Plainsboro Program Development & Training Director NJ

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Program Development & Training Director Facility: Medical Affairs Location: Plainsboro, NJ, US #job-location About the Department The Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) department at Novo Nordisk is one of the most diverse and collaborative groups within the organization. From healthcare provider interactions and developing and implementing regulatory strategies with the FDA to providing medical education and collecting data to support efficacy and new product development, CMR is involved. The one thing that keeps us all marching to the same beat is our patient centered focus. At Novo Nordisk, you will help patients around the world. As their needs evolve, so does our challenge to find better and more innovative ways to improve their quality of life. We’re changing lives for a living. Are you ready to make a difference? The Position Responsible for development and execution of the content and training plan ensuring Medical affairs has scientific resources and knowledge needed to help facilitate customer engagement. This includes developing and ensuring execution of the scientific resources and utilization strategies for the medical affairs (MA) team in close collaboration with the MA management team and other internal stakeholders such as Clinical, Medical Information, Marketing, Market Shaping, Sales Operations and CMR Training to assist in the implementation of scientific initiatives focused on both internal and external customers (HS, MM, endocrinology, obesity, primary care providers, etc.). This role has a critical impact on the FMA organization as it greatly affects the scientific acumen and knowledge of the Medical Liaison Team. To ensure accurate, timely and current medical updates to scientific communications materials and resources in use by FMA Team related to current and future treatment modalities and guidelines within therapeutic areas of responsibility. Create, review, update and archive FMA slide libraries, new hire material, therapeutic/product-specific key studies and other appropriate scientific/clinical material for use by FMA. Serve as a scientific resource to the overall FMA team in product and disease state areas as directed by FMA Leadership. Relationships Position reports to the Director, Strategic Excellence, Program Development & Training, Medical Affairs. This position will align with their respective Therapeutic Area and sit as a part of that leadership team. May mentor Medical Affairs Fellows, interns, students, or other Field Medical personnel. Additional key internal relationships include MA leadership, Medical Directors, Scientific Communications, Medical Modernization and Strategic Partnership Engagement, CMR Training, Clinical Trial Management, Clinical Development, Marketing, Sales Training, as well as Global Medical Affairs (GMA). Essential Functions Act as a liaison among FMA team, respective TA and Medical Information Departments Act as point person to represent the FMA team to liaise with key internal stakeholders’ cross-functionally on appropriate scientific and skills-based training projects Develop and implement FMA assessment strategies and tools to evaluate FMA scientific competencies and knowledge level Develop the overall strategies and plans for scientific resources, communications and training initiatives for the FMA team Ensure appropriate preparation of scientific material and clinical updates for FMA Team in advance of new product launches, speaker training programs and other venues where FMA Team’s scientific support is requested Ensure coordination of all FMA activities related to scientific conventions, work with FMA Team to identify and cover relevant scientific sessions, work with other departments to secure FMA personnel support at Novo Nordisk Medical Booths and for overall coordination Ensure coordination with Product Safety to provide regular updates for FMA Ensure FMA Team members have the most current medical and scientific information and “best in class” clinical support Ensure standardized process for internal medical/legal review of medical slides for use by professionals in the FMA Team and CMR department is followed Ensures assigned project assignments are completed on time, with appropriate medical and legal review, with available resources and within budget Identify and pursue new ideas, solutions, methods or opportunities; foster innovation through appropriate risk-taking and experimentation Lead implementation of a program for standardization, archiving and management of all FMA Team training and scientific material including approved medical slides, product-specific key publications, clinical overview slide kits, product-specific key slides and other relevant material Lead the coordination with Medical Directors and other individuals from Medical to provide disease-state and product-specific technical and clinical support to sales education efforts and secure additional FMA resources as needed Lead the team in developing and implementing new hire scientific training as well as ongoing scientific training and updates for the FMA Team Coordinate with Medical Strategy Director, Medical Directors and with Competitive Intelligence teams for regular MA updates on ongoing and anticipated clinical trials in support of Novo Nordisk brands and those related to competitive products Develop and drive execution of MA New Hire training in collaboration with CMR Training Ensure deep understanding of the external customers needs by partnering with internal cross-functional groups (Medical Strategy, FMA, GMA, working groups and SAC) and external customer feedback (ad boards) Ensure projects are completed on time and within budget Lead development of resources that help the team engage with external customers: National tools for all field teams to utilize; Customer specific tools for various stakeholders, including specialists primary care providers, health systems, allied health professionals and Managed Care customers; Custom tools and resources to support unanticipated business critical needs Lead development of scientific resources plan in collaboration with internal stakeholders to support key business areas of Obesity, Diabetes and New Stakeholders based on understanding of customer needs and Medical Product plan deliverables Manage relationships, contracts and projects with vendors Partner with global MA and NNI cross-functional groups to maintain and update the Medical Slide Library for use by MA team Plan and lead implementation of live meetings, including Medical Affairs National Meetings and National WebEx Prepare and communicate scientific material and clinical updates to the MA team on an ongoing basis and in advance of new data roll-out, new product launches, speaker training programs and other venues as directed by MA management Prepare and implement MA scientific training initiatives in collaboration with CMR Training - including new hire scientific training, ongoing scientific training and other initiatives to ensure MA Team members have the most current medical and scientific information and clinical support. Prepare and present content for medical advisory boards as needed Projects will be allocated across team members to optimize work flow and according to business needs and business critical priorities Physical Requirements 20-30% overnight travel required. The incumbent can work remotely anywhere in the United States with reasonable access to an airport. Qualifications A Doctoral degree (PharmD, PhD or MD/DO) required A minimum of 3 years of Field medical experience or prior work experience in role similar to this position required A minimum of 5 years of industry experience required Ability to manage multiple projects and engage stakeholders in a dynamic environment with tight timelines Demonstrated understanding of legal and regulatory environment of pharmaceutical industry Possess strategic thinking and problem-solving skills Possess superior communication skills, b