Specialty Representative/Senior Specialty Representative - Bone Health - Sioux City, IA (Overlay)

Amgen; Iowa; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Specialty Representative or Senior Specialty Representative to provide clinical knowledge of Amgen products to medical professionals and help them navigate the payer environment. You will deliver on marketing strategy and promote Amgen products as led by the District Manager.

Key responsibilities include building accounts, managing access and contracts, and achieving territory sales through both in-person and virtual engagement, while upholding Amgen values and collaborating

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.
• Sales experience or clinical experience in healthcare.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to navigate payer environment and product access.

Responsibilities

• Provide current and comprehensive knowledge of Amgen's products to medical professionals.
• Promote products and achieve territory sales targets through in-person and virtual engagements.
• Develop relationships with accounts, addressing reimbursement issues and contracts.
• Deliver feedback on marketing strategy and develop territory plans with the District Manager.
• Collaborate with colleagues to share best practices and uphold Amgen values.

Skills

Sales experience

Local market knowledge

Communication skills

Relationship building

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration

Job description

Career Category Sales Job Description Territory Covers: Omaha, Council Bluffs, Storm Lake, IA Relocation is not offered for this role.

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.

SPECIALTY REPRESENTATIVE/SENIOR SPECIALTY REPRESENTATIVE LIVE

What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be the connection to our customers by providing clinical knowledge of our products to medical professionals and helping them navigate the complex payer environment. We are actively searching for a Specialty Representative or Senior Specialty Representative to deliver on our commitment to serve patients. The Specialty Representative/Senior Specialty Representative acts as the primary customer contact and is responsible for implementing marketing strategy and promoting Amgen products as led by the District Manager.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide current and comprehensive knowledge of Amgen's products and effectively communicate the clinical benefits to medical professionals to drive appropriate utilization of the products
• Perform as a sales leader to achieve territory sales by delivering branded sales messages, conducting planned programs, scheduling and following-up with medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets through both in-person and virtual engagement
• Develop relationships to service and manage accounts which may include: customizing discussions and customer interactions based on understanding of customer needs, ensuring product access, resolving/triage reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts
• Provide feedback on marketing strategy, analyze business effectiveness of sales activities and territory analysis, and develop territory plans with the District Manager
• Partner with other colleagues to share best practices and seek to learn and grow as a Specialty Representative/Senior Specialty Representative
• Demonstrate passion for our products and sustain that passion through the entire sales cycle while always building our brand and never losing sight of how we serve patients
• Uphold Amgen Values: Be Science-Based; Compete Intensely and Win; Create Value for Patients, Staff, and Stockholders; Be Ethical; Trust and Respect Each Other; Ensure Quality; Work in Teams; Collaborate, Communicate, and Be Accountable

Win What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications (Specialty Representative):

Bachelor's Degree OR Associate's degree and 4 years of Sales experience OR High school diploma/GED and 6 years of Sales experience

Basic Qualifications (Senior Specialty Representative):

Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experienceand/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related OR Associate degree and 6 years of sales experienceand/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related OR High school diploma / GED and 8 years of sales experienceand/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sales, marketing and/or clinical experience within pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics, healthcare insurance, pharmacy services, healthcare medical device or medical supply industries
• Some experience and/or pre-graduate sales training and/or proven track record of successful leadership under pressure preferred for Specialty Representative 3 years+ experience preferred for Senior Specialty Representative
• Product or hospital sales experience in the areas of oncology, cardiology, inflammation, nephrology, dermatology, rheumatology, neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, bone health, respiratory, hematology, or infectious diseases; and the diseases and treatments involved with these specialties
• Advanced influencing and relationship-building skills with a focus on sales outcomes
• Local Market knowledge
• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration
• Adaptability with our Core Competencies: Sales Planning and Organizing; Leveraging Business, Industry, and Technical Knowledge; Communicating with Impact; Driving for Results; and Cultivating Internal and External Relationships.

Thrive What you can 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.

The annual base salary range for the Specialty Representative opportunity in the U.S. is $89,880 -$121,602. This range is also referenced below. The annual base salary range for the Senior Specialty Representative opportunity in the U.S. is $115,036 -$155,638. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

• 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

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.

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.

Salary Range USD - USD 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