Associate Director, Independent Medical Education

Role Summary

The Associate Director, Independent Medical Education (AD IME) resides in the Value & Implementation (V&I) organization and is primarily responsible for planning, coordinating and reviewing IME grant proposals. The role is responsible for IME strategy including grant-proposal assessment, educational-needs assessments to identify and address gaps in HCP education, cross-functional collaboration, budget management, and compliance oversight.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities

• Develops and executes IME strategy by identifying practice gaps and supporting high-impact education designed to improve clinical practice and patient care.
• Supports innovative, independently created medical education aligned with therapeutic area (TA) priorities to advance HCP knowledge, skills, competence, and performance.
• Conducts educational-needs assessments to identify educational gaps of HCP learners, working with regional company representatives to ensure global understanding of educational needs.
• Partners cross-functionally and within GMPEA to understand educational needs from stakeholders including GPSA and HQI CoE.
• Maintains knowledge of trends in IME and continuing professional development (CPD) along with emerging technological approaches using adult-learning principles.
• Establishes and facilitates Grant Review Committee (GRC) meetings to gain insights on medical and scientific alignment of IME grant proposals to areas of educational need (AEN) and TA priorities.
• Liaises with global and U.S. V&I stakeholders to compliantly share outcomes of completed IME initiatives and TA educational-impact summaries.
• Ensures compliance with internal and external guidelines pertaining to continuing medical education.
• Assesses, negotiates and monitors operating budget for approved IME programs throughout the lifecycle of a grant.
• Maintains appropriate processes and financial controls to ensure completion of programs within established budgets.
• Attends, monitors and assesses supported IME programs.

Required Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• BA/BS degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience across the pharmaceutical industry and professional medical organizations, with at least one year of pharmaceutical industry experience required.
• High level of business acumen and influence, as well as communication, planning, collaborative, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Experience applying adult-learning principles and assessing IME against the seven levels of Moore's Outcomes of Knowledge and Practice Gaps.

Preferred Qualifications

• MPH, PhD, or credentialed health-care professional degree (PharmD, NP, PA).
• Previous external-facing position.
• Experience in one or more TAs with company-supported IME.