Job Description

Associate, Professional Education and Development

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As an Associate, Professional Education and Development, you will operationally support our Global and U.S. Vision Care Professional Education and Development team at our Fort Worth, TX location with some travel required.

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Works collaboratively to operationally support department leaders to create impactful events, materials and reports supporting team initiatives
• Help develop, attend and assist with department symposia, conference sponsorships, academic programs, health care professional (HCP) advisory boards, and other department programs
• Develop executive-level presentations, documents, and reports
• Manage logistics for symposia, advisory boards and department programs, including scheduling, venue arrangements, participant communication, and resource allocation
• Build and foster strong relationships with the team, internal stakeholders, and senior leaders by facilitating communication, managing priorities, problem-solving and ensuring timely follow-ups
• Build and foster strong relationships with organization leaders, key opinion leaders, academics and HCPs
• Managing team KPI’s, budget, contracts, purchase orders and invoices for two departments
• Managing complex calendars, scheduling meetings, preparing expense reports and coordinating domestic and international travel arrangements for two department heads
• Coordinate and manage cross-functional team meetings and events for two department heads, including agenda development, logistics, scheduling, and execution

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO ALCON:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +8 yrs. Assoc.+4 yrs.)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:

• See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities
• Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!
• Alcon provides robust benefits packages including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!

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Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.