Senior Manager - Brand Strategy & Operations

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. 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.

Senior Manager - Brand Strategy & Operations

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, reporting to the Sr. Director, US Brand Lead – Denosumab, you will partner closely with the extended cross-functional team to help deliver against brand goals, drive the operational engine of the brands, and ensure effective execution across functions and business processes.

This role is highly agile with responsibility for strategic partnership, operational leadership, and managing key marketing and contracting execution.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced commercial leader to help deliver on business priorities for two key brands in the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy, Operations & Brand Management

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the US Brand lead and XF team helping translate insights into action and shaping brand goals and priorities
• Lead orchestration/brand operating rhythm, including team meetings, QBRs, forecasts, and weekly performance updates
• Support tracking of performance, key initiatives, and business metrics; synthesize insights for leadership
• Assist in the creation of critical business presentations and support performance updates, brand plans, sales presentations, and other strategic deliverables
• Partner with brand, finance, and XF team to align budgets with business priorities
• Act as the connective tissue across cross functional partners and initiatives including marketing, contracting, field account teams, forecasting, analytics, finance, patient access, legal, regulatory, and others to effectively work as one team
• Ensure cross-functional alignment and proactively identify execution synergy or risks

Marketing

• Lead execution of select marketing initiatives, including digital and field tools
• Partner with agencies and internal teams to ensure high-quality, compliant, and on-time execution

Contracts & Pricing

• Partner with contracts & pricing team to support execution of key initiatives
• Ensure coordination between brand activities and access/pricing considerations where applicable

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 collaborative partner with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of commercial experience

OR

Master’s degree and 4 years of commercial experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of commercial experience

OR

Associate’s degree and 10 years of commercial experience

OR

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of commercial experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in pharmaceutical/biotech brand management, marketing, and/or contracts & pricing
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively across the cross-functional matrix to drive results
• Ability to think strategically, translate complex data/information into simple & actionable insights, and translate ideas into results
• Strong communication, project management, and problem-solving skills; proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel in professional settings
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality results under tight deadlines
• Ability to learn quickly and operate effectively in a highly dynamic environment; professional, self-starter attitude with attention to detail
• Experience supporting business planning, budgeting, and performance tracking
• Experience with and understanding of the US market access environment

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 where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

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.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

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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