Director of Leadership Development

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.

Azurity is growing & the Director of Leadership Development will play a critical role in building the management capabilities and high-potential talent pipeline that will sustain our commercial field organization through its next phase of growth. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Training & Development, this role owns the design, delivery, and ongoing evolution of field manager development programming — from frontline first-line manager onboarding through advanced leadership curricula for experienced DSMs and high-potential field talent. The successful candidate will bring both the strategic vision to build a best-in-class field leadership program and the hands-on capability to execute it.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead a comprehensive field manager development program spanning new manager onboarding, core management skills, and advanced leadership development for experienced FLMs.
• Build and manage a high-potential identification and development framework for field talent, in partnership with HR and commercial leadership.
• Develop curriculum, facilitation guides, and learning assets for in-person, virtual, and blended manager development programming.
• Partner with Sales Leadership and HR on FLM performance management processes, coaching frameworks, and capability assessment tools.
• Own the iCoach and ride-along program design and governance, ensuring a consistent, measurable approach to field coaching quality.
• Evaluate and integrate external leadership development resources, vendors, and assessments (e.g., 360 tools, coaching platforms, personality assessments) where appropriate.
• Measure and report program effectiveness through pre/post assessments, field performance correlation, and participant feedback.
• Collaborate with the broader T&D team to ensure leadership development content integrates with clinical, product, and selling skills curricula.
• Stay current on best practices in field leadership development, adult learning science, and pharmaceutical commercial management trends.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in organizational development, education, or related field preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in pharmaceutical commercial training, organizational development, or a combination of both.
• Deep expertise in field manager and leadership development program design and facilitation.
• Experience managing or coaching field sales managers in a specialty pharmaceutical environment strongly preferred.
• Strong facilitation skills — able to engage, challenge, and develop leaders at all experience levels.
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain leadership development programs from the ground up.
• Data-driven approach to measuring learning effectiveness and linking development programs to commercial outcomes.
• Strong cross-functional relationship skills with HR, field leadership, and commercial operations stakeholders.