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Associate Director, Field Training - Multiple Myeloma

AbbVie · Mettawa, IL · Remote available · Full time · Sales

Posted Aug 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 29, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

You would build and lead a team of trainers. How do you develop a trainer who is excellent in the room but weak at designing curriculum?

What they are checking: Developing a specific and common gap in training teams.

Tell me about a training program you built that did not work. What did you change?

What they are checking: Honest evaluation of their own curriculum.

The posting says you develop trainers for future commercial leadership opportunities, not just their current role. How do you prepare someone for a job they do not have yet?

What they are checking: Whether they see the training team as a leadership pipeline, as the posting does.

This asks for eight to fifteen years in pharmaceutical sales and sales management with demonstrated success leading teams, based at Mettawa, and prefers hematology oncology or myeloma experience specifically. Where do you sit against that?

What they are checking: Honest self-placement against a wide band with a specific preference.

What would you do

You would build a launch training journey and curriculum. Walk me through preparing a field team for a launch six months out.

What they are checking: Launch training design, named as a strongly preferred experience.

You would influence all levels of line management on learning strategy. How do you get a sales director to give up selling days for training?

What they are checking: The permanent negotiation this role lives in.

Oncology field teams talk to physicians treating very sick patients. How does that shape what and how you train?

What they are checking: Seriousness about the clinical setting rather than generic sales training.

About the work

This role owns the sales curriculum for a multiple myeloma franchise. What does a field representative need to understand about myeloma that a general oncology representative would not?

What they are checking: Disease-specific depth, which the posting strongly prefers.

The posting asks you to use artificial intelligence, adaptive learning and experiential approaches. Where does each actually work better than classroom training?

What they are checking: A considered position on named methods rather than listing them back.

You would develop a proactive approach to measuring the impact of learning and use the data to update curriculum. How do you tell whether training changed selling behavior rather than just test scores?

What they are checking: Measurement rigor, which most training functions avoid.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

The Associate Director of Oncology Training is responsible for the team developing and delivering the sales franchise curriculum for AbbVie US customer facing teams. This person will lead the development and delivery of the annual training strategy that aligns to our brand marketing strategic imperatives. This person will lead and work within cross functional teams made of participants from Training, Medical/ Clinical experts, Marketing, Sales Management, Medical, Regulatory, Legal, Market Access, other AbbVie Groups, and external vendor partners. They must be confident in and comfortable with cross functional team structure and adept at collaboration /influence management. This person will have fiscal responsibility for multiple budgets. This leader will be responsible for the development of their direct reports, by ensuring a customized onboarding plan is developed and followed. This person will work closely with cross functional partners and training leadership to create an engaging, high performing culture. Position will also require person to provide training design / development support. Leads and manages initiative and program design efforts involving external and internal organizations. This person must also: • Effectively represent the Field Training leadership team • Build and lead a team of highly effective trainers that build curriculum that fosters development of AbbVie Leadership Attributes and advances selling capabilities to drive performance within assigned sales franchises. • Be adept at using and applying artificial intelligence, adaptive learning and experiential training approaches • Develop and implement a proactive approach to measuring the impact of learning. Utilize data to inform updates in curriculum and to design future learning approaches • Interact with and influence all levels of line management to plan, design and develop learning strategies that will contribute to the achievement of related business objectives for assigned sales franchises. • Demonstrates a passion for driving excellence, with a focus on performance results that fosters accountability within self, direct reports, the Field Training department, commercial stakeholders, nurse ambassadors and training participants. • Leading / Driving the training strategy process, including analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of performance focused training curricula to continuously improve the capabilities of the US Sales Organization. • Developing the franchise training team through effective coaching and leadership for success in current trainer role and for future commercial leadership opportunities. • Building effective relationships to work collaboratively with Senior Commercial Management, Cross-functional partners, Marketing, T&D and other groups leading AbbVie learning initiatives, to drive performance through consistent development and delivery of effective commercial training. • Bachelor’s degree required • 8-15 years’ experience in pharmaceutical / healthcare sales and sales management with demonstrated success in developing & leading effective sales teams required. • Experience in Heme Onc and/or Multiple Myeloma is strongly preferred. • Experience building launch training journey and curriculum strongly preferred • Technical degree preferred or a degree in business or related field is acceptable if combined with relevant training and sales or experiences • Experience in commercial or medical training required. • Knowledge of instructional design systems or extensive experience in training, development of training and curriculum design • Strategic thinking & business planning skills, necessary to diagnose needs, develop, direct, and influence commercial training and organizational development strategies. • Project management experience, managing cross-functional teams and/or external partners through large projects or initiatives. Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​ • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of thisposting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location,and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​ • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​ • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. ​ Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission,incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless anduntil paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html