Obesity Intelligence & Analytics, Commercial Analytics, Director,

Amgen; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work models

Comprehensive benefits

Stock-based incentives

Job summary

Amgen is seeking an OI&A Commercial Analytics Director to lead strategic analytics for the U.S. Obesity business from the Thousand Oaks site. You will translate complex market, patient, and performance data into actionable recommendations for senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

You will shape the secondary analytics agenda, drive launch readiness, and ensure governance of new data sources and AI-enabled tools while partnering with marketing, sales, finance, and medical groups.

Qualifications

• Significant experience using secondary data and advanced analytics to influence commercial strategy in biopharma/healthcare.
• Ability to advise senior leaders by translating complex evidence into clear recommendations.
• Strong commercial acumen with market development/launch experience.
• Defined ambiguous problems and delivered structured analytical approaches.
• Experience integrating prescription, claims, patient and payer data.
• Led analytics/automation initiatives from concept to adoption.
• Led cross-functional teams, managed external partners, accountable for results.
• Exceptional written, verbal, facilitation and visual communication for executives.
• Experience in obesity or cardiometabolic/general medicine launches preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as analytics leader for US Obesity, translating data into business recommendations.
• Lead secondary analytics agenda aligned with launch milestones and commercial decisions.
• Integrate internal/external data to generate actionable insights on behavior and performance.
• Translate findings into brand strategy, targeting, and resource allocation.
• Lead executive performance management and high-priority analyses.
• Collaborate across Marketing, Sales, Finance, and other orgs to align assumptions.
• Direct analytics resources with clear priorities and accountability.
• Advance analytics capabilities with new data sources and AI governance.

Skills

Secondary analytics

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

AI-enabled analytics

Healthcare data integration

Market development experience

Structured problem solving

Obesity/ cardiometabolic launch

Biopharma analytics

Education

Doctorate degree

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AI-enabled tools

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.

OI&A Commercial Analytics, Director

What You Will Do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, you will serve as a strategic analytics leader for the U.S. Obesity business, translating complex market, customer, patient, competitive, and performance data into clear business recommendations.

You will lead the secondary analytics agenda supporting market development, launch readiness, brand strategy, customer engagement, and performance management. The ability to influence senior leaders, challenge assumptions, and communicate complex findings through clear executive narratives is essential.

This is a Flexible Commuter role based at the Amgen site in Thousand Oaks, California. You will work on-site a minimum of three days per week.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic analytics advisor to senior commercial leadership, providing an objective and forward-looking perspective on market dynamics, business performance, risks, opportunities, and investment choices.
• Own and evolve the secondary analytics agenda for the U.S. Obesity business, ensuring that priorities align with critical business questions, launch milestones, and commercial decisions.
• Integrate internal and external data sources to generate actionable insights on HCP and patient behavior, product adoption, competitive dynamics, access, channels, and market performance.
• Translate analytical findings into recommendations that shape brand strategy, market development, customer targeting, field execution, resource allocation, and performance improvement.
• Lead executive performance management, scenario planning, and high-priority investigative analyses to identify business drivers, anticipate trends, and recommend actions.
• Partner across Marketing, Sales, Finance, Forecasting, Market Research, Competitive Intelligence, Value and Access, Medical, and the broader OI&A organization to align assumptions and inform decisions.
• Direct internal, matrixed, and external analytical resources, establishing clear priorities, quality standards, timelines, and accountability for business impact.
• Advance the organization’s analytical capabilities by implementing new data sources, advanced methodologies, AI-enabled tools, governance standards, and best practices while ensuring legal and regulatory compliance.

What We Expect Of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The analytics leader we seek is a commercially oriented strategist, influential collaborator, and analytical problem-solver with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree and 4 years of analytics experience

OR

Master’s degree and 7 years of analytics experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of analytics experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience using secondary data and advanced analytics to influence commercial strategy and improve business performance in biopharmaceuticals, healthcare, life sciences, or another analytically complex industry.
• Demonstrated ability to advise and influence senior leaders by translating complex or conflicting evidence into clear recommendations, trade-offs, and actions.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience supporting market development, launch readiness, customer strategy, field execution, or brand performance.
• Proven ability to define ambiguous business problems, establish structured analytical approaches, and convert findings into meaningful strategic or tactical recommendations.
• Experience integrating healthcare data sources such as prescription, claims, patient, HCP, payer, access, affiliation, digital, or promotional data.
• Experience leading advanced analytics, AI, automation, or decision-support initiatives from use-case definition through implementation and adoption.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional, matrixed, or direct-report teams, prioritize competing demands, manage external partners, and maintain accountability for results.
• Exceptional written, verbal, facilitation, and visual communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex concepts for executive audiences.
• Experience in obesity, cardiometabolic disease, General Medicine, or a complex launch environment is preferred.

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 where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

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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.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

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.

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.

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