Global Marketing Director, Cardiovascular

Amgen SA; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Global Marketing Director to shape the future of their cardiovascular pipeline. This pivotal role involves leading marketing strategies, collaborating across teams, and driving growth initiatives for innovative therapies. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in the biopharmaceutical sector, particularly in cardiometabolic areas. You'll be part of a mission-driven organization focused on improving patient outcomes while enjoying a supportive culture that values your professional growth. If you're ready to tackle challenges and make a meaningful impact, this opportunity is for you!

Benefits

Comprehensive employee benefits package

Retirement and Savings Plan

Flexible work models

Discretionary annual bonus program

Stock-based long-term incentives

Award-winning time-off plans

Qualifications

• Doctorate or Master's degree with extensive marketing experience required.
• Strong background in commercial strategy and market dynamics is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of marketing strategies for new and existing products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product launches.
• Analyze market data to identify opportunities and threats.

Skills

Marketing Strategy

Market Research

Cross-functional Collaboration

Data Analysis

Commercial Competence

Presentation Skills

Integrity

Education

Doctorate degree

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

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. 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.

Global Marketing Director, Cardiovascular

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will shape the commercial future of our general medicine pipeline.

The Director of Global Marketing, Cardiometabolic/Olpasiran, General Medicine, is responsible for the creation and implementation of commercial asset initiatives strategies, and the maximization of growth for olpasiran. This role also includes supporting the successful integration of global-to-local strategies to ensure a smooth transition and success for olpasiran. This director will also help integrate CDx efforts and own new market-building initiatives.

The Director of Global Marketing is expected to inform, gather, and align decisions across the matrix. This includes clarifying commercial positioning, driving prioritization, and advancing progress towards brand launch readiness, while ensuring alignment and visibility of assets across markets.

In addition, the Director will work to drive the success of olpasiran by leading cross-matrix functions without direct authority to meet enterprise goals and timelines.

The Director of Global Marketing will actively contribute as a member of the Integrated Brand Team (IBT) and Brand Working Group, partnering closely with the Global Marketing Brand Lead and asset product teams. They will support insight generation, strategy development, and brand planning for Olpasiran.

This position has significant cross-functional interaction with teams including the International Brand Team (IBT) spanning PoC to launch and the growth phase, Global Brand Marketing Lead (GML), brand teams, in-market teams, Therapeutic Area Governance (TAG), Global Commercial Organization (GCO) leaders, PTs (Product Teams), and GenMed Strategy Teams. The Director will be instrumental in driving growth initiatives, identifying and supporting strategic portfolio and brand priorities, and guiding the execution of strategies.

The areas of responsibility for this role include:

• Lead the development of clear and differentiated marketing strategies and actionable plans to support peri-launch and launched assets.
• Challenge cross-matrix stakeholders to identify opportunities and address challenges for assets.
• Critically review clinical data and advancements to assess market threats, differentiation opportunities, and use cases.
• Support key internal and external milestones by leading assessments and deliverables to accelerate launch readiness.
• Collaborate with the Global Marketing Lead, Medical Affairs, and Commercial Insights leads to gather deep marketplace insights and develop a “gold standard” commercial strategy designed to optimize the future value of peri-launch assets.
• Guide the Integrated Brand Team and global marketing activities, fostering global engagement with local market alignment.
• Shape high-quality marketing deliverables aligned with Amgen’s processes and requirements, including contributions to Global Product Strategy, brand planning, launch readiness, competitive insights, patient-centric deliverables, robust Target Product Profiles, forecasts, and strategies to enhance program value and expand patient impact opportunities.
• Partner with global markets to develop and implement launch tactics.
• Generate end-to-end commercial plans for assets and drive activities across the IBT and markets.
• Commission and manage market research in collaboration with Commercial Data & Analytics (cDNA).
• Work with Competitive Intelligence to closely monitor the competitive landscape and its implications for Amgen’s strategy.
• Partner with Forecasting and Finance to develop long-range sales and operating expense projections.
• Lead the creation of aligned narratives for internal and external communications.
• Ensure effective leverage of lead markets by ROW markets (e.g., promoting broad usage of existing materials to avoid duplication) using a central repository.
• Coordinate and deliver best practice sharing in collaboration with lead and ROW markets.
• Address questions and requests from other markets related to global strategy.
• Assist in managing launch readiness activities and quarterly reviews.
• Support alliance management and external relations when applicable.
• Partner with priority country GMs to critically review, challenge, and update brand plans and long-range sales forecasts (LRS).
• Oversee deliverables to ensure alignment with global assets and therapeutic area strategies.
• Support Business Unit Director (BUD) forums and marketer interchange initiatives in collaboration with global sponsors.

This position is located remotely in US or in Thousand Oaks, CA.

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 Commercial (e.g., Marketing, Market Research, Forecasting, Sales, Pricing and Reimbursement) Leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 4 years of marketing experience

OR

Master’s degree and 7 years of marketing experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of marketing experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD/PharmD.
• 5+ years of pharma CV/cardiometabolic experience.
• 5+ years of experience and a track record of success in a series of roles of increasing scope, scale and complexity, with leading companies in the biopharmaceutical industry, preferably in the cardiometabolic therapeutic area.
• Prior experience assessing innovative cardiometabolic products and markets is highly desirable.
• Strong ability to analyze and digest clinical and scientific data.
• Extensive professional writing experience-dossiers, leadership memos, brand narratives, etc.
• Experience in biotech/pharmaceutical marketing, global strategy and global brand team experience a plus.
• Experience in global commercial and/or strategic regional roles of increasing scope, scale, and complexity.
• Demonstrated record of pre-launch planning, preferably new market building.
• Experience assessing and voicing market dynamics on global product teams.
• Solid experience in cross-matrix working teams and proven track record working within.
• Commercial Competence. Exceptional commercial instincts; superior strategic skills. A thorough understanding of the external environment, internal capabilities, competitors and the interests of other stakeholders. Develops and applies best practices.
• Strategic Approach. Demonstrated creativity in addressing strategic challenges; displays high intellectual curiosity and passion for learning; thinks out-of-the-box; asks the right questions; seeks expert opinions and insights; applies innovative ideas and takes measured risks. Develops and articulates a strong, value-based strategy.
• Collaboration Skills. Works effectively in a team-based organization, collaborates cross functionally, builds alignment around key objectives and exercises influence at all levels. Readily builds consensus and achieves agreement on key priorities. Conducts effective meetings. Excellent listener; seeks broad input and feedback; employs frequent and effective follow-up.
• Presentation Skills. Develops and delivers concise, relevant and well-supported briefings. Well-prepared and adapts presentation style to audience. Possesses the knowledge, credibility and maturity to influence senior management.
• Integrity. Possesses unquestioned integrity and strong business ethics. Leads by example and demonstrates a strong commitment to things we value and culture. Displays a positive attitude and energizes colleagues and partners. Has the reputation and record of achievement to establish trust and credibility with subordinates, peers, superiors, corporate leaders, strategic partners and other stakeholders.

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, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

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