Associate Director, Training and Contract Operations

The role

This person will lead tactical execution of commercial training initiatives and field meetings. They will also own contract operations by facilitating commercial contracts, SOWs, and vendor agreements through the review and approval lifecycle.

What you will do

• Oversee execution of commercial training initiatives, onboarding programs, and field communications
• Build and execute live and virtual training workshops
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align training with brand strategy
• Support POAs, national meetings, and commercial milestones
• Manage meeting logistics including venue sourcing, vendor selection, and budget oversight
• Serve as the operational point of contact facilitating commercial contracts
• Coordinate between the business and Legal/Procurement
• Own and administer the end-to-end contract workflow within the CLM system
• Identify and flag contract language with potential business implications
• Train business submitters and contract owners on process and CLM tool usage

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years of experience in Commercial Operations, Training, Field Enablement, Sales Operations, Meeting Planning, Contract Operations, or related functions within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical
• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex contracts and vendor relationships
• Proven experience leading large-scale meetings and events
• Strong project management and budget management experience
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and driving results through influence
• Hands-on experience with a CLM platform (Agiloft, DocuSign CLM, Icertis, ContractPodAi, or similar)
• Highly organized
• Process discipline and comfort owning a workflow end-to-end
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Nice to have

• advanced degree

Benefits

• 100% medical, dental, and vision premiums for employee and family
• Funds up to 75% of in-network deductibles
• 401(k) match with immediate vesting
• Generous paid time off
• 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Paid family and medical leave for all employees
• Company-paid short-term disability coverage for up to 20 weeks
• Wellness programs
• Tuition reimbursement
• Inclusive family-forming support
• Free on-site parking and gym facilities in the Waltham building

About the company

Cogent Biosciences is a publicly traded biotechnology company focused on developing novel precision therapies to treat a broad range of patients with unmet medical needs.