Senior Training Specialist

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Medidata is leading the digital transformation of life sciences, creating hope for millions of patients. Medidata helps generate the evidence and insights to help pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and diagnostics companies, and academic researchers accelerate value, minimize risk, and optimize outcomes. More than one million registered users across 1,900+ customers and partners access the world's most trusted platform for clinical development, commercial, and real-world data. Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, is headquartered in New York City and has offices around the world to meet the needs of its customers. Discover more at www.medidata.com and follow us @medidata.

Your Mission:

The primary responsibility of the Senior Industry Specialist is to develop and deliver onsite and virtual industry training that delight internal Medidata employees. 

The Senior Specialist will own the development of a curriculum providing internal employees an in depth understanding of the life sciences industry and clinical trials and align training development and delivery with the full complement of Medidata Global Education training portfolio: eLearning, videos, and instructor-led training. 

• Perform learner needs analysis and coordinate stakeholder consensus for training curricula, learning paths, and associated learning models

• Own Training development & delivery across all Training delivery modalities (onsite classroom, online webinars)

• Learn/reflect clinical trial industry knowledge, best practices, and proficiencies in your Training development & delivery

• Learn & apply standard Medidata guidelines, procedures, and processes for Training development & delivery, including LMS administration for your scope of work

• Learn & independently apply Medidata products and portfolio to the best practices clinical research process for training purposes

• Learn and reflect Medidata customer success stories, use cases, and value propositions to the development & delivery of Training 

• Build & maintain productive and relevant channels, connections within Global Education and across Medidata

• Learn and deliver “Train the Trainer” sessions on new or enhanced products 

• Promote learner interest and participation throughout training sessions; direct customers to Medidata representatives when upsell/expansion opportunities surface

Your Competencies:

• Deep knowledge of the Life Sciences and clinical trials industry

• Demonstrated proficiency in core, global Technical Training competencies - from learner assessment through training plan development, learning content development, delivery, and VoC continuous improvement modeling

• Solid expertise leading training efforts in the clinical research process

• Expertise defining a technical training environment for a classroom and virtual delivery setting

• Ability to recognize and adjust training delivery across a diverse level of learners in a single session

• Self-motivated, innovative, able to assume responsibility and work autonomously - always in a professional manner

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

• Excellent critical thinking, analytical and applied technical skills

• Demonstrated ability to work with all employees throughout the organization - at all levels

• Strong Microsoft Office and G-Suite skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to travel up to 50% - occasional weekends and international travel as necessary 

• Ability to work from home or office as needed

• Demonstrated and agile core understanding of clinical trial industry, best practices

Your Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Training Content Development, Training Delivery or equivalent years of experience

• Solid experience and expertise in the Life Sciences industry is required

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COVID Statement

Medidata requires all U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to provide documentation of full vaccination, unless qualified for an accommodation as determined by Medidata, consistent with applicable law.  Although accommodation requests will be considered (and granted where appropriate/possible), it may be determined that a candidate is unable to adequately perform the essential functions of the position without imposing an undue hardship on Medidata due to customer requirements, staffing needs, or other business reasons.

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