Are you a passionate, dedicated and motivated individual looking for a new challenge? The goal of the Senior Manager, Global Sales Training - Surgical Innovations is to drive innovation by getting our therapies to markets around the world. We do this through advancing global clinical and sales training by creating standardized global training curricula, deploying this content to regional training and marketing teams, and assisting these regional teams in ex ecuting world-class training programs, inclusive of Product Launch Excellence.
The incumbent is expected to work across the matrix with commercial functions including, but not limited to, Global and Regional Commercial Capabilities, Sales Leadership, Global and Regional Marketing, Medical Affairs, Commercial Operations, Marketing Communications, and HR. Working with these key stakeholders, this individual will design and deploy curricula to effectively execute on SI business initiatives, as well as engage in a continuous feedback loop with regional partners.
The Medical Surgical portfolio strives to enable earlier diagnosis, better treatment, faster complication-free recovery, and enhanced patient outcomes through less invasive surgical solutions across the care continuum. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.
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Summary of Position
Drive Global Training Standardization across Surgical Innovations by collaborating with regional training and marketing to create consistent commercial training, focused on ~80% global standardization, ~20% localized customization at the point of delivery
Align curricula creation and implementation to the following organizational groups : New Hires, Current Sellers, Sales Leadership, and Distributors
Use gap analysis discussions with Marketing and Sales to develop programs that build new capabilities to address identified gaps
Lead your respective Community of Practice (COP) across the globe, aligning efforts to the needs/gaps determined by this group, helping to standardize best practices, curriculums and metrics to infuse regional growth
Execute on New Product Launch Excellence , driving alignment between global/regional stakeholders (Sales Training/Marketing/Sales/Medical Affairs)
Lead global Train-the-Trainer (TTT) initiatives to deploy curricula to regional training and marketing, supporting in-country sales training teams to build robust commercial solutions
Partner closely with regional Commercial Excellence teams to support initiatives in non-clinical commercial skills as needed
Essential Functions
Execute on the creation and deployment of initiatives to advance commercial capabilities of sales representatives, managers and senior sales leadership, as well as distributor partners
Partner with Learning Design team to create and develop global curriculum, and work with Regional Sales Training/Marketing to deliver to regional customers
Continually lead the sharing of content and knowledge between the OUs and regions to create a globally common and consistent commercial training pathway
Collaborate across the Matrix with Medical Affairs and Commercial Operations to determine synergies with other training platforms, finding efficiencies
Align to corporate processes, including Veeva approval procedures
Effectively model facilitation and training excellence (TTT) for regional training managers
Partner with Regional Sales Training teams in a creative, dependable, and flexible manner to improve existing training programs, meeting needs of local markets within region
Ensure all training content is up-to-date and properly reflects selling philosophy and models
Routinely partner with teams (Learning Design and Tech & Systems) to ensure ongoing value of clinical curriculum, and be actively involved in the continuous improvement of training programs
Align with Marketing on materials and programs for the existing portfolio and new product launches, including collaborating on regional training needs
Support development of talent and find resource efficiencies by utilizing field seller/regional training Subject Matter Experts on curricula development and deployment where applicable
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
Education:
Bachelor's Degree required; advanced degree preferred (MBA, MA Ed, MA, or PhD)
Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
Preferred Experience:
Experience in a medical sales organization that includes
5+ years in one or more of the following functions: Sales, Clinical Training, Sales Training, Medical Education, Marketing, or other relevant areas
Interactions with training instructional design and use of adult learning principles for training curricula development
Depth of commercial experience, Cross-BU preferred
Regional experience demonstrating global Acumen and strong cross-cultural agility
Proven track record of ability to navigate and collaborate across the global MDT Matrix
In-depth knowledge of the field sales organization, structure, processes and culture
Strategy development or support (i.e. Marketing/Medical Affairs) preferred
Proven experience in multicultural dimensions, particularly different learning and thinking styles
Experience with project management/project leadership, excellent planning and organizational skills
Preferred Skills :
Ability to build cross-functional engagement
High capacity to learn in a fast-paced environment
Strong track record and demonstration of results
Proven ability to manage multiple, complex projects concurrently
Solid organizational skills and ability to operate independently
Self-motivator who can apply innovative thinking to define solutions to business problems; solution oriented
Excellent influencing, interpersonal, communication, presentation and facilitation skills
Mastery level knowledge of clinical and selling skills, knowledge of adult learning principles
Management experience preferred
Demonstrated leadership/coaching skills
Ability to maintain an ethical mindset and conduct business with integrity
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Proficient in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Competencies:
Drive for Results, Dealing with Ambiguity, Champions Integrity and Trust, Managerial Courage, Customer Focus, Learning/Change Agility, Building Effective Teams, Business Acumen, Organizational Agility, Collaboration and Influencing, Executive Presence, Cross-Cultural Agility
WORKING LOCATION/CONDITIONS:
Work location flexible
Ability to be flexible with hours of operation
Frequent travel to OU and Regional headquarters
Travel required: Up to 50%, domestic and international
Fluent in English; multiple languages preferred
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.
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