Training Specialist

About Aerogen:

Headquartered in the vibrant city of Galway, Ireland, with offices around the world, Aerogen is proud to be the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery. Recognized through multiple MedTech awards and tenth-time winner of the Zenith award for Respiratory Care Excellence in North America, collectively our employees make a difference to patients’ lives every day, having already reached 20 million patients in over 80 countries.

Our talented and skilled team collaborate to innovate, challenge and test not only in relation to our products but every facet of how we work. We lead the way, finding innovative solutions to even the most complex problems, all in the name of delivering better patient care.

Our business is growing rapidly across the globe and as we grow, our core culture of “We Care” universally connects us. We believe that your ambition and integrity fuels ours and we are committed to supporting our employees to reach their full potential through tangible investment in their careers. Join us as we continue to #discoverbetter.

What is the role?

Commercial and corporate training is an important function for the North American sales and cross functional teams. This training gives us the ability to implement, maintain and sustain the required standards of the commercial business by modelling and coaching consistent behaviors and skills around performance. The role of Training Specialist carries the primary tasks ensuring that all commercial employees in North America receive training and development in line with roles and responsibilities. This role is key in supporting all North America training activities and is based out of our Chicago Office.

What are the key responsibilities?

• Supports Training and Education Manager through content creation and delivery
• Administrative support of LMS and course / pathway & journey management
• Module creation and maintenance
• Creation of training videos (compile, edit, manage)
• Support additional training modalities and methods administratively
• Co-travel with Reps/RSM to understand roles and responsibilities
• Management of BDP process and execution for National and Global Calls
• Creation and maintenance of training playbooks, ppt’s, and other materials for trainings and national meetings
• Facilitates training as assigned
• Supports the training needs of the commercial organization to ensure the company meets and/or exceeds overall key performance indicators
• Works with Training & Education Manager to improve overall sales effectiveness through technology and process optimization opportunities observed in-field
• Supports learner assessments and development of training execution as well as evolution

What education and experience are required?

• Previous training experience a plus
• Strong bias towards collaboration
• Sales experience a plus
• LMS familiarity preferred
• Must be energetic, self-motivated, detail oriented, creative and highly accountable
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written
• Excellent project management skills
• Ability to travel to support training
• Bachelor's degree required

What key skills will make you great at the role?

• Certification or experience in Sales Approach Training, Business Training Skills and Learning Management Systems a plus
• Experience with the Challenger Sales approach a plus
• Instructional design experience a plus
• Must learn and implement current systems, tools, sales approaches and learning technologies
• Up to 30% local/international travel required
• Role located in office in Chicago

What is it like to work at Aerogen?

Our purpose is to transform patient lives and our ethos is to #discoverbetter. This also translates to how we look after our people. We want talented, passionate and engaged people to join Aerogen and build your career with us. We understand that your life evolves through different stages, and we are here to support our global team with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits. There’s something for everyone! Here is an idea of what we offer:

• Above market life insurance.
• Opportunities for development and professional growth.
• "Aerogen Connect" – our employee-led program that helps our global teams unite and have fun.
• We donate 1% of profits and time to charities and organizations.

Check out our career's website for more information about life at Aerogen

Aerogen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace. If you have any difficulty using our application process, please contact us by emailing [email protected]. Please include your name and preferred method of contact