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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.

Senior Manager, Payer Contracting (US Remote)

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! In this vital role the Senior Manager is integral to Amgen’s financial performance and will lead contracting activities for Amgen’s Managed Care Organization (MCO) customers. The Senior Manager will serve as PC’s point of contact for both internal and external partners for one of Amgen’s top national MCO customers. This role reports to a Director of Payer Contracting.

The Senior Manager will be an instrumental member of the customer team responsible for overseeing Amgen’s customers and will be key in identifying and executing contract strategies to ensure Amgen’s business needs are met. This role is integral in communicating account information to facilitate pricing and contracting decision-making by senior leadership. This individual will be the primary contract owner for the MCO client responsibilities and will assist in review of product pricing requests with internal executive committees. Additionally, this individual will partner with cross-functional teams to support product-specific pricing strategies, value-based contracts, contract performance, and contract execution needs.

Key responsibilities of this role:

• Manage the contract development process in conjunction with Amgen’s Market Access account executive, Law, Coverage & Pricing, and other partners
• Create term sheets and complete request for proposals (RFPs) as needed to provide pricing offers to MCO customers
• Act as business owner of the contract between Amgen and its customer, specifically owning the contracting strategy and execution of one of the Big 3 (“Mega”) managed care PBM conglomerates
• Implement MCO pricing and contracting strategies in alignment with brand/business approach
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of key MCO customer’s financials, growth drivers, membership, mergers/acquisitions, end customers, etc.
• Inform the pricing analytics team of customer-specific information and trends that are critical to provide quarterly financial estimates for each customer
• Support post-deal contract operations team including contracting interpretation for payment processing, dispute resolution, formulary validation, and other activities as needed
• Support ad-hoc requests by senior leadership for product and/or customer related business analytics and strategy

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What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of sales & marketing operations or pricing experience

Or

Master’s degree and 4 years of sales & marketing operations or pricing experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of sales & marketing operations or pricing experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced degree (i.e. MBA or equivalent experience)

6+ years of experience solving complex business problems and managing multiple projects concurrently

Ability to read and understand complex legal contract documents

Pharmaceutical or biotechnology sales and marketing experience

Demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility and leadership experience

Strong negotiation skills

Previous experience providing and delivering information for decision making by executive management

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also 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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