Manager, Product Training – Oncology (HCC & DTC)
Eisai US
Summary
The Manager, Product Training – Oncology (HCC & DTC) plays a key role in preparing field-based teams to execute with confidence, consistency, and strong business alignment. This role designs, develops, and delivers product, disease state, competitive landscape, and selling skills training that supports new hire readiness, ongoing development, field pull-through, and successful execution of oncology brand priorities.
Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, coordinate, and deliver live and virtual new hire training, including home study, resource preparation, disease state education, product knowledge, and competitive landscape content.
- Support learners before, during, and after initial training to reinforce readiness, confidence, and application in the field.
- Facilitate advanced training programs at least four times per year, including scheduling, coordinating clinical touchpoints, leading workshops, providing feedback on case study presentations, and managing post-program follow-up with participants.
- Conduct supplemental training initiatives, including virtual web trainings, teleconferences, and national, regional, and district meeting sessions.
- Partner with brand, marketing, sales leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders to develop workshops, content, and key training deliverables for national meetings and other major training events.
- Ensure field pull-through is consistently aligned to brand strategy, training priorities, and regional business needs.
- Gather and share continuous feedback with the Commercial Training & Development team to inform future curriculum, content, and field support needs.
- Mentor early career team members by modeling strong training practices, providing practical guidance, and supporting their professional development.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a life science, adult learning, education, business, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Five or more years of training experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare industry.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver engaging, practical, and creative training content for field-based teams.
- Experience designing and delivering virtual training, distance learning, and learning management system-based programs.
- Strong proficiency with PowerPoint, PDF tools, editing software, and other platforms used to create and deliver training materials.
- Proven ability to collaborate across brand, marketing, sales leadership, compliance, review committee, and training teams.
- Strong performance history in a prior commercial, training, marketing, or related role.
- Ability to travel less than 10% for Train the Trainer sessions, National Sales Meeting activities, and other home office or field-based training events.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience in oncology, neurology, or another relevant therapeutic area.
- Experience with commercial review committee and compliance processes.
- Prior success in a sales, marketing, field training, or field leadership role.
- Experience mentoring or training early career team members.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a life science, adult learning, education, business, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Five or more years of training experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare industry.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver engaging, practical, and creative training content for field-based teams.
- Experience designing and delivering virtual training, distance learning, and learning management system-based programs.
- Strong proficiency with PowerPoint, PDF tools, editing software, and other platforms used to create and deliver training materials.
- Proven ability to collaborate across brand, marketing, sales leadership, compliance, review committee, and training teams.
- Strong performance history in a prior commercial, training, marketing, or related role.
- Ability to travel less than 10% for Train the Trainer sessions, National Sales Meeting activities, and other home office or field-based training events.
Benefits
- Annual Incentive Plan
- Company employee benefit programs
Company overview
Eisai US is the American pharmaceutical subsidiary of Tokyo-based Eisai Co., Ltd., a global pharmaceutical company founded in 1941. Headquartered in Nutley, New Jersey, Eisai US operates with a passionate commitment to patient care through its human health care (hhc) philosophy, which places patients and their families at the forefront of all business decisions. The company focuses on two primary therapeutic areas: oncology and neurology, with particular emphasis on dementia-related diseases and neurodegenerative disorders. Eisai US maintains a fully integrated pharmaceutical business model with end-to-end capabilities spanning discovery, development, and marketing. The organization operates commercial and clinical development organizations in New Jersey, discovery labs in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and global demand chain operations in Maryland and North Carolina. Notable products in its portfolio include Leqembi (lecanemab) for Alzheimer's disease, Lenvima (lenvatinib) for various cancers, and Aricept (donepezil) for Alzheimer's treatment. With approximately 1,001-5,000 employees in the United States, Eisai US represents a significant presence in the American pharmaceutical landscape, dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs through innovative therapies and comprehensive patient support programs.