Learning & Development Partner Jobs

The Position

Title: Learning and Development Partner

Division: Enterprise Operations

Location: Mississauga (Hybrid)

Duration: Full Time

Are you a highly motivated, entrepreneurial individual who embraces ambiguous environments to create the learning strategy and pull it through to execution across a highly matrixed organization? Are you someone who can balance working independently, but working collaboratively with partners across the organization to ensure learning needs are effectively addressed? Do you thrive in using your enterprise mindset and ability to create and foster good networks (within and across affiliates and divisions), to leverage best practices and coordinate efforts as required? If so, we have a great opportunity to join our Commercial team as a Learning and Development Partner.

The Opportunity:

Roche Canada believes it is critically important to ensure Roche employees have the necessary knowledge and ability to confidently navigate their continuous learning pathways to support their brand or disease area(s).

As the Learning and Development Partner you will use their knowledge of innovative learning solutions and adult learning principles to conduct needs assessments, determine and define the appropriate solutions and deliver it in an effective manner to ensure Roche employees are effectively and consistently meeting the North Star.

Roche Canada looks to the Learning & Development Partner to ensure we meet our goal of having employees with a sustainable, flexible and personalized training plan for product and disease knowledge (PDK) that enables the current business, prepares for the future, and allows employees to deliver superior solutions for customers and patients. Your responsibilities will lie with the Canadian organization but will liaise with global teams, other affiliates and support a learning network to exchange best practices.

Job Facts:

• Ensure the product and disease knowledge (PDK) learning journey maps and performance solutions continue to meet the functional area/role identified gaps and challenges
• Remain at the forefront of innovative learning solutions and bring new concepts, approaches and ideas to fruition within Roche Canada
• Track the completion of training sessions and their associated assessments and ensure these are reflecting in the Learning Management System per audit requirements
• Facilitate and coach during interactive training sessions or role-play scenarios
• Ensure the completion of training evaluations and feedback to monitor the success and effectiveness of the learning solutions through measurement and analytics
• Create ad hoc workshops to address acute learning and development needs of teams through leveraging existing solutions from the Roche network or through learning vendors
• Support the development of and participate in a regional training network to improve collaboration across borders and streamline resource sharing
• Collaborate with Marketing Partners, Medical Affairs Partners and other required roles who are responsible for flagging learning needs, creating content, etc
• Coordinate product/disease area training sessions with onboarding and other functional capability building sessions to support employees developing their skill sets effectively and efficiently
• Work with the Squad Leads (therapeutic area leads) and Chapter Leads (functional area leads) to proactively identify when training requirements are needed in advance of execution

Who you are:

• Ability to quickly flex to changes in the environment with minimal disruption to the people or the business
• PMP certification preferred
• Business, social science, HR/Leadership degree or other degree with relevant experience
• Ability to adeptly and professionally drive innovative solutions and experiment
• Experience designing programs and frameworks based on adult learning principles
• At minimum, 5 years experience in a pharmaceutical sales training or organizational learning and development role
• Treats differences in culture and approach as assets
• Experience in leading and implementing large, complex, cross-functional projects
• Solid demonstration in developing and implementing vision and strategy
• Strength in time management skills and prioritization
• Strength in Project Management Methodologies
• Proficient working within an agile framework (i.e. using scrums, sprints, etc.)
• Ability to challenge status quo and making trade-off decisions
• Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented environment, while modeling integrity, passion, ethics and compliance
• Strong influencing, negotiation and communication skills
• Knowledge in large-scale learning & development initiatives
• Experience working with or in various functions to understand their perspectives and needs
• Understanding in collaborating across functions and networking locally and globally
• DSE certification, Adult learning practices & principles certification, Certified Coaching certification and/or Bilingualism an asset
• Experience in navigating process and uncovering efficiencies across multiple work areas
• Experience implementing strategy in an ambiguous environment
• Coaching is your strength

The position is not eligible for relocation.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Pharma Canada has its office in Mississauga, Ontario and employs over 850 employees. The Mississauga facility is bright, vibrant, fosters collaboration and teamwork, and is reflective of Roche's truly innovative culture.

As of January 4, 2022, Roche requires all new employees who work in Canada to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on the date they take office. This requirement is a condition of employment at Roche that applies regardless of whether the position is on a Roche campus or remotely. If you have a valid reason for not being fully immunized, which is limited to certain specific medical reasons or other valid reasons protected by applicable human rights laws, you may request an exemption and / or adaptation measures regarding this vaccination requirement.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.