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Director, Medical Training

AstraZeneca


Job Location:

Wilmington, DE - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 29 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Director Medical Training is a highly visible enterprise leader who will shapehowMedicalteams across the full US BBBU portfolio build and apply the scientific and clinical capabilities needed to deliver meaningful impact for patients and healthcare systems. This role owns the end-to-end clinical learning strategy and execution for Medical HQ and field teams creating an integrated learning ecosystem that accelerates launch and lifecycle readiness strengthens scientificexpertiseandMedicalcapabilities and elevates the quality of external scientific engagement across therapy areas. Working with Medical leaders and cross-functional stakeholders the Director will translate US Medical strategy portfolio priorities global standards and regulatory requirements into scalable learning experiences that enable teams to turn science evidence and insights into action. Reporting to the Head of Medical Excellence this individual will have a pivotal opportunity to define the future of clinical learning across BBU Medical and strengthen the readiness and effectiveness of teams across the portfolio.

Accountabilities

  • Define and own the multi-year clinical learning strategy for Medical across the full BBU portfolio covering onboarding role-based capability development launch and lifecycle readinessteam learning and effectiveness compliance certification fieldcoachingand continuous learning.

  • Own the development implementation and ongoing assessment of a consistent field coaching approach equippingMedicalleaders and people managers with the tools standards and insights needed to strengthen capability reinforce learning and improve field performance.

  • Build an integrated portfolio learning roadmap that balances enterprise-wide standards with therapy-area asset and role-specific needs across HQ and fieldMedicalteams.

  • Lead learning-needs assessments and capability-gap analyses usingMedicalstrategy portfolio milestones learner feedback performance data and evolving scientific and healthcare-system needs.

  • Design and oversee competency-based curricula that integrate disease-state knowledge product and pipeline science clinical evidence treatment guidelines evidence literacy scientific narratives insight generation digital engagement andMedicalways of working.

  • Own clinical learning readiness for launches and major lifecycle milestones fromrequirementsdefinition and content development through assessments certification reinforcement and measurement.

  • Establish consistent onboarding and first-90-day learning experiences forMedicalroles with clearproficiencyexpectations and pathways for ongoing role-specific development.

  • Set learning standards for high-quality compliant scientific exchange and external engagement includingappropriate preparationfor field and HQ Medical interactions.

  • Determineand manage theoptimalmix of instructor-led virtual digital simulation-based social and microlearning approaches to improveproficiency retention and application.

  • Ensure all learning content is scientificallyaccurate balanced current and compliant with applicable medical legal regulatory and internal standards;maintainaudit-ready governance and documentation.

  • Partner with Medicalleadership therapy-area teams Field Medical Medical Excellence Scientific Communications Evidence Digital Compliance Regulatory Global Medical and other relevant functions to align priorities and coordinate delivery.

  • Lead the governance prioritization and demand-planning process forMedicallearning across the portfolio clarifying decision rights timelines resource needs and dependencies.

  • Define success measures and dashboards includingproficiency completion and certification time-to-readiness learner confidence application and Medical-impact indicators; use insights to continuously improve solutions.

  • Drive adoption of learning platforms content-management systemsMedicaltechnologies and analytics tools that improve access scalability personalization and measurement.

  • Lead change management and communications for major learning initiatives equippingMedicalleaders and people managers to reinforce learning and coach for sustained application.

  • Manage budgets vendors agencies and technology partners to deliver high-quality learning solutions on time and within agreed resources.

  • Build reusable standards playbooks and communities of practice that enable sharing across therapy areas reduce duplication and scale effective approaches across BBU Medical.

Essential Skills/Experience

  • Bachelors degree in life sciences healthcare education organizational development ora relatedfield.

  • 7 years of relevant experience in Medical Affairs field medical medical education clinical learning scientific training or learning and development within the pharmaceutical biotechnology or healthcare sector.

  • Demonstrated success developing and deploying competency-based clinical or scientific learning programs at scale across multiple brands assets therapy areas orMedicalroles.

  • Experience leading learning strategy and readiness for product launchesindicationexpansions and lifecycle milestones in a regulated environment.

  • Strong scientific and clinical acumen with the ability to translate complex evidence data and medical strategy into clear practical and engaging learning experiences.

  • Knowledge of Medical Affairs operating models field and HQ Medical roles scientific exchange insight generation evidence dissemination and applicable compliance requirements.

  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders within a complex matrixed organization.

  • Experienceestablishinglearning governance assessments certification orproficiencyframeworks and meaningful measures of learner readiness and impact.

  • Strong program and portfolio management skills including prioritization budget stewardship vendor oversight risk management and delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives.

  • Excellent communication facilitation consulting andchange-leadershipskills.

Desirable Skills/Experience

  • Advanced scientific clinical education or business degree preferred (e.g. PharmD PhD MD EdD MS MBA).

  • Experience across more than one therapeutic area and familiarity with a broad biopharmaceutical portfolio.

  • Prior experience supporting both field and HQ Medical populations including MSL or other scientific-engagement roles.

  • Experience withadult-learningprinciples instructional design simulation coaching and modern assessment practices.

  • Familiarity with LMS/LXP platforms content-authoring tools virtual learning technologiesMedicalsystems and analytics dashboards.

  • Track recordof leading enterprise capability transformationestablishingcommon learning standards or building aMedicallearning operating model.

  • Peopleleadership or significant matrix-team leadership experience.

Date Posted

03-Sept-2026

Closing Date

14-Sept-2026

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