Sr. Manager, RDBU L&P, Training Lead - TAVNEOS & Dazodalibep (DAZ)
Sr. Manager, RDBU L&P, Training Lead - TAVNEOS & Dazodalibep (DAZ)
US - Illinois - Chicago Apply NowAt 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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. 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.
This is a US-based remote field training leadership position reporting directly to the Sr. Director of Learning & Performance within the Rare Disease Business Unit (RDBU).
What you will do
The primary responsibility of this role is to drive Learning & Performance strategy and execution for the TAVNEOS business, including New Hire/Onboarding, field learning, semester meetings, sales capability initiatives, and ongoing training aligned with business priorities. In addition to supporting the current TAVNEOS business, the individual will partner across Brand, Marketing, Medical, Patient Access, and Commercial teams to help shape Learning & Performance strategy and launch readiness for dazodalibep (DAZ) in Sjögren’s disease. This role will provide cross-functional leadership and strategic influence across multiple stakeholders and may evolve to include direct people leadership as launch activities expand.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Lead Learning & Performance strategy and execution for the TAVNEOS business, including New Hire/Onboarding, field learning, semester meetings, and ongoing sales capability initiatives.
- Partner with Brand Leadership to ensure learning strategies are aligned with business priorities and commercial objectives.
- Collaborate across the RDBU Learning & Performance team, cross-functional internal partners, and other Business Unit learning organizations to identify and scale learning best practices.
- Build and scale sales capability initiatives, and learning solutions that improve field effectiveness and accelerate business results.
- Provide leadership and coaching across Learning & Performance initiatives, with the opportunity to manage and develop staff as the organization evolves.
- Partner with Global Launch Excellence & Brand Engagement (GLEBE), Brand, Medical, Marketing, and Commercial teams to support DAZ pre-launch learning strategy and launch readiness.
- Contribute to the development of DAZ launch learning plans, curriculum strategy, resource planning, governance, and key launch milestones.
- Support cross-functional launch workstreams and ensure learning initiatives remain aligned with evolving brand strategy, development timelines, and commercialization milestones.
- Partner closely with Sales Leadership to maintain a proactive, strategic approach to capability development that enables both current brand success and future launch readiness.
- US-remote, approximately 30% travel is required.
What we expect of you:
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The standout professional we seek is driven with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Candidates should meet one of the following education and experience combinations:
- Doctorate degree and 2 years of Sales Training experience
- Master’s degree and 4 years of Sales Training experience
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Sales Training experience
- Associate’s degree and 10 years of Sales Training experience
- High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Sales training experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to balance execution for an established in-market brand while contributing to future launch planning and commercialization efforts.
- Experience in instructional design, curriculum development, and vendor management.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, facilitate executive-level discussions, and lead engaging learning experiences for large audiences in both in-person and virtual environments. Experience supporting commercial launches, launch readiness, or pre-launch planning activities.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multiple strategic initiatives in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Experience partnering with Global, Brand, Medical, Marketing, and cross-functional commercial teams throughout the product lifecycle.
- Experience developing launch learning strategies, curriculum roadmaps, and capability-building initiatives.