Marketing - Sjogren's Disease Launch, Senior Manager,

Amgen Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 149,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement and Savings Plan

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Stock-based long-term incentives

Flexible work models

Generous time-off

Job summary

Amgen's Medical Marketing – Sjögren’s Disease Senior Manager will drive the U.S. external insights and congress activation for one of Amgen’s top Rare Disease launches.

You will translate diverse customer and scientific insights into strategic implications that shape launch priorities and investments. You will lead advisory boards, field insights, and cross-functional coordination to ensure compliant, evidence-based decisions in a fast-moving market.

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree with 2+ years of marketing/sales experience.
• Master’s degree with 4+ years of marketing/sales experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of marketing/sales experience.
• Associate’s degree with 10+ years of marketing/sales experience.
• High school diploma with 12+ years of marketing/sales experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the U.S. external insights and congress strategy for Sjögren’s Disease.
• Lead advisory boards from strategy through follow-through, including objectives and content.
• Set priorities for the TLL field-insights process and synthesize themes for brand decisions.
• Lead congress planning and activation, including meetings and post-congress follow-up.
• Connect insights across advisory boards, field teams, market research, and competitive intelligence.
• Translate customer, scientific and market insights into actionable recommendations for brand and launch priorities.
• Coordinate congress planning with cross-functional partners and external stakeholders.

Skills

External insights

Congress strategy

Advisory boards

KOL engagement

Strategic thinking

Education

Doctorate degree

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Associate’s degree

High school diploma

Job description

Career Category Marketing Job Description

At Amgen, if you feel like you are a 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 lie within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world.

Sjögren’s disease is a debilitating autoimmune disease with significant unmet medical need and no approved disease‑modifying therapies. Dazodalibep is an investigational medicine currently in Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment of Sjögren’s disease. As a potential first‑in‑class treatment in a disease area with significant unmet need, the U.S. launch will require both compelling brand strategy and innovative approaches to educate, engage, and activate HCPs. In this role, the Medical Marketing – Sjögren’s Disease, Senior Manager, will lead U.S. external insight generation and the broader congress activation strategy for Sjögren’s Disease for one of Amgen’s highest‑priority launches in Rare Disease. Reporting to the Director of Medical Marketing, this individual will ensure customer, scientific, field, and congress learnings are translated into clear strategic implications that shape launch strategy, customer engagement, content, and investment decisions. This is an opportunity to help shape U.S. launch strategy for Sjögren’s Disease by bringing the voices of customers, experts, and the field into the decisions that matter most. In a fast‑moving and evolving market, this role will lead advisory boards, congress engagement, and field‑insight planning—connecting what we hear across sources to clear implications and actionable recommendations for the brand. HCP Marketing retains ownership of booth‑related and sales‑driven assets, including development and deployment of Tier 3 local conference kits.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the U.S. external insights and congress strategy for Sjögren’s Disease, aligning engagement plans with brand priorities, launch needs, and the most important business questions
• Lead advisory boards from strategy through follow‑through, including objectives, advisor selection, content development, insight synthesis, and action planning
• Set priorities for the TLL field‑insights process and synthesize customer, scientific, and competitive themes to inform timely brand decisions
• Lead congress planning and activation, including priority meetings, sponsorships, activation requirements, and post‑congress follow‑up
• Connect insights across advisory boards, field teams, market research, and competitive intelligence to identify patterns, implications, opportunities, and risks
• Translate customer, scientific, and market insights into actionable recommendations for brand and tactical planning, investment decisions, and launch priorities
• Partner with the TLL Lead and Commercial Training to shape the TLL onboarding and training curriculum, strengthening capabilities in insight gathering and compliant customer engagement
• Coordinate congress planning and execution with OL Engagement & P2P, HCP Marketing, Medical Affairs, Sales, and other cross‑functional partners
• Manage budgets, agencies, and external partners, prioritizing resources and maintaining strong financial stewardship and high‑quality delivery
• Identify ways to strengthen insight generation, congress planning, and knowledge sharing through analytics, technology, and responsible use of AI
• Foster a culture of scientific curiosity, customer centricity, ownership, collaboration, and innovation, modeling Amgen Values and maintaining high standards across the Sjögren’s disease brand team and cross‑functional partnerships

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization;
• Master’s degree and 4 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization;
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization;
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization;
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong medical marketing competencies to include advisory board content development/execution, field insight generation, KOL engagement, customer intelligence, marketplace analysis, HCP & patient segmentation, brand sustainability and multi‑channel engagement.
• Experience leading congress strategy, sponsorship planning, cross‑functional activation planning, external vendor management, budget oversight, and on‑site execution across complex meeting portfolios.
• Experience collaborating with external experts, professional medical associations, and congress organizers, as well as developing promotional and disease‑state materials through the promotional review process and systems such as Veeva PromoMats.
• Rheumatology experience preferred; rare disease and launch or in‑line brand experience preferred.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical rigor, project management, and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information, lead through influence, and deliver across multiple cross‑functional workstreams.
• Excellent communication skills and self‑awareness of leadership style, with the ability to clearly articulate strategy and influence stakeholders.
• Ability to build positive relationships and collaborate effectively in a matrix organization across cross‑functional and external partners.

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.

Benefits

• 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.

Salary Range

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.

Salary Range 149,349.25USD -202,060.75 USD

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 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 accommodation.

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.

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About Amgen

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