Novartis Hiring for Radioligand Training Manager (RLT)- Remote job in East Hanover Full Time

Job Description
Thousands of people die of cancer around the world every day. At Novartis, we are reimagining cancer care with radioligand therapy. By harnessing the power of radioactive atoms and applying it to advanced cancers, radioligand therapy is theoretically able to deliver radiation to target cells anywhere in the body. As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs & an in-house marketplace for rotations & project work. We are passionate about improving patient health by leading innovation in nuclear medicine and our ambition is to touch 1 million patients’ lives with radioligand therapy by 2030. We are looking for people who share our commitment to help us achieve this goal.

The Radioligand Training Manager (RLT), Product & Disease Training is responsible for the development, delivery and execution of Product and Disease State curriculum for the Radio Ligand Therapy (RLT) products in the US Innovation Medicines Customer Engagement organization. This individual ensures cross-functional input is integrated by collaborating with key stakeholders (Sales, Marketing, Operations, Patient services, etc.) to ensure there is alignment in the delivery of training curriculum. Collaborates with other training functions (i.e., Customer Engagement Skills, Leadership Excellence, PSS/Managed Markets and Technology & Operations) to ensure all RLT customer facing associates are trained compliantly and effectively.

This is a remote opportunity. This position will require approximately 20% travel for Training, meetings and other related events.

Your Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible for full alignment with RLT marketing positioning, strategic imperatives and brand plans
• Ensure insights are captured from all Customer facing teams and infused into training curriculum
• Lead Development of RLT Product Training curriculum
• Collaborate with training functions (Customer Engagement Skills, Leadership Excellence, PSS/Managed Markets and Technology & Operations) and key stakeholders including external vendors, and BU functions (e.g., PSS, Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Operations, Medical and P&O) in the development of training materials that reflect the needs of the RLT product, evolving market landscape and legal/regulatory requirements.
• Conduct on-going needs analysis (customer feedback, field interactions, SMEs, etc.) and leverage results to inform/adjust training strategy and curriculum as needed
• Ensure all materials are approved and compliant consistent with Novartis policies
• Identify and execute pull through opportunities for each learning program and leverage the pre and post training metrics to measure impact on business outcomes
• Lead development of RLT national and district meetings in conjunction with brand teams. Ensure materials are MAP approved per Novartis policy.
• Design / Refresh new hire training curriculum, including the design, production, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of all product training activities
• Develop on-going training; constantly stays attuned with field training needs; development and implementation of training activities, and completion of on-going assessment
• Develop and maintains ownership of KPI tracking/reporting progress on the Product curriculum in collaboration with Technology & Operations team
• Ensure customer facing associates maintain annual product certification of RLT products in collaboration with CE operations

COVID-19 Vaccine Policy (customer-facing roles only): While Novartis does not require vaccination for COVID-19 or proof of a recent negative test result for COVID-19 at this time, employees working in customer-facing roles must adhere to and comply with customers’ (such as hospitals, physician offices, etc.) credentialing guidelines, which may require vaccination. As required by applicable law, Novartis will consider requests for reasonable accommodation for those unable to be vaccinated. This requirement is subject to applicable state and local laws and may not be applicable to employees working in certain jurisdictions. Please send accommodation requests to [email protected].

Minimum requirements
Essential Requirements:

Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree is required, Advanced degree preferred
• A minimum of 3 years of Prostate/ RLT experience or related Oncology/Diagnostic experience is required.
• 2 years of industry sales training experience is required
• 3-years of pharma sales experience is required, 5 years is preferred
• Brand strategy, tactics understanding combined with strong clinical & therapeutic knowledge
• Strong overall sales acumen and business experience
• Excellent problem solving, communication, listening, and facilitation, planning, team building and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize information to develop recommendations, and ability to persuade / influence organization pursuit of recommended path
• Team player capable of working in large cross functional teams (such as build relationships with sales and marketing organization at all levels)

Why Consider Novartis?
766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives. We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working. We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity, and flexibility. And we can reinvent what’s possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying! Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodations: The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] call +1(877)395-2339 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

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For Field Roles with a Dedicated Training Period: The individual hired for this role will be required to successfully complete certain initial training, including home study, in eight (8) or fewer hours per day and forty (40) or fewer hours per week.

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