Commercial Training Design + Delivery Manager
Pulmonx Corporation · Redwood City, CA · 1 mo ago
Project ManagementFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a comprehensive commercial training strategy aligned to business priorities, adoption stages, and field performance gaps
- Define core competencies, learning pathways, and readiness checkpoints for all commercial roles
- Design the curriculum architecture for the full sales training overhaul, including scope, sequencing, learning objectives, and content ownership across clinical and sales domains
- Establish measurable performance objectives tied to training initiatives; define how success will be assessed at the rep, cohort, and program level
- Independently design and develop high-impact training materials across both clinical and sales domains, including: clinical disease state and procedure training modules, product and evidence-based content, sales process curricula, objection handling frameworks, facilitation guides, coaching tools, and eLearning programs
- Partner with Medical Affairs, Medical Education, Marketing, Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), and subject matter experts to ensure clinical training content is medically accurate, procedure-relevant, and field-tested
- Apply instructional design principles and adult learning theory to create engaging, outcome-focused learning experiences
- Ensure all content is clear, practical, field-relevant, and directly tied to observable behavior change
- Maintain content quality and accuracy across the full training library; own the clinical and sales accuracy of all materials through the MLR process
- Facilitate live and virtual onboarding programs for new hire sales cohorts, including both clinical and sales training components
- Lead and facilitate training sessions at National Sales Meetings, QBRs, launch meetings, and other commercial touchpoints
- Deliver interactive workshops that build clinical fluency, reinforce key selling behaviors, and develop procedural confidence
- Model best-in-class facilitation techniques; set the standard for engaging, credible, behavior-changing delivery
- Assess rep readiness and performance during training; provide direct feedback to individuals and to sales leadership
- Define and track the competency framework for commercial roles; translate field performance data and leadership feedback into targeted training interventions
- Establish pre/post training assessment tools and feedback mechanisms to measure behavior change and program effectiveness
- Use field insights, ride-along observations, and sales performance data to continuously evolve training content and delivery
- Partner with Sales Leadership, Marketing, Medical Education and Medical Affairs to ensure training reflects current commercial strategy, updated clinical evidence, and competitive landscape changes
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to commercial leadership on rep development, onboarding standards, and performance readiness
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in life sciences, education, instructional design, or related field a plus
- 8+ years of experience in a commercial medical device or biotech organization
- Minimum 5 years in sales training, commercial enablement, medical education, or field effectiveness roles with direct content development and facilitation responsibility
- Demonstrated experience independently designing and developing both clinical and commercial/sales training content — not solely facilitating or managing programs built by others
- Proven track record facilitating live and virtual training to both small and large groups in a commercial setting; confident and credible with field sales audiences
- Experience in a procedural, interventional, or complex device/therapeutic environment strongly preferred; must be capable of becoming conversant in bronchoscopic lung volume reduction, respiratory disease states, or comparable clinical domain
- Strong instructional design skills and working knowledge of adult learning theory (ADDIE, Kirkpatrick, or equivalent frameworks)
- Experience working cross-functionally with Medical Affairs, clinical teams, or KOLs to develop medically accurate training content preferred
Core Competencies
- Strategic thinker and hands-on builder — can set direction and then execute it personally
- Skilled instructional designer with deep content development capability across clinical and sales domains
- Credible, credible facilitator who commands a room with field sales professionals and clinicians alike
- Strong clinical learning agility — able to internalize complex scientific and procedural content and translate it into accessible, behavior-changing training
- Cross-functional influencer who builds trust with Sales Leadership, Medical Affairs, Marketing, and field teams
- Data-driven and outcomes-focused; uses performance metrics to drive program decisions
- Highly self-directed and comfortable operating with ambiguity in a growth-stage organization
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; can write crisp content and facilitate with equal effectiveness
Compensation
130 - 185K