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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

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.

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will have a significant impact on the continued, and future, success of our US Cardiovascular business. The Executive Director serves as cross functional lead for IDN/KAM Marketing strategy for Repatha and is responsible for setting and executing strategies to maximize brand growth in the IDN channel and the consequent pull through into Cardiology and Primary care channels.

The Executive Director, IDN/KAM Marketing for Cardiovascular (Repatha) is a critical role for Amgen and the CNBU (Cardiometabolic & Nephrology Business Unit). It is complex and will require a commercial executive with healthcare-provider marketing and market-creating capabilities, data and analytical skills, cross-functional and collaboration skills, and influencing skills. Success in this role will result in professional growth and additional career advancement opportunities.

The Executive Director will be a member of the core and cross-functional CNBU Senior Leadership Team and plays a critical role in enabling effective collaboration within the Marketing Organization, the Field, as well as with external business partners and other functional teams across Amgen.

Responsibilities

• Drive in-line performance of Repatha, specifically in the IDN channel

• Collaborate closely with multiple business partners, just to name a few most critical ones: Value and Access IDN team, ED for KAM (sales), Repatha Brand Lead and the full Repatha x-functional brand team

• Develop and deliver on revenue and expense forecast expectations (for specific IDN channel and pull through)

• Oversee and lead teams responsible for IDN / KAM marketing

• Develop and implement strategic and operational plans for building sustainable partnerships with IDN and other healthcare system partners with a specific focus on provider messages and resources (i.e., speaker programs, protocols etc.) in full partnership with V&A teams

• Develop future strategies and innovations for partnerships with healthcare systems (to improve patient outcomes) that will put Amgen in a leadership position in coordination with cross functional partners (V&A team)

• Partner with BU GM and CNBU SLT to facilitate engagement initiatives to foster culture and purpose across the CNBU

• Create a highly collaborative and effective cross-functional team that works on IDN / KAM marketing and makes sure that there is a very clear prioritized execution in the KAM team (direct IDN sales), in the Primary Care and Cardiology team (for the pull through)

• Generate excitement, externally and internally for the partnerships with IDN

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Win

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree & 6 years of Marketing experience OR

• Master’s degree & 10 years of Marketing experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree & 12 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

• Minimum eight years of experience in a series of commercial roles of increasing scope, scale, and complexity, with leading companies in the bio-pharmaceutical or health and wellness industry

• Experience developing and implementing innovative commercial strategies, with a focus on healthcare systems, within highly competitive markets where innovation and marketing prowess are a key factor of success

• Healthcare Provider marketing, strategic and tactical implementation roles, with an emphasis on uncovering novel and motivating customer insights and executing integrated multi-touch point initiatives to move an apathetic market

• Understanding of US market access, pricing, and reimbursement environment. Preferably with a track record in also developing and implementing strategies in these areas.

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

• Cardiovascular therapeutic area is preferred

• Experience working in a partnership or joint venture is desirable

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 focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and uses its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
 

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.