Senior Director, Learning & Development

Overview

About Stoke: Stoke Therapeutics (Nasdaq: STOK) is a biotechnology company dedicated to restoring protein expression by harnessing the body’s potential with RNA medicine. Using Stoke’s proprietary approach, the company is developing antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) to selectively restore naturally occurring protein levels. Stoke’s first medicine in development, zorevunersen, has demonstrated the potential for disease modification in patients with Dravet syndrome and is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 study.

Stoke entered into a strategic collaboration with Biogen in 2025 to develop and commercialize zorevunersen for Dravet syndrome. Under the collaboration, Stoke retains exclusive rights for zorevunersen in the United States, Canada, and Mexico;
Biogen receives exclusive rest of world commercialization rights. STK-002 is Stoke’s proprietary antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) in clinical development for the treatment of autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA). A Phase 1 study (OSPREY) of STK-002 in people with ADOA is now underway. The company is also conducting early research in Syngap1, in collaboration with Acadia Pharmaceuticals. Stoke’s initial focus is on diseases of the central nervous system and the eye that are caused by a loss of ~50% of normal protein levels (haploinsufficiency).

Proof of concept has been demonstrated in other organs, tissues, and systems, supporting broad potential for the Company’s proprietary approach.

The Senior Director of Learning and Development will be responsible for leading the design, execution, and management of a comprehensive learning strategy aligned with the company’s scientific and business objectives. The ideal candidate will create training infrastructure from scratch, including launch excellence frameworks and technical training for both medical and commercial teams. This position will report to the Vice President of Marketing.

• Build a comprehensive training strategy aligned with business objectives to enhance knowledge and skills on SMA and zorevunersen across U.S. and global markets.
• Lead and oversee medical and commercial training initiatives.
• Lead development initiatives, i.e., training, coaching, learning initiatives.
• Lead creation and standardization of Launch Excellence frameworks from early planning through post-launch sustainment.
• Design and train on learning solutions grounded in adult learning theory to maximize knowledge of retention and application.
• Oversee development and facilitation of dynamic workshops on disease states, products, market landscapes, and contextual selling skills for diverse audiences.
• Train and coach leaders for key conversations that drive team performance, instilling high confidence in the performance of team members, and ensuring employees receive balanced and actionable feedback.
• Partner with executive leaders to provide strategic guidance aligning people programs to business outcomes and while ensuring high employee engagement.
• Lead, evaluate and monitor training programs to ensure training objectives are being met.
• Ensure the appropriate utilization of resources by overseeing the identification and selection of vendors as well as existing relationships and projects relating to training.
• Design and implement practices ensuring continuous improvement of a high-performance culture.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, science or related field. A master’s degree (MBA) is strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of experience working in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry with 8+ years of experience in sales/commercial training.
• Ability to lead all medical affairs and commercial trainings.
• Experience leading development initiatives (i.e., training programs, feedback and evaluation, collaboration, LMS systems, career development, content creation, digital training assignments, performance consulting, learning analytics and facilitation and coaching).
• Firm understanding and applicability of adult learning theory framework and experience with each of the adult learning modules (i.e., visual and spatial, auditory, linguistics, andragogical…