Operational Pricing Lead (WEMEA)

Amgen Inc. (IR); Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen India is seeking a WEMEA Operational Pricing Lead to drive pricing strategy, planning, and governance across affiliates. This role focuses on price planning, reference pricing, and financial planning within a Global Pricing framework.

The candidate will maintain pricing infrastructure, support new launches, and ensure compliance with government requirements, collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced global setting. Eligible location: India.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Financial Audit, Finance Analysis, Sales, or Marketing.
• Minimum 5 years of related pricing, financial audit, finance analysis, sales & marketing effectiveness, forecasting, or consulting.
• Strong technical skills in data analysis, forecasting, and advanced Excel usage.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.
• Strong analytical capability—able to simplify complex issues and propose clear recommendations.
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and precision.
• Strong project management skills with a structured work approach.
• Preferred Experience: Prior pharmaceutical pricing experience.
• Understanding of HTA and Health Economics.
• Experience working in cross-functional, virtual global teams.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify issues and implement solutions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver pricing analysis and governance documentation.
• Produce IRP, price erosion, price planning, and launch sequence analyses with clear insights.
• Monitor net pricing performance versus established policies.
• Maintain and update pricing tools and systems.
• Floor Setting, Business Case & Contracts Management.
• Support the price floor setting process and review contracts requiring price governance.
• Evaluate pricing business cases and partner with affiliates on pricing/contracting strategies.
• Ensure proper documentation of all pricing-related decisions.
• Provide well-defined pricing and access assumptions for financial planning cycles.
• Support affiliates in preparing and submitting Price Certificates; maintain price lists for government submissions.
• Train affiliates on contract setup, implementation, and price list structures.

Skills

Fluency in English

Analytical thinking

Project management

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Pricing knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, Financial Audit, Finance Analysis, Sales, or Marketing

Tools

Excel

Job description

Career Category Health Economics Job Description HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION? If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

WEMEA Operational Pricing Lead (OPL) [Value & Access Manager] Live

What you will do

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today. Amgen has a robust portfolio and pipeline of biosimilars which target some of the most complex and important oncology and inflammation antibody biologics. Furthermore, many of the Amgen innovative medicines face biosimilar competition. In this role, you will drive a competitive edge for the team as we compete with this portfolio.

The Team

The Team West Europe, Middle East, and Africa WEMEA Team is part of the broader Global Operational Pricing Team (GOP).

In WEMEA we cover all aspects of Value and Access, from Reimbursement submissions planning, Execution, Pricing Governance, and providing input to Financial Planning processes, for the countries in scope.

Beyond our country responsibilities, we work on Global projects supporting processes, systems and capabilities.

The Role Serves as a key regional expert for pricing strategy, analysis, and operational pricing governance Leads activities including price planning, pricing business cases, reference pricing analysis, and annual financial planning Ensures pricing infrastructure and tools are maintained and optimized.

Eligible location for applicants: India

Accountabilities

• Deliver high-quality pricing analysis and recommendations
• Ensure pricing decisions follow governance standards and are correctly documented
• Maintain pricing tools, structures, and documentation
• Provide accurate and timely pricing assumptions for financial planning
• Support affiliates in price submissions and ensure compliance with government requirements
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in pricing processes.
• Provide strategic support for new launches, reimbursement submissions, and LOE preparation (as applicable)

Responsibilities

• Deliver Pricing Analysis & Support Pricing Infrastructure
• Produce IRP, price erosion, price planning, and launch sequence analyses with clear insights
• Monitor net pricing performance versus established policies
• Maintain and update pricing tools and systems
• Floor Setting, Business Case & Contracts Management
• Support the price floor setting process
• Review and approve all contracts requiring price governance
• Evaluate pricing business cases and partner with affiliates to identify alternative pricing or contracting strategies
• Ensure proper documentation of all pricing-related decisions
• Financial Planning Support
• Provide well-defined, well-challenged pricing and access assumptions for financial planning cycles
• External Price Submissions
• Support affiliates in preparing and submitting Price Certificates
• Maintain accurate price list structures and documentation for government submissions
• Train affiliates on contract setup, implementation, and price list structures.
• Follow up on incorrect reference price calculations; guide affiliates in addressing authority errors
• Continuous Improvement
• Contribute to GOP initiatives and improvement projects based on business needs
• Strategic Advice & Planning for New Launches
• Depending on experience and interest, contribute to new reimbursement submissions, indication expansions, LOE (loss of exclusivity) readiness, broader pricing/access strategic planning

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Qualifications

• Essential Qualifications/Experience: Bachelor’s degree in business, Financial Audit, Finance Analysis, Sales, or Marketing
• Minimum 5 years of directly related experience in Pricing, Financial Audit, Finance Analysis, Sales & Marketing Effectiveness, Forecasting, or Consulting
• Strong technical skills in data analysis, forecasting, and advanced Excel usage
• Fluency in English, written and spoken
• Strong analytical capability—able to simplify complex issues and propose clear recommendations
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and precision
• Strong project management skills with a structured work approach
• Preferred Experience: Prior pharmaceutical pricing experience
• Understanding of HTA and Health Economics
• Experience working in cross-functional, virtual global teams
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify issues and implement solutions

What we expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization

Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential. For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen