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At Amgen, every challenge is an opportunity. And every opportunity brings the potential to change lives. Our shared mission—to serve patients—has driven our status as one of the world’s preeminent biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Leverage your high-level expertise to lead and forge partnerships that advance the biotechnical and biopharmaceutical science that can turn the tide of serious, life-interrupting illnesses.

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for maximizing the value of assets and developing successful global brands and franchises by providing commercial guidance on development stage assets, developing and implementing global launch strategies, optimizing the impact of marketing budgets, managing the lifecycle of marketed products and supporting business development’s efforts to license and acquire external assets.

The Executive Director, Global Marketing Lead (GML), Otezla is a critical role in the Global Marketing organization that has a significant impact on products at all stages of the product lifecycle.

The GML position is complex and will require a commercial executive with excellent marketing capabilities, strong analytical skills, superior cross-functional collaboration skills, the ability to operate globally and locally, and highly effective influencing skills. Success in this critical role will result in significant professional growth and advancement at Amgen.

Responsibilities

The Global Marketing Lead (GML) serves as primary Global Commercial Operations (GCO) interface with Research & Development and Operations. You will provide commercial leadership and “one GCO voice” throughout the lifecycle of the product and serve as a center of excellence for disseminating GCO best practices across regions.

In this role you will be responsible for the following:

• Key contributor of the Product Team (PT)

• Leadership of the Insight and Brand Platform Team 

• Development and execution of Global Commercial Plan (GCP)

• Ensuring that Amgen maximize the value its pipeline and inline brands

• Leading all Global Marketing activities for assigned brands consistent with agreed Global Marketing processes

• Provide Commercial input on Business Development efforts

• Manage and coordinate with our Partners

• Key activities and accountabilities include the following:

• Communicate commercial vision for the product

• Ensure timeliness and quality of key commercial inputs

• Forge strong relationships and cross-functional collaboration and regional collaboration

• Represent commercial interests on Research Project Teams and licensing teams

• Lead Insight and Brand Platform Team 

• Lead development and implementation of Global Commercial Plan

• Communicate regional interests to create consolidated and integrated global marketing

• perspective – “one GCO voice”

• Lead and obtain approval from Commercial Review Board (CRB) for cross regional tradeoffs

• Ensure Insight and Brand Platform Team members including regions and functions deliver upon the GCP

• Facilitate high quality and timely cross regional product specific knowledge and best

• practice sharing

• Develop and oversee execution of global market research strategy

• Develop and maintain core positioning and branding and ensure this is executed globally

• Set/coordinate global pre-launch market development strategy

• Develop market forecast pre-phase 2 and oversee aggregate forecast post phase 2

• Co-development of documentation and portal materials and presentations

• Manage global marketing budget in support of the above

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What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree & 6 or more years of marketing experience OR

• Master’s degree & 10 or more years of marketing experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree & 12 or more years of marketing experience AND

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

Preferred Qualifications

• At least eight years of experience in commercial roles of increasing scope, scale and complexity, with leading companies in the biopharmaceutical industry

• Experience developing and implementing innovative global marketing and commercial strategies for pipeline products, successfully launching therapeutic products and repositioning products to maximize commercial value

• Experience launching multiple products in diverse therapeutic areas is highly desirable

• Experience in commercial positions with global responsibilities is important

• Experience living and working outside the United States is highly desirable

• Possesses an understanding of broad, global market dynamics and the cultural awareness and sensitivity to form relationships and work effectively with colleagues around the world

• Broad therapeutic area expertise. Has worked in diverse commercial roles supporting several different disease states, on products in various stages of the lifecycle, with a diverse set of customers in challenging and competitive markets

• Experience supporting partnered assets/programs is desirable

• Prior experience in a tactical, “line” marketing role, implementing marketing strategies in local markets, is a plus

• Understanding of global market access, pricing and reimbursement issues

• Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrix environment, managing global projects involving multiple functions and shared accountabilities

• Experience supporting product licensing and acquisition transactions. Has contributed commercial expertise in evaluating internal assets and prioritizing external opportunities. Has supported transactions by conducting due diligence, evaluating market dynamics, contributing modeling assumptions, and assisting with valuation

• An MBA is strongly preferred

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.

• Clear and disciplined strategic vision for the future that leverages superior-quality products, operational excellence and top-shelf-talent

• 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

Our culture is what makes Amgen a special place to work. We have a powerful shared purpose around our mission – to serve patients. We respect one another, recognize contributions, and have embedded collaboration, trust, empowerment and inclusion in all that we do. We equip all our staff members to live well-rounded, healthy lives. Most recently, Amgen added benefits for transgender employees and continues to pride itself on industry-leading, family-friendly offerings for families of all compositions.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Amgen requires all staff in the United States and Puerto Rico to be vaccinated from COVID 19 as a condition of employment. In accordance with applicable law, Amgen will provide reasonable accommodations to staff members who qualify on the basis of a medical reason or a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance.  Such accommodation may not pose an undue hardship to Amgen, its operations, or its staff.