Product Marketing Manager - Inflammation (Contract)

MedDeviceJobs; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen Canada is seeking a Product Marketing Manager – Inflammation (Contract) in Mississauga to lead the development and execution of customer-centric brand strategies across Amgen Canada’s Inflammation portfolio. You will work with the Business Unit Director and cross-functional partners to drive performance and lifecycle management, ensuring compliant, high-impact communications.

You will translate market, patient, and competitive insights into actionable strategies, partnering with Sales and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, Marketing, Pharmacy or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of relevant pharmaceutical commercial experience, with marketing experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong strategic, analytical, project management and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a highly matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of integrated brand strategies, annual brand plans and tactical initiatives across Inflammation products, including lifecycle management and launch readiness activities.
• Lead cross-functional Brand Teams and partner across Sales, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Patient Services, Regulatory, Finance/BAI, Supply, Compliance and other functions to align priorities and deliver brand objectives.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the Inflammation marketplace and translate insights into strategic priorities and business decisions.
• Partner with Sales leadership and field teams to translate brand strategy into field execution and content.
• Lead the development and execution of customer-centric marketing initiatives, including promotional resources and digital omnichannel engagement while ensuring compliant communications.
• Collaborate with Market Access and Patient Services to incorporate reimbursement dynamics and patient access considerations into brand strategy.
• Lead financial and business planning for assigned brands, including forecasting, budgeting and performance analysis.
• Develop KPIs and monitor performance to identify trends and optimize brand performance.
• Build relationships with KOLs, key accounts, agencies and external partners to support brand objectives.
• Collaborate with Global and regional teams to adapt strategies to the Canadian market.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, Marketing, Pharmacy or related discipline

Job description

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.

Role: Product Marketing Manager – Inflammation (Contract)

Location: Mississauga Flexible Commuter

Reports to: Executive Medical Director

Contract Duration: 12-18 months

What you will do

In this vital role, you will lead the development and execution of customer-centric brand strategies across Amgen Canada’s Inflammation portfolio.

Working closely with the Business Unit Director and cross-functional partners, you will drive the commercial performance of assigned brands across their lifecycle by translating market, customer, patient, competitive and business insights into actionable strategies and execution. You will lead through influence, partner closely with the field organization, and ensure strong alignment across functions to deliver brand objectives and optimize the customer and patient experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of integrated brand strategies, annual brand plans and tactical initiatives across assigned Inflammation products, including lifecycle management and launch readiness activities.
• Lead cross-functional Brand Teams and partner across Sales, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Patient Services, Regulatory, Finance/BAI, Supply, Compliance and other functions to align priorities and deliver brand objectives.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the Inflammation marketplace and translate customer, patient, field, market research, competitive, scientific, access and performance insights into strategic priorities and business decisions.
• Partner closely with Sales leadership and field teams to translate brand strategy into effective field execution, including customer engagement priorities, resources, training and sales meeting/workshop initiatives and content
• Lead the development and execution of customer-centric marketing initiatives, including promotional resources, congress activities, digital and omnichannel engagement, while translating scientific evidence into relevant and compliant commercial communications.
• Partner with Market Access and Patient Services to incorporate reimbursement dynamics, patient access barriers, payer considerations and the patient journey into brand strategy and support the optimization of patient support initiatives.
• Lead financial and business planning for assigned brands, including sales and demand forecasting, LE/LRP and scenario planning, budget management, supply considerations, business cases and ongoing performance analysis.
• Develop and track meaningful KPIs, proactively identifying performance trends, opportunities, risks and execution gaps and recommending actions to optimize brand performance.
• Develop strategic stakeholder engagement plans and build appropriate relationships with KOLs, key accounts, agencies, vendors and other external partners to generate insights and support brand objectives.
• Collaborate with Global and regional teams, representing Canadian market needs and adapting global strategies, initiatives and assets to the local environment where appropriate.
• Leverage digital capabilities, analytics and AI to enhance insight generation, customer experience, marketing effectiveness and operational efficiency.
• Ensure all strategies, tactics, materials and external engagements are executed in accordance with Amgen policies and applicable regulatory, legal, compliance and industry requirements.

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 strategic, results-oriented marketer with strong commercial judgment and the ability to lead through influence, translate insights into action and deliver results in a complex, fast-paced environment.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, Marketing, Pharmacy or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of relevant pharmaceutical commercial experience, with marketing experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong strategic, analytical, project management and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a highly matrixed environment.

Core Competencies

• Strategic thinking and brand management
• Customer and patient centricity
• Cross-functional leadership and influence
• Commercial and financial acumen
• Insight generation and analytics
• Scientific and marketplace acumen
• Field partnership and execution
• Project and agency management
• Communication excellence
• Compliance mindset
• Digital, omnichannel and AI fluency

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous marketing experience within Inflammation, Immunology, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology or Dermatology. Biosimilar experience would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of the Canadian specialty pharmaceutical, biosimilar, reimbursement and patient access environment.
• Experience managing brands across different lifecycle stages, including launch readiness and established brand management.
• Experience partnering with field sales organizations and translating strategy into field execution.
• Experience with patient support programs and market access considerations.
• Strong financial experience, including forecasting, budgeting, scenario planning and performance analysis.
• Experience with market research, customer insight generation, digital/omnichannel marketing and agency/vendor management.
• Knowledge of Canadian regulatory, legal and industry requirements applicable to pharmaceutical marketing.

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.

Amgen is proud to have been recognized as one of LinkedIn Top 25 Companies in Canada for career growth. Click HERE (https://lnkd.in/CATopCompanies25) for more details. 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.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.