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Ellen Leonard, MBA, M.Ed.

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Associate Director, Sales Training at Shionogi Inc. (U.S.)
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Ellen is a pharmaceutical sales training leader with over 20 years of experience. In her role at Shionogi, she focuses on strategic learning, end-to-end sales training, and leadership development. She holds an MBA, an M.Ed., and is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor.

Outside of her direct role, Ellen champions empathetic leadership and creating a fun, transparent team culture. She shows a passion for DE&I initiatives and has expressed support for environmental causes like Earth Day. She values mentorship and supporting strong leaders.

She has been praised for her creativity in developing a clinical comic book and a podcast to make training more engaging.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Associate Director, Sales Training
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
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Creative L&D
Praised for developing innovative training like a clinical comic book and podcast series, she focuses on creating impactful learning experiences for sales teams.
Empathetic Leadership
She publicly shares leadership advice focused on empathy and praises leaders who build a team culture of success, transparency, and fun.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Associate Director, Sales Training
Shionogi Inc. (U.S.)
9-2024 - 8-2025
Account Manager
SUN PHARMA
2-2024 - 9-2024
Sales Marketing Operations Manager
Bausch + Lomb
2-2022 - 9-2023
Associate Director, Global Learning & Development (until 10/2023)
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
5-2017 - 2-2022
Senior Manager Learning Development
Bausch + Lomb
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Education
1994 - 1995
M.Ed.
Penn State University
8-2008 - 1-2011
MBA
University of San Diego
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