Vera Therapeutics, Inc.

Associate Director of Sales Training

Vera Therapeutics, Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $146,000 - $202,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Personally develop and deliver training assets, including slide decks, facilitator guides, learning activities, job aids, and reinforcement tools as needed
  • Serve as a subject matter leader in field capability development, strengthening clinical acumen, business understanding, and customer-centric selling skills
  • Ensure training consistently reflects empathy as our foundation, keeping patient impact and unmet need central to all learning
  • Advance consultative, account-based, and value-driven selling behaviors appropriate for a rare disease environment
  • Design scalable, repeatable learning approaches that can be sustained and adapted as the organization grows
  • Use performance data, field insights, and customer feedback to diagnose capability gaps, prioritize learning needs, and refine training solutions
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration with Marketing, Medical, Market Access, Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance partners to enable aligned, compliant, and timely training execution
  • Act as a primary point of integration between Sales Training and key stakeholders for assigned initiatives
  • Represent Sales Training perspectives in cross-functional forums, bringing clear recommendations, risk assessments, and tradeoff considerations to support aligned decision-making
  • Influence without authority, demonstrating strong judgment, credibility, and relationship leadership in a highly matrixed organization
  • Proactively identify and resolve alignment issues that could impact field readiness or execution
  • Own execution plans, timelines, and operational readiness for assigned training initiatives
  • Establish clear success metrics and evaluation approaches to assess training effectiveness and field impact
  • Leverage LMS platforms and learning technologies to monitor completion, measure outcomes, and inform continuous improvement
  • Synthesize insights across training metrics, field performance data, and stakeholder feedback to inform leadership discussions and strategic adjustments
  • Demonstrate sound judgment in balancing urgency, quality, and compliance, making informed tradeoffs in a fast-moving biotech environment
  • Oversee training logistics, communications, and vendor partnerships as needed
  • When required, lead vendor selection, onboarding, and ongoing management for training partners (eLearning, content development, facilitation, technology), ensuring quality, timelines, budget adherence, and alignment with Vera’s standards and values
  • Serve as a trusted thought partner to the Senior Director of Sales Training, providing insights, recommendations, and executional leadership
  • Model Vera leadership behaviors through empathy, accountability, clarity, and urgency
  • Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, inclusion, and high performance across the Commercial organization
  • Informally coach and elevate peers and cross-functional partners through expertise, influence, and modeling of Vera leadership behaviors

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, or a related field (advanced degree preferred)
  • 8+ years of pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience
  • 5+ years of successful customer-facing sales experience
  • 3–5+ years in sales training, learning & development, or home-office commercial roles
  • Strong clinical acumen with the ability to simplify complex scientific information
  • Proven ability to translate strategy into practical, field-ready execution
  • Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder influence skills
  • Strong project management skills and comfort operating with urgency and ambiguity
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, and drive projects forward with minimal oversight
  • Comfort operating in a build environment where priorities evolve and structure is created, not inherited.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
sales traininglearning & developmentproject managementclinical acumencustomer-centric sellingconsultative sellingvalue-driven sellingperformance data analysistraining effectiveness assessmentvendor management
Soft Skills
influence without authoritystrong judgmentrelationship leadershipcross-functional collaborationcommunication skillsinitiativeadaptabilitycoachingempathyaccountability