Assoc. Director, Medical Affairs Training

COMPANY:

At BioCryst, we share a deep commitment to improving the lives of people living with hereditary angioedema (HAE) and other rare diseases. We leverage our expertise in structure-guided drug design to develop first-in-class or best-in-class oral small-molecule and injectable protein therapeutics, led by the efforts of our team of expert scientists in our Discovery Center of Excellence in Birmingham, Alabama. Our global headquarters is in Durham, North Carolina, we have a regional office in Boston, Massachusetts, and our employees span the globe across sites in multiple countries. We are proud of our culture of engagement and accountability that rewards people for innovative thinking and achievement of key objectives. For more information, please visit our website at www.biocryst.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Assoc. Director, Medical Affairs Training is responsible for the implementation and execution of the training programs for Medical Affairs. In addition, the Associate Director, Medical Affairs Training will support training requests from cross-functional collaborators. The Associate Director, Medical Affairs Training will be responsible for enhancing the skills of the Medical Affairs colleagues, training creation, and training delivery through collaboration with Medical Affairs Leadership and cross-functional collaborators. Training will include onboarding, product training, skills development, virtual training and advanced training reflecting the needs of the organization.   Effective execution of these responsibilities will help develop a medical affairs team and partners that will significantly contribute to BioCryst’s corporate goals.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Effectively deliver training programs (either at home office or remotely) for assigned therapeutic areas to ensure and enhance medical affairs capabilities.
• Collaborate with Medical Directors to conduct needs analysis to ensure training alignment with global and regional medical strategies and legal/compliance/regulatory requirements, and lead all medical training, including new hire training, virtual training, product and disease training, other skills training, and advanced training, training on new and existing initiatives and field materials, including internal journal clubs etc. and support any other business-need training.
• Collaborate with cross functional and medical leadership to provide feedback and input on ways to improve training programs, structure, and resources and to proactively analyze, assess and report the impact of training programs, including measurements of effectiveness post-training.
• Collaborate with medical teams in the development of external communication materials for field teams and lead training thereof, including e.g. new publications, congress materials, medical website content.
• Other duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced degree required (PharmD, PhD, MD), preferably in the life sciences field.
• 5+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience with a proven track record of successful performance in medical affairs; management experience preferred.
• 2+ years of training or teaching-related experience, including knowledge of adult learning principles and distance learning preferred.
• Demonstrated high level of accountability and maturity.
• Ability to model and support company values.
• Sound understanding of rare/orphan disease market.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate the clinical benefits of products, including effective utilization of clinical data in external presentations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to work with cross-functional and medical leadership
• Effective facilitation skills, including the ability to make large group presentations at regional and national meetings.
• Strong project management skills such as scheduling, planning, and prioritizing several diverse activities, initiatives, and projects.
• Strong coaching skills, including the ability to give constructive and timely feedback.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and ability to travel as needed.

The statements in this position description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The manager may assign additional responsibilities and assignments from time to time.

BioCryst is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to age, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, Veterans status, disability and/or other protected class characteristics. Additionally, BioCryst is committed to achieving its business objectives in compliance with all federal, state and local law.

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