Director, Educational Strategy
Reston, VA, United States
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Director, Educational Strategy (Neuroscience)
Work From Home, Reston, Va, US
6 days ago
Requisition ID: 1072
Job Title:
Director, Educational Strategy
Reports to:
(Senior) Vice President, Educational Strategy
Location:
Remote
Job Status:
Full-time, Exempt
Job Summary:
Clinical Education Alliance (CEA) is a global leader in providing innovative and impactful healthcare education, insights and communications, empowering healthcare professionals with the tools and resources they need to stay current and improve patient outcomes. CEA sets the standard for professional development with its commitment to scientific rigor, innovative formats, sophisticated marketing to drive healthcare professional awareness, and engagement techniques grounded in adult learning principles. With its expansive reach across the healthcare team, CEA drives healthcare excellence across the care continuum.
The Director, Educational Strategy will
be responsible for
leading the development and implementation of scope-of-practice educational strategy for a Business Unit within the Continuing Education Alliance (CEA) organization. This
important role
will focus on effectively securing grant funding for certified education programs. In this role, the Director, Educational Strategy will rely on needs assessments/gap analyses and stakeholder insights to inform areas of educational need as well as compliant educational designs to address those needs, with the overarching aim to improve healthcare professional knowledge, competence, confidence, and performance.
Responsibilities:
Achievement of annual grant support quota
Maintain,
grow
and support relationships with supporters (funders) of educational
programs
Lead efforts related to grant development and funding acquisition for educational
programs
Develops educational design
utilizing
approved products and features as
identified
in the Internal Playbook
.
Achieve or su
rpass industry-standard win rates for grants
submitted
Integration of knowledge and insights related to research and development, supporter funding interests, current clinical management, and patient management practice to
identify
and develop a refined funding opportunity from grant conception to
development
Independently or collaboratively outline and/or develop high-quality needs assessments that are scientifically and clinically
accurate
, to
identify
clinical gaps in healthcare that justify and support comprehensive education grant proposals.
Integrate knowledge of ongoing therapeutic agent research, development, and pipeline for potential supporters of independent education into data-driven business plans
Thoroughly understand and
monitor
the competitive landscape for the Business Unit and the Company and communicate key competitive information within the
Company
Develop and foster supporter relationships through effective communications, reporting of program status and other relevant information as well as through providing outcomes and insightswithin compelling,
timely
and
accurate
reports
Management:
Provide oversight, guidance, mentoring, and training to the team
.
Mentoring and training the team, setting personal goals,
objectives
, and reporting aligned with key business strategies
.
Manage personnel matters, including performance reviews, approval of expense reports, and requests for time off.
Ensuring the right people are in the right roles.
Identifying
and documenting developmental gaps and providing training and, if
required
,
timely
performance improvement plans
.
Creates and fosters a culture aligned with CEA’s core values (innovation, integrity, passion, and team)
.
Provides leadership to the team, while fostering a culture of accountability, professional development, high-performance, team values, and ethical behavior
.
Manages
assigned organization’s change initiatives by continuously assessing the need for change, championing change initiatives, and removing obstacles impeding constructive organizational change
.
Responsible for clarifying duties and responsibilities, overall talent management, and succession planning of team
.
Key initiatives, develop a proposal, budget and KPIs, and present to steering committee for approval.
CEA Core Values
Promotes and supports the implementation of
new ideas
or strategies. Utilizes a flexible communication approach with the team; holds others accountable to execute
new ideas
/strategies and supports SOP practice.
Requires minimal support
required
for new strategies/concepts supports leadership with team onboarding of strategy/idea.
Encourages best practices within the organization to support our mission: improve patient lives.
Integrity
– Credibility, Fairness, Quality, Accuracy, Trustworthiness
Consistently adapts style or approach to different situations; accepts feedback to make positive change; recognizes the need for leadership advice and uses inputs and
expertise
accordingly.
Proactively communicates change, intentions, and resulting business impact with high transparency, broadly at all levels (internal and/or external) and stakeholders.
Prioritizes effectively and
maintains
composure during challenging times.
Ensures accountability for achieving day-to-day activities while continually assessing gaps and empowering the team to adjust to meet the project/business needs.
Supports the team to deliver on time and within budget.
Team
– Alliance of thoughtful people driven by our core values.
Consistently sets an example and encourages others to
maintain
calm and composure during challenging times with a focus on results;
identifies
problems and
provides
solution-based alternatives for the organization.
Models a positive attitude and displays agility during times of change and ambiguity,
remain
s
positive in their efforts to support the business.
Leads
the
identification of obstacles and works to remove them to achieve project and department goals.
Effectively engages in developmental discussion with team members; provides recognition as
appropriate
and specific and objective feedback to
assist
in achieving developmental goals.
Job Performance Measurements
This position will be measured on:
Achieving the identified quota % (Individual)
Position Qualifications and Requirements:
Travel to the corporate headquarters in Reston, Virginia, commercial supporters, medical conferences, and partners meetings both in the US and internationally within the designated specialties as well as CME/CE and other medical education conferences and meetings is
required
to
accomplish
the goals of this position.
Home
-based office is acceptable; however, a location convenient to a major airport is ideal.
Skills and Knowledge:
Minimum of 3 years of clinical practice or
commensurate
pharmaceutical industry experience
3-5 years of developing educational grants and/or experience in leading medical education strategy or medical communications experience
Ability to work directly with internal and external partners and stakeholders
Exceptional organization and communication skills.
Ability to function independently with
effective customer
management skills
A
ttention to detail; ability to manage diverse tasks to deliver work on time and at
a high level
of
quality
Interpersonal skills including intelligent, quick, forward, and strategic thinking
and the ability to represent CEA in a professional manner.
Must
possess
the ability to
acquire
and nurture existing supporters
.
Team oriented, collegial, proactive, and predisposed to act as a confidential partner
to internal peers and
stakeholders
Excellent presentation and communication skills (oral and written)
Sound decision-making based on a combination of analyses, experience, judgment, and intuition.
Goal oriented, motivated, and demonstrating a high energy level
Effective decision making, initiative and judgment; strong analytical and problem-solving skills; and a resourceful, “can-
do”
attitude
Sophisticated knowledge of existing live in-person, virtual live, and internet-based educational program models
Proficiency
with Microsoft Office programs
Demonstration of the ability to
maintain
a strictly professional relationship with all partners and their representatives, independent contractors and consultants, faculty, key opinion leaders, advisory board members, or anyone else paid to
participate
in, consult with, or perform services for or on behalf of CEA or its
partners
Ability to work independently,
possess
initiative, and quickly develop the confidence of the team as a key team
member
Working knowledge of the ACCME, ACPE, ANCC, and other regulatory agencies’ guidelines and policies in relation to commercially supported educational
activities
My signature below indicates that I
am able to
perform the essential functions of the job (with or without reasonable accommodation) and my acceptance of the Job Description described above.
I acknowledge that Management reserves the right to change this job description and/or the duties of this position at any time.
Employee Signature: ______________________________________
Date: _________________________
This job description should not be construed to imply that these requirements are the exclusive standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform other related duties as may be required by their supervisor.
Clinical Education Alliance and its subsidiaries provide Equal Employment Opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other non-merit factor.
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