Senior Training Developer

Senior Training Developer Req ID #:  179333 Location: 

US Wilmington, MA, US, 01887 At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families. 

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career. 

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

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  Job Summary We are seeking a Senior Instructional Designer to work closely with the Apollo Product team, the Learning and Development (L&D) team, business stakeholders and subject matter experts across our global organization to design, develop and deploy high quality learning solutions to build individual, team and organizational skills and capabilities. The Instructional Designer is responsible for creating new learning content, repurposing, and updating existing content, using proven and innovative learning modalities including instructor-led, eLearning, blended, on-the-job training.  Additionally, this role would provide consulting for other areas in Global Technology on learning and development initiatives as bandwidth allowed.  

The ideal candidate will have expertise in instructional design, adult learning, and the effective use of broad range of tools and technology. They will also demonstrate strong organizational and problem-solving skills, work collaboratively, and thrive in a purpose-driven, high growth organization. 

Responsibilities

•    Propose, design, develop and deploy learning solutions that will engage learners, drive performance, facilitate behavior change and/or transfer knowledge.

•    Create or enhance learning materials including, but not limited to; instructor-led and virtual instructor-led content, online (eLearning) courses, on-the-job training guides, tutorials, simulations, videos, exams, assessments, job aids, reference materials.

•    Synthesize, organize, and transform data and information into usable, logical, concise, and functional training documents/solutions.

•    Collaborate with subject matter experts, Product Owners and internal L&D professionals to define target audience’s learning needs, establish scope, outcomes, and objectives, as well as create and deploy learning solutions.

•    Establish methods and tools to monitor learning during and after training to link with expected results.

•    Apply expert-level knowledge of adult learning principles and concepts, instructional design theory, learning tools, measurement and evaluation methods.

•    Manage and execute projects including communicating effectively and regularly with stakeholders.

•    Provide key input to trainers/facilitators and the Apollo Product team on techniques to improve delivery and adoption of content.

•    Identify opportunities and propose creative solutions for continuous improvement of the impact and quality of our training, based on learning industry trends, best practices and innovative methods and technologies. Job Qualifications  

•    Bachelor’s degree in instructional design, educational technology, adult learning, education, or a related discipline

•    Minimum of 7 years of experience designing and developing online, blended and in-person learning solutions using proven and innovative instructional approaches

•    Proficiency with common content development tools such as Articulate 360/Storyline, RISE, Camtasia, SnagIt, Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word) as well as standard audio, graphic and video creation and editing

•    Proven learning content development project management experience and organizational skills

•    Ability to synthesize and simplify complex information from a variety of sources and create a relevant and effective learning experience

•    Experience at agile training design including rapid development to meet the needs of a fast-paced, ever-changing business

•    Excellent communications skills and relationship management (interpersonal, written and verbal with attention to detail)

•    Experience with learning management systems (LMS) - preferably SAP SuccessFactors and/or Totara

•    Experience in a global and highly regulated environment (ideally GxP) would be an asset

•    An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.

IMPORTANT: A resume is required to be considered for this position. If you have not uploaded your resume in your candidate profile, please return to upload field and attach your resume/CV. 

About Corporate Functions

The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.  

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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