Director, Medical Education

Company Overview

Rhythm is a global, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to transforming the lives of patients and their families living with rare neuroendocrine diseases. We develop medicines for previously untreatable or undertreated diseases and provide meaningful support for healthcare providers and patients and their families. We recognize the courage it takes for patients and their caregivers to begin their journey of advocacy to find the answers they need. Their courage inspires us to challenge convention, ask bold questions and seek answers for them. Every day, we strive for excellence through our willingness to adapt, learn, and our tenacity to overcome barriers, together.

Opportunity Overview

Reporting to the Head, North America Training, the Director of Medical Education is responsible for the strategy, development, and implementation of training programs and processes in support of all North American (NA) medical training initiatives, to include both knowledge and skill based. This will include disease state knowledge, product/therapeutic landscape knowledge, compliance, and medical based training initiatives. Team responsibilities would include the MSL team, as well as all medical and science-based training for all other customer facing teams (TMs, PEMs, FAMs, ADMs, & NADs). This role would work closely with Field Medical, NA Medical, and Global Medical teams in these initiatives. Operational responsibilities would include the maintenance of a medical training TEAMs site, general project management interaction with vendors, and medical LMR submissions.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Oversight and strategic alignment of all medical and scientific education initiatives for the MSL team as well as all other customer facing teams
• Lead field medical education strategy for both the commercial and non-commercial customer facing teams
• Conduct new customer facing new hire training
• Establish goals and learning objectives to design appropriate and effective medical training curriculum, leveraging principles of adult learning, and incorporating all required regulatory and legal compliance requirements
• Assist with the development or updates of training modules, as well as content within all other resources used in the field
• Collaborate with NA Medical and customer facing team leadership in assessing medical training needs and developing resources and initiatives to address these needs
• Lead the day-to-day operations necessary to schedule and coordinate with internal faculty, all customer facing team new hire and continued medical training
• Act as liaison for external training vendors, managing the project plans and timelines through LMR
• Manage the LMS process to ensure the availability of training resources to new hires and all established field facing team members
• Assist with the development and implementation of all training initiatives for national meetings
  
  

Qualifications And Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in health-related science and advanced degree (MD, PharmD, or PhD) in a health-related science strongly preferred
• 5 years of scientific/medical experience in biotech/pharma industry - Obesity, Endocrinology, Pediatrics, or Neurology experience preferred
• 2 years’ experience in a training position
• Prior experience working in a Field based medical role is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to review and understand complex scientific and medical data from various clinical studies and other resources
• Experience with LMS systems, vendor management and training operations preferred
• Demonstrated ability to develop curriculum and apply training design principles
• Demonstrated success in managing multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and facilitation skills
• Proficiency with PowerPoint
• High level of curiosity, adaptability and creativity to tailor learning to the audience
• Ability to collaborate and build strong relationships across multiple stakeholders in the development and implementation of medical training initiatives
• Requires 20 – 30% travel
  
  

This role is based in our corporate office in Boston, Massachusetts.

More About Rhythm

We are a dynamic and growing global team spanning more than a dozen countries. At Rhythm we are dedicated to transforming the lives of patients living with rare neuroendocrine diseases by rapidly advancing care and precision medicines that address the root cause. Our team is passionate about expanding access to reach more patients and developing novel therapies for other rare neuroendocrine diseases, including congenital hyperinsulinism.

At Rhythm Our Core Values Are

• We are committed to advancing scientific understanding to improve patients’ lives
• We are inspired to tackle tough challenges and have the courage to ask bold questions
• We are eager to learn and adapt
• We believe collaboration and ownership are foundational for our success
• We value the unique contribution each individual brings to furthering our mission
  
  

Rhythm is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service, or any other class protected by state or federal law.

Headquartered in Boston, Rhythm is proud to have been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts.