Career Category

Business Development

Job Description

The mission of Amgen’s External Research and Development (ER&D) group within Business Development is to maximize Amgen’s ability to deliver life changing therapies through rigorous identification and assessment of external innovation. Amgen is currently searching for a highly motivated and scientifically curious person to join our External R&D group as Senior Manager. 

This role is a hybrid of Search and Evaluation as well as Business Intelligence functions.  As part of the Business Intelligence activities for General Medicine, the person in this role be responsible for providing meaningful insights and analyses on the external landscape of diseases areas and therapeutics, in order to help inform our assessment of external opportunities and shape both our internal and external therapeutic area strategies. This person will create landscape assessments, collate information from publications, databases and other research primary and secondary sources into succinct and on point summaries.  As part of the Search and Evaluation activities, the person will be responsible for identifying and assessing opportunities from all external sources, including universities, venture/investment firms, small start-up companies, and other large pharma relevant to the Therapeutic Area’s interests. The Senior Manager is responsible for the global search efforts to support the Therapeutic Area’s strategic objectives, as well as managing the technical due diligence to ensure a thorough understanding of the potential and the risks of each opportunity.  For opportunities of high interest, this person will partner with a Transaction lead to execute bespoke agreements that maximize the value of the opportunity, including venture investments, licensing, collaborations, and acquisitions.  

This is an attractive opportunity for someone with sound scientific knowledge and drug development experience who enjoys a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment, and a highly-visible role that offers a chance to make significant contributions towards Amgen’s goals and improve patient care.

Responsibilities include:

• Help identify pipeline/commercial gaps and drive the translation of the therapeutic area strategies into Business Development priorities
• Apply structured problem solving to collect, analyze and report therapeutic area insights, incorporating primary and secondary data sources to generate actionable and strategic insights
• Conduct research such as (but not limited to) current available therapies, targets, competing compounds in development, clinical development plans of late-stage competitors, primary and secondary indications, key events, competitor deal structures and terms, and company and asset profiles
• Distill data into concise analysis/reports and presentations, with recommendations and implications to enable sound decision making for investing in external assets
• Act as an internal consultant and knowledge specialist to provide in-depth research of therapeutic area external landscape, competitive intelligence to support engaging in due diligence of targeted assets and post-deal partner intelligence through robust use of technical databases
• Identify, prioritize, and evaluate innovative therapeutic opportunities from preclinical through commercial stage
• Proactively source opportunities via internal and external networking, attending scientific sessions, monitoring of pipelines, news, and other sources such as KOLs, VCs, and industry leaders
• Guide and manage evaluations with cross-functional teams, including R&D, Commercial, CMC/manufacturing, Legal, IP, and others
• Provide recommendations and guidance, and ensure robust and efficient decision-making processes
• Work closely with other Business Development functions to ensure appropriate deal structures and valuations are achieved
• Ensure thorough record keeping
• Support the generation of therapeutic area (TAs) strategies in conjunction with the TAs
• Reach out externally and internally to share Amgen’s Business Development vision
• This role requires strong collaboration, organization, scientific, and strategic skills, as well as the ability to prepare and present clear communications for senior management

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree & 2 years of Business Development and/or drug development industry experience

OR

Master’s degree & 5 years of Business Development and/or drug development related

experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree or & 8 years of Business Development and/or drug development related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree in a scientific discipline
• 3+ years of experience in biotech/pharma business development and/or drug development related areas with strong technical R&D experience
• Strong scientific, organizational, communication, and project management skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, with a record of key accomplishments
• Excellent presentation skills
• Effective communication skills pertaining to scientific and business development
• The ability to foresee and solve problems, and prioritize and meet deadlines
• Strong team player
• Ability to interface effectively with all-levels of staff across differing functional expertise within the organization, including Commercial, Legal, CMC, and Finance.
• Demonstrated ability to create and build relationships with internal and external parties.
• Professional demeanor with strong decision-making skills and ability to work calmly in a high intensity and dynamic environment
• The ability to work independently as well as coordinate and guide large cross functional teams

Amgen will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.