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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
 

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. 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, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role.

Senior Biopharmaceutical Representative, General Medicine- Hamilton (18 Month Contract)

Reports to: Manager, District Sales

Territory: Hamilton Area

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will help solidify Amgen as a leader in Cardiology as well as fortify our strong position in the Bone Health Space with Prolia™ (denosumab), a blockbuster product in Post-Menopausal Osteoporosis, as well as Evenity (romosozumab), and Repatha TM (evolocumab), a first in class treatment option in dyslipidemia. This is your chance to reach your full potential with the unique opportunity of promoting these first biologic therapies to a multi-disciplinary group of health professionals. If you have a passion for selling, an entrepreneurship mindset, and a drive to succeed, then this is a phenomenal opportunity for you! Other responsibilities include:

• Contacting physicians (General Practice, Endocrinology/Cardiology) and other Healthcare Professionals (Nurses, Pharmacists, Dieticians, and Endocrinologists) to develop our business and expand the clinical use of Repatha and Prolia in the territory.

• Achieve maximum market share vs. competitive product

• Respond to customer needs and maintain a high quality of service via knowledge of the Osteoporosis, Cardiology and Endocrinology therapeutic areas and the appropriate management of patients

• Handle any logistics pertaining to Amgen sponsored rounds; implement in-services and continuing health education initiatives (National/Regional Speaker Tours) with programs

• Create/develop innovate programs, as required, and build competitive advantage for Amgen within key accounts

• Achieve customer sales by carrying out POA marketing strategies, which includes delivering branded sales messages

• Servicing customers with the focus on ensuring product access, resolving/triage reimbursement issues, and supporting fulfillment

• Developing and implementing customer plans, including review of sales activities, territory analysis and CRM maintenance

• Providing feedback on marketing strategies and effectiveness in the field
   

Win

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 3 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience
  OR
  Associate degree and 6 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience
  OR
  High school diploma/GED and 8 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience

• Experience selling in the Hamilton Region to General Practitioners

Preferred Qualifications

• Ideally 5+ years of pharmaceutical sales experience

• Sales experience in the Rheumatology and Cardiology/Dyslipidemia market a significant asset

• Experience in both Specialty & Primary Care selling environments considered an asset

• Familiarity with customers in territory

• Track record of competitive selling skills

• Excellent communication skills

• Negotiation skills

• Strong decision making/problem solving skills

• Leadership skills

• Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

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.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey

• A 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—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor
   

Apply now

for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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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.

Amgen endeavors to make its recruitment process accessible to any and all users. Reasonable accommodations will be provided, upon request, to applicants with disabilities in order to facilitate equal opportunity throughout the recruitment and selection process. Please contact TalentAcquisitionInquiries@amgen.com to make a request and ensure you include the requisition number.

Reasonable accommodations are available, upon request, to facilitate the equal participation of candidates with disabilities, should you be selected for an interview.