Ferring
Associate Director, Commercial Capabilities
Parsippany, New Jersey, United States · Director
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About the role
- With Ferring, you will be joining a recognized leader, identified as one of "The World's Most Innovative Companies" by Fast Company, and honored by Fortune with inclusion on its "Change the World List," for addressing society's unmet needs.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive commercial capability strategy aligned to commercial objectives, organizational priorities, and future workforce needs.
- Partner with senior leaders to translate business priorities into capability roadmaps and workforce development strategies.
- Ensure capability solutions support the employee lifecycle, from onboarding and role transition through advanced and ongoing development.
- Develop and maintain career development frameworks that support workforce planning, role progression, and organizational development priorities.
- Partner with Brand, Marketing, Sales Leadership, Market Access, and other key stakeholders to define capability requirements and readiness strategies for product launches and major business initiatives.
- Develop and maintain repeatable launch readiness frameworks that accelerate organizational preparedness and execution excellence.
- Partner with commercial stakeholders to build competitive readiness strategies that strengthen organizational capabilities and support sustained brand performance.
- Identify, document, and proactively manage strategic risks, dependencies, and barriers that may impact capability development objectives and business outcomes.
- Develop and execute strategic communication plans that provide visibility into capability priorities, investments, progress, risks, achievements, and business impact.
- This individual excels at developing the strategy and translating the strategy into action, building alignment across stakeholders, and developing scalable approaches that strengthen commercial readiness and performance.
Requirements
- Experience translating business priorities and workforce needs into capability development solutions and measurable business outcomes.
- Experience supporting commercial product launches, launch readiness initiatives, or commercial transformation efforts.
- Experience partnering with commercial leaders to align budget allocation with business priorities and organizational objectives.
- Demonstrated experience establishing frameworks, governance processes, development programs, or operating models that improve workforce readiness and organizational performance.
- Establish capability frameworks, competency models, and role-based proficiency standards that support workforce performance and development.
- Required
- 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or a related industry.
- 10+ years of experience in Commercial Learning & Development, Capability Development, Sales Training, Sales Leadership, Commercial Operations, Organizational Development, Commercial Excellence, or a related function.
- Demonstrated experience developing capability frameworks, competency models, development pathways, onboarding programs, or workforce development strategies that support business performance.
- Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders across multiple organizational levels without direct authority.
- Demonstrated understanding of adult learning principles, capability development methodologies, and workforce development approaches.
- Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, systems orientation, and project leadership skills.
- Excellent communication, consulting, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Preferred
Nice to have
- Our independence helps us cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit and long-term perspective that enables us to achieve growth and scale, while remaining agile and true to our 'people first' philosophy.
- Ferring US is also Great Places to Work® Certified, distinguishing it as one of the best companies to work for in the country.
- Bachelor's degree required
- advanced degree preferred.
Compensation
- At Ferring, we offer competitive total compensation along with an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life
Benefits
- The ideal candidate is a strategic, organizational systems-oriented capability leader who can connect business priorities, workforce needs, and learning solutions into a cohesive commercial capability agenda.
- Partner with Business Unit Learning Leads, Leadership Development, and Learning Operations to implement and sustain onboarding programs, role-based development pathways, and development experiences.
- Drive consistency in capability standards, adult learning methodologies, and developmental experiences while enabling flexibility to address unique business requirements.
- Partner with BU Learning Leads, Learning Operations, and Leadership Development to translate launch readiness requirements into scalable learning and development solutions.
- Learning Strategy, Governance & Strategic Communications
- Support execution of the Commercial Learning & Development strategy by translating strategic objectives into actionable tactics.
- Create governance processes that clarify ownership, decision-making, accountability, and execution responsibilities across Commercial Learning & Development initiatives.
- Monitor external trends, emerging practices, and innovations in capability development, workforce transformation, and learning strategy to inform future investments and recommendations.
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