Associate Director, National Oncology Trainer

MSD

. Maintain strong therapeutic area, product, and competitive knowledge to provide informed insights and training expertise to field-based personnel.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $142,400 - $224,100 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Maintain strong therapeutic area, product, and competitive knowledge to provide informed insights and training expertise to field-based personnel.
Establish strong connections with Oncology Sales management and key Oncology Headquarter stakeholders to identify training needs and prioritize training efforts.
Lead the onboarding process for new oncology customer facing roles focusing on scientific knowledge and sales effectiveness.
Deliver clinical training focused on "Keys to Good Selling Principles" that enhances field-based personnel competencies while addressing performance gaps.
Provide timely feedback on the effectiveness of training and suggest improvements to field-based leadership and/or brand marketing and learning and development.
Evaluate and recommend new learning resources based on ad-hoc requests and support their development.
Assist brand marketing and learning and development in conducting training during sales meetings.
Execute the new hire learning plan and create a seamless experience for the learner through all aspects of training ensuring their successful certification.
Continuously focuses training initiatives aligned to US Oncology brand priorities and can conduct activities to have a positive impact on national, regional, district, or territory performance.
Continuously learns how to organize and effectively deliver training in both face-to-face and virtual settings.
Able to clearly articulate learning goals for each activity and then positively impacting individual learning styles to maximize effectiveness of training.
Able to prioritize needs of field-based customers over other activities while maintaining energy and completing routine work assignments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 3 years of Oncology market experience.
Thorough understanding of the Oncology therapeutic area and current market trends.
Excellent interpersonal skills, including abilities to interact with diverse individuals to influence without authority and persuade.
Excellent presentation and training abilities, capable of effectively conveying complex scientific and public health concepts to diverse audiences.
Strong leadership and collaboration skills to work with individuals in different reporting structures across a matrix organization.
Proficient in prioritization and understanding the alignment of decisions with corporate strategies.
Technologically proficient (e.g., MS Office Suite, iPad, Veeva)
Display strong planning and organization skills, including the ability to travel the amount of time the role requires (at least 50%).

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
retirement benefits, including 401(k)
paid holidays
vacation
compassionate and sick days

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Hard Skills & Tools

Oncology market experiencescientific knowledgesales effectivenesstraining developmentlearning resource evaluationcertification processestraining needs assessmentperformance gap analysistraining deliverylearning goal articulation

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillsinfluence without authoritypersuasionpresentation skillstraining abilitiesleadershipcollaborationprioritizationplanningorganization