At Astellas we can offer an inspiring place to work and a chance to make your mark in doing good for others.
Our expertise, science and technology make us a pharma company. Our open and progressive culture is what makes us Astellas. It’s a culture of doing good for others and contributing to a sustainable society.
Delivering meaningful differences for patients is our driving force. We all have a significant opportunity to make that difference, working locally in the areas we know best, whilst drawing inspiration from the different insights and expertise we have access to globally and from our innovative, external partners.
Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.
Our ethos is underpinned by the Astellas Way, comprising five core values: patient focus; ownership; results; openness and integrity.
We are proud to offer an inclusive and respectful working environment that fosters collaboration and ownership.
Our aspiration is to bring the best brains together, to provide them with world-leading tools and resources and a unique structure that fosters real agility and entrepreneurial spirit.
About This Job:
As the Associate Director, Medical Affairs Learning you will be responsible for identifying and addressing learning needs for Medical Affairs globally for processes and operating models and collaborating and partnering with MA Functions to lead training initiatives. You will be accountable for contributing to establishing and maintaining a learning culture that promotes excitement for lifelong learning across the Medical Affairs community.
As the Associate Director, you will drive a global training curriculum for Medical Affairs colleagues for their professional growth by prioritizing and managing curriculum design, content development, and execution.
Hybrid working:
At Astellas we recognize that our employees enjoy having balance between their professional and home lives. We are proud of our hybrid approach which empowers you to have flexibility on whether to work from home or in the office.
Responsibilities:
- Drive the MA Training Strategy and collaborates with stakeholders and leads MA Training Needs Assessments, Strategy, Design, and Implementation.
- Ensure that Medical Affairs colleagues globally maintain professional growth by prioritizing and managing curriculum design, content development and execution through alignment and collaboration with MA Senior Leaders, Line Managers and Functional Leaders, to enable successful delivery of MA training programs.
- Assess and proactively identify training opportunities to enhance current and new training curricula; support new disease state and Digital excellence training initiatives, collaborate with HR and focus on role-based training for MA Colleagues.
- Lead the effort to assess, recommend and implement new instructional technologies to drive successful training programmes (real time and virtual) globally.
- Support the Digital Excellence team and collaborates on development of a Training Matrix for MA owned systems.
Essential Knowledge & Experience:
- Previous experience in leading training initiatives within the health care industry/Pharmaceutical.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to facilitate team discussions and drive optimal team performance.
- Significant knowledge of understanding and proven utilization of training build (design, development) and delivered utilizing adult learning principles within a LMS environment.
- Demonstrated high level of competence with MS Office applications and the ability to learn new systems and software rapidly – strong IT skillset.
- Relevant knowledge of instructional design software such as Articulate and Camtasia.
- Fluent in written and spoken business English.
Educations/Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree, either BA or BS or equivalent
Additional information:
- This is a permanent, full-time position.
- This position can be based in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
- This position follows our hybrid working model. Role requires a blend of home and a minimum of 1 day per week in our UK, or Ireland office. Flexibility may be required in line with business needs. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.