Global Knowledge Transfer Associate Director

Overview

In this role you will lead global scientific trainings and initiatives to elevate the medical community’s capabilities and impact. You’ll shape the Global Medical Asset strategy and partner with regional medical leaders to align training with local priorities. You’ll drive evidence generation planning, apply adult-learning principles, and foster a culture of lifelong learning across the global medical team. This position offers the chance to influence training strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and therapeutic-area excellence.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver therapeutic-area scientific trainings for all medical functions
• Develop and implement training solutions across medical functions, including onboarding, certification, and data releases
• Lead blended learner journeys using adult learning principles to improve business performance
• Collaborate with affiliate medical teams to address local training needs and country priorities
• Drive integration with the wider L&D and Strategic Business Excellence teams for scientific projects
• Ensure compliance with Ipsen policies, SOPs, and national guidelines
• Engage with professional organizations to stay current on training innovations
• Act as internal Learning and Development expert within the Global Medical Team
• Provide global project leadership and coaching/mentorship as needed

Key requirements

• Degree-level education; postgraduate degree preferred (e.g., MSc, PhD, MD, PharmD, MBA)
• Strong scientific background with cross-therapy agility
• Extensive medical affairs experience (MSL, Medical Advisor, Training)
• Proven ability to design and deliver scientific trainings
• Project management experience in pharma; familiarity with Veeva Systems
• Excellent critical thinking and communication skills
• Global project management leadership experience
• Coaching or mentoring experience advantageous
• Performance consulting experience preferred
• Fluency in English; additional languages such as French or Spanish advantageous

• strong communication
• leadership
• collaboration
• scientific training design
• adult learning principles
• blended learning

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