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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, Payer Contracting (US Remote)

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! In this vital role the Director, Payer Contracting, is a key member of the US Value and Access (US V&A) Contract Development team. The core focus will be leading a contracting team that manages a large pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) / rebate management organization (RMO) account as well as leading efforts supporting regional accounts, with responsibilities spanning the full Amgen US portfolio of medicines (pharmacy benefit, medical benefit, and biosimilars) across all books of business (commercial and government).  This role will partner with a broad set of internal stakeholders to build out contract strategy, support deal negotiations, and advise on contract interpretations to support implementation, contract performance analyses, formulary/UM validation efforts, and dispute resolution activities when needed. This position will lead a team of two to four payer contracting specialists.

Key responsibilities

• Lead matrix team in leveraging contracting opportunities to support Amgen’s strategic business needs across full portfolio, including writing and preparation of agreements, amendments, and notifications. Manage all necessary approvals and ensure alignment across functions to deliver fully implemented contracts that align to business goals.
• Work cross-functionally with US V&A teams (market access, coverage and pricing strategy, contracting and pricing operations, and Law teams) to provide strategic guidance on contracting options in order to devise contracting solutions that optimize the gross-to-net impact of strategies.
• Anticipate, evaluate, and respond to contracting questions from Amgen’s internal customers
• Remain abreast of underlying payer performance metrics and trends to uncover any underlying opportunities and weaknesses in the business
• Conduct appropriate analyses and develop contracting recommendations that influence decision-making of senior leadership at the Executive Director, VP GM, and SVP levels
• Support organizational initiatives to validate formulary and UM criteria based on provisions stipulated in contracts. Respond to requests as appropriate from corporate audit or other internal partners to interpret key contract provisions.
• Collaborate across US V&A verticals to support transformative/modernization efforts on platforms/systems, workflows, and governance processes as appropriate
• Lead, train, and develop both direct reports and contract writers to produce high quality work product.

Win

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree and 4 years of sales & marketing operations or pricing experience

Or

Master’s degree and 8 years of sales & marketing operations or pricing experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of sales & marketing operations or pricing experience

And

4 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources

Preferred Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree.
• 6+ years of experience solving complex business problems and managing analytics projects.
• Experience in pharmaceutical/biotech environment.
• Demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility and leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ability building and leading successful teams that excel at collaborating cross-functionally.
• Exceptional analytical capabilities. Excellent conceptual problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to bring structure to vaguely defined problems, pragmatically scope problem solving approach, and lead implementation.
• Ability and desire to build new organizational capabilities from the ground up.
• Possess a willingness and ability to work hands-on and with a sense of urgency, in a fast-paced, environment.
• Ability to deliver and communicate effectively in a highly fluid, interactive, matrixed environment; demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple simultaneous, complex projects to completion.
• Authoritative command of complexity and ambiguity; ability to see the big picture; ability to collect, digest and assemble information to enable relevant business analyses.
• Deep experience navigating the evolving U.S. healthcare system.
• Good judgment and initiative in handling business issues of significance to Corporate Pricing.
• Excellent project management skills and capacity to manage/lead multiple projects.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Extensive experience with Excel and PowerPoint.

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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