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This role partners closely with Chronic Care Sales Leadership, Learning & Development (L&D), and cross-functional stakeholders to execute regional training aligned with national strategy.\nAs an embedded member of the regional customer team, the Associate Director ensures representatives build strong clinical, managed care, and commercial acumen while driving meaningful patient impact. This position focuses on execution, coaching, and regional customization of learning solutions.\nKey Responsibilities:\nRegional Training Execution & Coaching:\nDeliver and facilitate clinical, product, and disease state training using HQ-approved materials tailored to Chronic Care portfolios.\n\nConduct field-based coaching and ride-along to enhance customer engagement, selling effectiveness, and account management capabilities.\n\nSupport onboarding of new hires in partnership with sales leadership, ensuring proficiency across product knowledge, compliance, and customer engagement.\n\nBusiness Partnership & Needs Assessment:\nPartner with Director of Commercial Operations, Regional Cardiovascular Managers and Customer Team leaders to assess training needs across districts and territories.\n\nAlign Learning and Development (L&D) plans with territory business plans and customer needs (e.g., cardiology, endocrinology, IDNs, specialty practices).\n\nIdentify regional business opportunities and translate them into targeted learning interventions.\n\nLearning Strategy Execution:\nExecute national L&D strategy at the regional level by adapting content to local market dynamics and Chronic Care customer types.\n\nProvide feedback to HQ on learning effectiveness and gaps, contributing to continuous improvement.\n\nStakeholder Engagement & Collaboration:\nAct as a bridge between field teams and L&D, ensuring alignment of messaging and capabilities.\n\nCollaborate cross-functionally (marketing, medical, access) to ensure consistent and compliant training delivery.\n\nQualifications:\nEducation Requirements:\nBachelor’s degree required (Business, Life Sciences, or Education preferred)\n\nRequired Experience & Skills:\n5+ years of relevant experience (sales, training, marketing, or healthcare field roles)\n\nExperience in Chronic Care, specialty, or cardiovascular/endocrinology space\n\nDemonstrated ability to deliver training (in-person and virtual) and coach field teams effectively\n\nStrong interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills\n\nAbility to analyze field insights and translate them into actionable development plans\n\nHigh level of adaptability and ability to work in a dynamic field environment\n\nPreferred Experience & Skills:\nPrior field training or learning facilitation experience\n\nExperience supporting product launches or competitive markets\n\nStrong understanding of account-based selling and healthcare ecosystem navigation\n\nAdvanced presentation and facilitation skills\n\nReside within the assigned region\n\nRequired Skills:\nBusiness Agility, Business Agility, Business Development, Business Management, Client Coaching, Clinical Supply Chain Management, Communication Strategy Development, Competency Management, Customer Engagement, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Direct Marketing, Executive Presence, Financial Acumen, Financial Forecasting, Innovation Management, Interpersonal Relationships, Market Development, Market Research, Partner Relationship Management (PRM), Presentation Delivery, Presentation Preparations, Pricing Strategies, Product Management, Product Sales, Project Life Cycle Management {+ 8 more}Preferred Skills:\nCurrent Employees apply HERE\nCurrent Contingent Workers apply HERE\nUS and Puerto Rico Residents Only:\nOur company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.\nAs an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Asa federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:\nEEOC Know Your Rights\nEEOC GINA Supplement\nWe are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.\nLearn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts\nThe salary range for this role is\n$142,400.00 - $224,100.00This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.\nThe successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.\nWe offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.\nYou can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.\nSan Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance\nLos Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance\nSearch Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully\nMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.\nEmployee Status:\nRegularRelocation:\nNo relocationVISA Sponsorship:\nNoTravel Requirements:\n25%Flexible Work Arrangements:\nRemoteShift:\nNot IndicatedValid Driving License:\nYesHazardous Material(s):\nn/aJob Posting End Date:\n10/3/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. 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