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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Director, Commercial Forecasting, Oncology

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! The Director Oncology Forecasting will lead the forecasting efforts for several brands within the Amgen Oncology Portfolio. They will lead a team of hard-working individuals to develop unbiased short and long-term forecasts for both US and Global.

The individual in this role will need to be resourceful in influencing and challenging a diverse set of partners (Marketing, Finance, Manufacturing, and Pricing/Contracting), as well as be proficient in understanding the nuances of each business they are helping to manage.

The Director will develop a strong team and sense of forecast community, while serving as an excellent mentor and developer of talent. Additionally, the Director will also train on technical aspects of forecasting, as well as be able to explain how the other functions within CD&A (Market Research, Competitive Intelligence, Analytics, and Data) play a role in the forecast.

The ability to draw upon a deep set of experiences and apply them to the questions being asked is crucially important in order to act as a strategic thought partner to the brand.

This position reports to the Executive Director of Forecasting. This position will:

• Lead teams of forecasters to deliver high-quality performance predictions to Commercial business leaders across Amgen’s portfolio of in-line and pipeline Oncology assets
• Collaborate closely with business partners across Commercial, Operations and Finance
• Instill, and reflect, a strong dedication to quality and standards – both in the underlying forecast methodologies and forecast presentations. Ensures final products are well vetted and reliable
• Exhibit expertise in solving various structured and unstructured problems through relevant analytical approaches and frameworks
• Strive for consistency in the way forecasts are approached, developed, and presented
• Thought leader for the Forecasting capability who will encourage broad adoption of best practices, deploy appropriate guardrails, quality monitoring and drive use of new methods and tools
• Primary point of contact for senior Therapeutic Area leaders to engage with forecasting
• Balance demands from in-line and pipeline assets across business units and therapeutic areas
• Drive productivity and efficiency, streamlining forecasting processes where possible

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The insightful professional we seek is a strategic leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree and 4 years of forecasting and/or commercial insights experience

OR

Master’s degree and 7 years of forecasting and/or commercial insights experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of forecasting and/or commercial insights experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources
• Biopharma industry experience
• Leadership experience in building and developing hard-working teams, delivering results and shaping the future
• Ability to quickly establish credibility with and influence SVP/EVP level staff
• Aligns team to best practices and champions new innovative methodologies and tools
• Eye for business that lends itself to understanding the context and dynamics of pharmaceutical markets for relevant disease areas
• Partners with business leaders to deliver high-quality predictions that guide strategic decision-making
• Oral, written and presentation skills to explain complex concepts and controversial findings clearly to a variety of audiences including senior management
• Ability to lead and manage projects from concept to completion
• Quick learner, proactive, takes initiative

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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