Senior Manager, Training & Development, Obesity & Related Conditions - U.S. Remote
Amgen
Summary
The Senior Manager, Training & Development, Obesity & Related Conditions will lead the design, development, and delivery of high-impact learning solutions for the Obesity & Related Conditions commercial organization. This role will design new-hire onboarding content, launch curriculum, field learning, national and regional sales meeting workshops, and ongoing capability development to strengthen field readiness and commercial execution.
Job description
As a partner to Brand, Marketing, Medical, Patient Access, Sales Leadership, and other Commercial stakeholders, the Senior Training Manager will translate complex business, disease-state, and product priorities into engaging, role-relevant learning experiences. The role also leads cross-functional projects, external vendor relationships, and learning measurement efforts that support launch readiness, continuous improvement, and sustained performance.
Scope & Key Accountabilities
- Lead the learning content roadmap for onboarding, launch readiness, field learning, meeting workshops, and ongoing sales capability development.
- Design and maintain scalable, role-based curricula across disease-state, product, instructor-led, virtual, e-learning, reinforcement, and coaching solutions.
- Apply adult-learning principles, instructional design standards, and learner-centered approaches to create clear, engaging, and practical learning experiences for diverse commercial audiences.
- Build and maintain integrated launch learning plans, curriculum pathways, assessments, certification requirements, and key training milestones aligned with brand strategy, commercialization timelines, and field-readiness expectations.
- Manage cross-functional learning projects & own external vendor/agency relationships from design through implementation, establishing scope, deliverables, governance, timelines, dependencies, decision points, risks, and stakeholder communications in alignment with the strategic training plan.
- Define, track, and report on learning KPIs, using data and feedback to assess engagement, knowledge, certification, proficiency, application, and business impact.
- Partner with Sales Leadership, Training, Operations, Compliance, Brand, Medical, Marketing, Patient Access, Commercial, Global learning, and SMEs to strengthen coaching, reinforcement, content accuracy, and readiness.
- Facilitate and scale high-impact live, virtual, digital, and AI-enabled learning solutions that meet legal, regulatory, compliance, and company requirements.
- Travel: 20%
Requirements
- Doctorate degree and 2 years of learning strategy, instructional design, curriculum development, or related experience in a large-scale organization
- Master's degree and 4 years of learning strategy, instructional design, curriculum development, or related experience in a large-scale organization
- Bachelor's degree and 6 years of learning strategy, instructional design, curriculum development, or related experience in a large-scale organization
- Associate's degree and 10 years of learning strategy, instructional design, curriculum development, or related experience in a large-scale organization
- Experience supporting commercial learning in pharma, healthcare, or regulated industries, including product launches, launch readiness, lifecycle initiatives, and field capability development
- Experience developing large-scale learning solutions, onboarding curricula, e-learning, role-based pathways, certifications, and reinforcement experiences
- Strong expertise in instructional design, adult learning, performance consulting, facilitation, and blended learning
- Experience defining learning KPIs, analyzing data, and leveraging learning management systems, digital platforms, emerging technologies, and AI-enabled solutions to drive decisions and continuous improvement
- Ability to translate complex scientific, clinical, access, and commercial concepts into accurate, engaging learning, with strong writing, presentation, facilitation, stakeholder-management, agility, organization, accountability, and cross-functional partnership skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deliverables within tight timelines, often in ambiguous and evolving environments
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Retirement and Savings Plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Discretionary Annual Bonus
- Sales-based Incentive Plan
- Stock-based Long-term Incentives
- Paid Time Off
- Flexible Work Models
Company overview
Amgen Inc. is a leading American multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California, founded in 1980. As one of the world's largest independent biotechnology companies, Amgen specializes in discovering, developing, manufacturing, and delivering innovative human therapeutics. The company focuses on six key therapeutic areas: inflammation, oncology/hematology, bone health, cardiovascular disease, nephrology, and neuroscience. Amgen's portfolio includes blockbuster drugs such as Enbrel for autoimmune diseases, Prolia and XGEVA for osteoporosis, Repatha for cholesterol management, Otezla for psoriasis, and Neulasta for chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. With approximately 28,000 employees worldwide, Amgen operates as a component of both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq-100 indices. The company maintains a robust research and development pipeline with numerous clinical programs across various stages, leveraging cutting-edge biotechnology and human genetic data to address some of the world's most challenging diseases. Amgen's manufacturing capabilities span multiple global locations, and it distributes products through pharmaceutical wholesale distributors and direct-to-consumer channels.