Associate Director, Enterprise Capabilities

At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life-changing medicines. Working here involves focusing on achieving goals, thinking creatively, and collaborating to turn ambitious ideas into tangible outcomes. We're passionate about the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world!  

US BBU Commercial Learning, a function of the Innovation and Business Excellence (IBEX) team, is dedicated to developing and delivering innovative, accessible and tailored learning solutions to empower individuals and teams to drive growth and elevate capability as the US BBU leads the way in advancing healthcare solutions for patients.   Our enterprise learning team owns the lifecycle of training for our US BBU commercial field roles from onboarding to ongoing capability development, from bespoke team interventions to enterprise academies. 

The Associate Director, Enterprise Capabilities will support the development and execution of innovative learning strategies to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of our teams. This role involves encouraging cross-functional collaboration, demonstrating analytics, and optimizing strategies to ensure that organizational goals align with market demands and customer expectations. 

The Associate Director, Enterprise Capabilities will: 

• Balance immediate demand with future-facing activity that ensures the US business has the right capabilities to meet the changing demands of the AZ strategy 

• Lead the Commercial learning field faculty programs for RFBTs, DSM Faculty and Stat champions 

• Lead the workstream responsible for enhancing business insight across field-facing teams, including the strategic use of all business tools and data for business planning. 

• Coordinate with team members to develop and conduct hands-on training sessions for various roles. 

• Continuously identify areas of opportunity to evaluate, innovate, and improve learning for maximum commercial business impact that positively impacts the patients we serve 

Essential for the role: 

• Bachelor’s degree in science, learning, business, communications or related field 

• Minimum 5 years in pharmaceutical sales or healthcare 

• Growth mindset, agility in a changing environment, and passion for lifelong learning Solution-focused management of diverse responsibilities in a fast-paced environment 

• Steadfast prioritization and proactive drive 

• Influence and Communication 

• Lead teams through change and adoption of new ideas 

• Initiate and drive change 

• Engaging presentation skills to communicate ideas in large, diverse groups as well as one-on-one, both in live and virtual environments 

• Influence and lead without authority 

• Cross-functional collaboration in strategic partnerships 

• Navigating organizations and collaborating with others 

• ​Patient-centric mindset and dedication to keeping the patient at the center of all you doTeam spirit, contributing to a culture of positivity, peer recognition, and excellence 

• ​Foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, actively investing in building a Great Place to Work, consistent with our AstraZeneca Inclusion & Diversity ambition 

• Innovative, growth mindset and sense of personal accountability 

• Technical / Business Insight 

• Proficiency and demonstrated application of key AZ business tools - Veeva, Matrix, Insights, Coach App, Javelin, etc. 

• Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and social applications like Workplace 

• Comfortable using and learning digital platforms and innovative technology 

• Ability to simplify and translate complex ideas and concepts for audiences of all levels 

Preferred Background: 

• Strong Learning & Development background 

• HQ project experience or rotation 

• Experience leading and developing others 

• Project management expertise