Advocacy Relations Director, Inflammation and Bone Business Unit

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Advocacy Relations Director, Inflammation and Bone Business Unit

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will the Advocacy Relations Director for the Inflammation and Bone Business Unit (IBBU) is a key leader responsible for shaping and executing the patient advocacy strategy across a diverse and evolving therapeutic portfolio. In this role you will play a critical part in elevating the voices of patients and advocacy partners to shape solutions, address access barriers, and drive meaningful impact across both established and emerging therapeutic areas.

You will oversee Amgen’s long-standing relationships with patient communities in inflammation and bone while also identifying and cultivating new partnerships that support clinical development programs where unmet needs persist. Through strategic leadership, cross-functional alignment, and a deep understanding of patient insights, the Advocacy Director will ensure that the advocacy strategy is agile, inclusive, and aligned to Amgen’s mission and business priorities.

This is a remote position reporting to the Assistant Vice President, Patient Advocacy and Corporate Affairs.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & Team Oversight

• Lead and develop the inflammation and bone advocacy team, including direct management of therapeutic areas leads.

• Develop and execute an integrated advocacy strategy that aligns with corporate objectives and adapts to portfolio shifts and evolving patient needs.

• Allocate resources dynamically to high-priority areas and ensure coordinated engagement across internal teams and external stakeholders.

Community Engagement & Access Support

• Partner with long-standing key patient advocacy organizations cultivating high-trust, compliant, partnerships to advance education, reduce access barriers, and support appropriate use of approved therapies.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with medical, marketing, government affairs and alliance management, and communication teams to drive critical insights and amplify patient voices in shaping access and reimbursement strategies.

• Represent Amgen in relevant external coalitions and forums to elevate the inflammation community’s voice and needs.

• Represent the patient perspective in internal forums and communications, ensuring organizational actions reflect community needs and values.

Clinical Development & Unmet Needs

• Identify and build relationships with emerging advocacy groups and communities in areas with limited existing engagement, particularly those related to pipeline and patient impact expansion products under clinical development.

• Generate actionable insights through partnership to inform development, clinical trial recruitment, unmet needs, and future access strategies.

• Work closely with clinical development teams to integrate patient and caregiver perspectives early in the product lifecycle.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Advocacy professional we seek will have these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 4 years of patient advocacy and/or healthcare policy experience

Or

Master’s degree and 7 years of patient advocacy and/or healthcare policy experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of patient advocacy and/or healthcare policy experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of progressive experience in patient advocacy, public affairs, healthcare strategy, or related fields, including demonstrated leadership of cross-functional or external engagement teams.

• Proven track record of building and sustaining trusted relationships with patient advocacy organizations, community leaders, and individuals with lived experience.

• Experience engaging advocacy partners across the full product lifecycle—from clinical development and trial design through regulatory milestones, access planning, launch, and post-approval engagement.

• Understanding of the role patient perspectives play in shaping health policy, access, and clinical trial awareness.

• Demonstrated success in competitive therapeutic areas (e.g., osteoporosis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis,), with the ability to differentiate value narratives in crowded and dynamic environments.

• Strategic thinker with the ability to align advocacy strategies to business priorities while staying grounded in patient insights and community needs.

• Ability to build consensus across diverse advocacy voices.

• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-changing policy and payer environments, especially in the context of emerging or first-in-class therapies.

• Excellent communication, storytelling, and influencing skills to elevate patient perspectives and inspire organizational action.

• Recognized internally and externally for executive presence, sound judgment, and commitment to authentic, empathetic patient partnerships.

• Understands the pharma/biotech business model, regulatory process & compliance guidelines.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:

• A 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

• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

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