Career CategoryCorporate Services
Job DescriptionTerritory Covers: San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles
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.
IgG4-RD Thought Leader Liaison Sr. Manager - WestLiveWhat you will doLet's do this. Let's change the world! This critical role is a customer-facing role responsible for executing the customer aspects of the Neuroimmunology Business Unit's peer to peer strategies and building productive relationships with speakers, thought leaders and other key influencers from key accounts in their assigned geography. The IgG4-RD Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is responsible for compliantly liaising with Sales, Site of Care, and Medical Affairs to address customer needs, identify/initiate appropriate projects of mutual interest to Amgen and customers, anticipate market trends, and uncover competitive intelligence, ensuring delivery against the Business Unit objectives. The TLL will align across the Amgen organization to coordinate thought leader interactions and deliver a cohesive customer experience.
Responsibilities:- Significant customer-facing time, building relationships with existing and new thought leaders for involvement in current and future commercial activities
- Creates local peer to peer strategies in coordination with national and regional strategic marketing and sales business plans.
- Liaise with sales and marketing to ensure thought leader concerns/needs are addressed in a timely and thorough manner
- Collaborates closely with the Amgen advocacy team to develop relationships with key physician and patient organizations
- Creates and executes short term and long-term KOL engagement plans.
- Captures, synthesizes and shares key thought leader insights to help shape brand strategy and prepare for future life cycle management and competitor entry into the marketplace
- Identifies evidence gaps across product and disease education through appropriate thought leader discussions and podium observations.
- Disseminate thought leader insights to broader Amgen stakeholders, including marketing, sales, market access to drive development of new strategies and tactical approaches and to ensure a comprehensive view of market trends is integrated into overall planning
- Coordinate leadership interactions at all assigned national/regional, state society conferences
- Initiates and pursues opportunities to involve Amgen in meaningful programs with thought leaders to ensure Amgen is strategically and strongly positioned in the market
- Assists with speaker events, including selection of speakers, training for speakers and reviewing current speaker programs ensuring consistent messaging and compliant execution
- Collaborates with marketing team on peer to peer programs including speaker training programs and contributes to ongoing refinement of U.S. speaker bureau
- Contributes to content development by providing customer insight and perspective, increasing program impact & relevance
WinWhat we expect of youWe are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The marketing professional we seek is a collaborative partner with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing or sales experience
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Master's degree and 4 years of marketing or sales experience
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Bachelor's degree and 6 years of marketing or sales experience
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Associates degree and 10 years of marketing or sales experience
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High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing or sales experience
Preferred Qualifications:- Customer facing pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience (field sales, product marketing, medical or clinical experience in the same or related therapeutic area) is required
- Experience in the rheumatology and/or gastroenterology therapeutic area, strongly preferred
- Clinical experience in rare diseases or specialty biologics strongly preferred
- Thought leader or demonstrated KOL leadership experience a plus
- Proven track record of consistent achievement or exceeding expectations in assigned responsibilities, goals, objectives and any other relevant metrics, especially involving cross functional matrix teams
- Previous experience in multiple commercial functions beneficial
- Demonstrated experience customizing and executing timely action plans across various initiatives
- Demonstrates leadership, strategic agility and persuasive aptitude
- Exceptional ability to collaborate and/or lead cross functional teams
- Ability to present ideas effectively by consolidating and customizing information
- Strong organizational, analytic and time management planning skills
- Exceptional clinical/business acumen
Travel Requirements: - Willingness to travel up to 80% of the time, inclusive of conferences on weekends, overnight programs as well as attendance at key internal meetings
- Individual must reside within territory boundaries given travel requirements
ThriveWhat you can expect of usAs 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.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:
Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
Stock-based long-term incentives
Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible
Apply nowfor a career that defies imaginationObjects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.
careers.amgen.comApplication deadline
Amgen anticipates accepting applications until 11/5/2024; however, we may continue accepting applications beyond this date if we do not receive a sufficient number of candidates.
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.
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