to implement training courses; leads development of agendas for Medical Affairs training programs
• Leads cross-functional competitive readiness activities, maintains competitive landscape documents, and organizes pre- and post-conference training; collaborates with field Medical on journal clubs and competitive insights reporting
• Ensures documentation and tracking of training activities to meet legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements

Qualifications

• Advanced degrees (MD, PharmD, PhD) with a minimum of 5 years‚Äô Medical Affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry; prior experience as MSL or Medical Trainer strongly preferred
• Knowledge/familiarity with dermatologic/immunologic conditions preferred
• Certification in education and knowledge of adult learning principles strongly desired
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, interpersonal communication, and leadership skills
• Flexible, with the ability to multitask, prioritize, and communicate across all levels
• Strong negotiation, strategic influencing, planning, initiative, project management, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Proven ability to work under stringent timelines and deliver results
• Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and work as a collaborative team member in a dynamic environment
• Knowledgeable on pharmaceutical regulations (PhRMA) and guidelines (ACCME, OIG, FDA)
• Up to 20% domestic travel required, including field visits

Skills

• Training design and delivery
• Curriculum development
• Content creation (clinical Q&As, backgrounders, slide decks)
• LMS management
• Stakeholder management
• Vendor management
• Change management and learning assessment
• Regulatory and compliance awareness

Education

• Advanced degree (MD, PharmD, PhD) required

Additional Requirements

• Up to 20% domestic travel required