Learning Partner

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

We have an opportunity for a Learning Partner to join our Learning & Development team. In this role, you will provide strategic oversight for all learning events within the therapeutic area, to lead the design and delivery of innovative learning solutions across the organization (brand teams, in-field teams, other key functions), while ensuring excellence in execution and that organizational and learning goals are supported. You will apply a learning consulting approach through the effective application of performance management and ensure that resources are used optimally, analyzing available data sources, and measuring outcomes.

The Learning Partner will thrive in an environment that is evolving with the new multi-channel approaches and technology advancements.

Key responsibilities:

• Partner with stakeholders to set learning expectations and drive business and organizational success
• Understand the business unit goals, performance targets, and key results.
• Collaborate with members of brand, sales and medical teams, and other AbbVie leaders to understand and identify gaps in individual or team performance.
• Align with stakeholders on learning outcomes and provide blended learning solutions (traditional and digital) to close identified gaps.
• Design curricula and learner journeys to advance individual or team effectiveness.
• Design and deliver impactful and engaging workshops in-person and virtually.
• Partner with stakeholders to design the learner journeys.
• Establish KPIs and measures, including Kirkpatrick levels 1 to 4.
• Onboard new hires in your TA by following Learning & Development procedures.
• Provide feedback to new and existing hires during training and workshops to optimize training and course correct as needed.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of market landscape, therapeutic area, and brand strategies.

Measure and evaluate solutions

• Anticipate future learning needs through the rigorous collection and interpretation of data
• Collect, analyze, and interpret quantitative and/or qualitative data according to the measurement and evaluation strategy established during the design of the learner journey.
• Summarize and report learning data to stakeholders to demonstrate how the performance solution impacted business outcomes.
• Determine and implement refinements of the performance solution based on data results.
• Blend experiences and formal solutions to achieve the desired outcome
• Work with internal resources and vendors to identify the best learning solutions, optimizing time and budget.
• Develop and implement the best blend of solutions based on business needs, gaps, intended outcomes, and design.
• Incorporate a delivery mechanism (or mechanisms) that allows for effective knowledge acquisition and ample practice opportunities.
• Use learner-centered methods that create a meaningful, engaging, and relevant experience for learners.
• Work cross-functionally to develop & deliver learning initiatives.

Strategic thinking

• As part of the brand team, develop a learning strategic and tactical learning plan in line with brand objectives.
• Maintain knowledge of roles & responsibilities of different functions.
• Take an enterprise perspective when designing learning solutions by considering which other departments could use or repurpose the training.

Education and Experience required:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field (Science, Education, Business)
• Previous sales or marketing experience preferred.
• Previous Learning Partner experience preferred.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical sector including the external environment, relevant stakeholders, and customers.
• Instruction Design Certification and/or professional applications preferred.
• Strong understanding of adult learning principles.
• Strong knowledge of traditional and digital learning capabilities.
• Adept at navigating a complex matrix environment.
• Strong technical and technology learning agility.
• Ability to transform complex ideas into easy-to-understand communications.
• Confidence in coaching and providing feedback.
• Valid Driver licenses and passport are required.

As this is a head office position, the Learning Partner is expected to be in the office an average of 3 days per week.

Travel: Limited to less than 10%

AbbVie strives to provide a French working environment for its employees in Quebec. Although as part of its francization program has taken all reasonable steps to avoid imposing the following requirement, advanced amount of knowledge of English / Fluency in English is an essential requirement for the position of Learning Partner including, but not limited to, for the following reasons:

1. English speaking employees outside the province of Quebec.
2. English speaking clients outside the province of Quebec.
3. Anglophone region outside the province of Quebec.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply.

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