Learning Manager

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

Primary responsibilities:

• To develop strategic learning plans for respective business units or brand field force.
• Deliver and/or support all training initiatives for commercial sales teams; to include disease state, clinical, competitor & product knowledge, product launches, selling skills, coaching & functional skills and capability building.
• Partner with stakeholders at all levels to ensure business priorities are achieved and align learning solutions where appropriate.
• Establish a robust model for how learning supports the functional skills and capability development for the field roles (including first line managers) across our commercialisation model (initial and advanced training curricula).
• Identify, recommend, and execute learning programs that leverage resources from the WW Commercialisation Learning Centre of Excellence (COE) to evolve training strategies to deliver integrated training curriculums with minimal adaptation.
• Share learnings with colleagues and with the COE to drive efficiencies and innovation.
• Act as a strategic business partner to advise and provide input on the strategic direction of the Commercial Training strategy to organise and deliver innovative and flexible training solutions (curriculum & pathways) that drive an evolving and agile business centric organisation.
• Develop & design innovative learning solutions, to include disease state, clinical, product knowledge, selling skills & capability upskilling, that demonstrate value and leverage technology, platforms and processes to meet the needs of the business and the learner.
• Develop, update and execute the learning strategy for First- and Second-Line Sales leaders for the region.
• Assess and analyse the effectiveness training programs and initiatives utilizing Kirkpatrick Model 
• Continuously seek to identify and leverage state-of-the-art adult learning methodologies that can accelerate skill and knowledge development of field teams.
• Project manage key WW Commercialisation Learning initiatives at the brand or market level and collaborate with Learning Managers across brands.

(Disclaimer: The responsibilities listed above are only a summary and other responsibilities will be requirements as assigned)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required; Advanced degree preferred: MBA, PharmD, or other graduate experience; Proficient English skills in both speaking and writing

• 3+ years healthcare industry experience, including professional work experience in commercial learning development and execution.
• Must have experience in developing and executing learning strategies, sales/marketing experience in Hematology is an advantage.
• Intermediate knowledge of adult learning principles, good at learning design and familiar with widely adopted methodology and framework in training sales, marketing, management, coaching and leadership
• Strong analytical skills and experience using and presenting data to make decisions; including learning evaluations and people analytics
• Effective facilitation and presentation skills, excellent MS office skills including ppt, excel,etc
• Strong communication, organisational and interpersonal skills, and proven project management experience

• Influential individual contributor with credibility and track record of establishing strong collaboration across matrix organisations, including senior leadership, to prioritize business objectives and drive actions to meet business requirements.

• Ability to prioritize, manage and execute on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Diligent attention to detail, accuracy, timeliness, and follow-up
• Curiosity & innovative thinking to generate new ideas and approaches to respond to the evolving environment.

• Experience in partnering and collaborating with external vendors/agencies. 
• Ability to travel less than 20% of time.
• This position will be based in Shanghai

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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