Senior Marketing Manager, Marketing Excellence Brand Building

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Marketing Excellence Brand Building, Senior Marketing Manager

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. This vital role will be responsible for elevating the impact of marketing across Amgen globally. You will be helping to lead Brand Planning and the development of standards of excellence for Amgen Brand Management. This role will report into the Brand Building Director of Marketing Excellence and partner heavily with global/local brand teams and external thought-partners. Key areas of focus:

• Brand Building: Develop and optimize standards of excellence across the Amgen Brand Management approach:
• Situation Analysis: Business Analysis, Customer Understanding
• Strategy: Positioning, Market Strategy, Customer Strategy
• Execution & Measurement: Message Development, Campaign Development, Customer Engagement, KPI & Performance Monitoring
• Brand Planning: Optimization of the Brand Planning framework

Responsibilities include:

• Partner with external thought partners and a highly cross-functional team across levels, regions and businesses to develop relevant, actionable standards
• Partner closely with teams to pilot, pressure test and optimize standards
• Help manage leadership forums to help build, optimize and embed key marketing concepts into the organization
• Lead the development and execution of a multi-year Amgen Brand Management Awards program to recognize great marketing and foster best practices sharing. Manage all aspects of the program, including design and governance
• Continuously seek to identify best practices and act as a beacon of change

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 candidate with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of Marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization

Or

Master’s degree and 4 years of Marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization

Or

Associate’s Degree and 10 years of Marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization

Or

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree and 5 years of relevant experience
• Strong brand management / marketing competence with experience building and growing brands
• Understanding of behavioral science and experience applying principles to accelerate growth
• Ability to influence without authority up, down and across a global organization
• Stellar verbal and written communication skills
• Track record to manage and deliver on projects to drive business results
• Travel: quarterly visits to agencies/Amgen headquarters

Expert proficiency across the following marketing competencies:

• Build Brand Foundations: identifying ownable opportunities and strategies for the brand based on deep understanding of market dynamics and deep customer understanding
• Make Strategic Choices: synthesizing information to develop meaningful insights that fuel brand strategy
• Deliver Relevant Differentiation: empowering teams to build and manage distinct brands and connecting the dots between messaging, creative and experience to drive impact

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

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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.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

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