Senior Manager - Value and Access Insights

Amgen Inc. (IR); Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Senior Manager – V&A Insights to lead a team of data scientists and engineers in developing advanced analytics. You will own proprietary AI algorithms for pricing and GTN programs, build forecasting models, and deploy dashboards to enable business decisions.

Expect collaboration with US teams and global stakeholders to drive optimization and impact across the pharmaceutical value chain. The role emphasizes leadership, ML/NLP expertise, and experience with Databricks, cloud

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, statistics or STEM with 12+ years IS experience or Bachelor’s with 15+ years.
• Strong understanding of US pharmaceutical ecosystem and Copay/GTN data.
• Experience with R, Python and ML techniques.
• Proven leadership of data science projects and large teams.
• Knowledge of NLP, time-series forecasting and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight to a team of managers, analysts, data scientists and engineers on AI solutions.
• Own AI algorithms supporting pricing and GTN programs.
• Develop pricing elasticity models, revenue tools and scenario simulators.
• Lead forecasting models for price setting and lifecycle pricing.
• Develop dashboards in Tableau/Power BI for non-technical decision makers.
• Present insights to cross-functional executive leadership.
• Collaborate with US teams for expansion and optimization.
• Manage end-to-end DS project delivery and roadmap for AI tools.
• Guide data scientists and ensure successful solution development.
• Oversee 8-10 data scientists, setting performance standards.

Skills

Machine Learning

NLP

R/Python

Databricks

Cloud Platforms

Tableau/Power BI

Leadership

Forecasting

Education

Master’s in CS/Statistics/STEM

Bachelor’s in CS/Statistics/STEM

Tools

R

Python

Databricks

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Career Category Engineering Job Description

ABOUT AMGEN

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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Role Description: As a Senior Manager – V&A Insights, you will be responsible for leading team to develop and deploy advanced machine learning, operational research, semantic analysis, and statistical methods to uncover structure in large data sets. This role under supervision of Director Value and Access Insights create analytics solutions to address customer needs and opportunities.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide oversight to a team of Managers, Business analysts, data scientists and engineers on developing and deploying AI solutions.
• Assume the role of business owner and manage the Proprietary AI algorithms built to support Pricing and overall GTN programs.
• Develop and maintain pricing elasticity models, revenue optimization tools, and scenario simulators.
• Build advanced forecasting models for price setting, competitive entry impact, and lifecycle pricing.
• Lead development of dashboards and pricing impact tools in Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools to enable decision-making by non-technical teams.
• Summarize and Present insights to Cross functional executive leadership.
• Cross Collaborate with US Commercial and Technology functions for expansion and continued Optimization.
• Accountable to drive full lifecycle of Data Science projects delivery and ability to guide data scientists in shaping the developing solutions and act as a subject matter expert in solving development and commercial questions.
• Manage AI tool’s road map, working with a global cross functional team.
• Work in technical teams in development, deployment, and application of applied analytics, predictive analytics, and prescriptive analytics.
• Oversee a team of 8-10 Data scientists including managers and senior associates, including setting performance standards, managing their staffing, and monitoring performance.
• Lead Development and integration custom applications, intelligent dashboards, and automated workflows that incorporate AI capabilities to enhance decision-making and efficiency.

Functional Skills

• Foundational understanding of US GTN pharmaceutical ecosystem and Patient support services offerings (Copay) and other standard data sets including claims, prescription.
• Experience with one or more analytic software tools or languages like R and Python.
• Strong foundation in machine learning algorithms and techniques.
• Experience in statistical techniques and hypothesis testing, experience with regression analysis, clustering and classification.

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, statistics or STEM majors with a minimum of 12 years of Information Systems experience OR Bachelor’s degree in computer science, statistics or STEM majors with a minimum of 15 years of Information Systems experience.
• Strong understanding of US pharmaceutical ecosystem and Patient support services offerings (Copay) and other standard data sets including claims, prescription.
• Experience with one or more analytic software tools or languages like R and Python.
• Strong foundation in machine learning algorithms and techniques.
• Experience in leading data science projects and managing large teams.
• Knowledge of NLP techniques for text analysis and sentiment analysis.
• Experience in analyzing time-series data for forecasting and trend analysis.
• Experience with Databricks platform for data analytics and MLOps.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3-5 years of pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience, ideally with hands-on involvement in Gross-to-Net (GTN), revenue forecasting, product launches, and commercial strategy support.

Soft Skills

• Initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems.
• Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements, and estimating efforts.
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams.
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us to request an accommodation.

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