Specialty Representative/Senior Specialty Representative - Primary Care - Lake Jackson, TX

Amgen; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement and Savings Plan

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Discretionary annual bonus

Stock-based long-term incentives

Time-off plans

Flexible work models

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Specialty Representative to cover the Houston area (Angleton, Bay City, Freeport, Richmond). You will communicate clinical benefits to medical professionals, lead territory sales, and develop accounts with an emphasis on access and reimbursement.

You’ll build strong relationships, tailor discussions to customer needs, and collaborate with colleagues to share best practices while delivering branded messages and programs to meet or exceed sales targets across in-person and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree OR Associate's degree + 4 years sales experience
• High school diploma/GED + 6 years sales experience
• Bachelor's degree + 3 years sales/clinical experience
• Associate degree + 6 years sales/clinical experience
• High school diploma/GED + 8 years sales/clinical experience

Responsibilities

• Provide knowledge of Amgen products to drive utilization
• Lead territory sales via branded messages and programs
• Develop relationships to manage accounts and contracts
• Provide feedback on marketing strategy and territory plans
• Collaborate with colleagues to share best practices
• Demonstrate passion for our products throughout the sales cycle

Skills

Sales experience

Relationship-building

Communicating with impact

Local market knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration

Associate degree

Job description

Territory covers: Angleton, TX; Bay City, TX; Freeport, TX; Richmond, TX.

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. 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.

Specialty Representative / Senior Specialty Representative

What you will do

• 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

• Basic Qualifications (Specialty Representative):
  • Bachelor's Degree OR Associate's degree and 4 years of Sales experience
  • 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
  • Associate degree and 6 years of sales experienceand/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related
  • 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

The annual base salary range for the Specialty Representative opportunity in the U.S. is $89,880 -$121,602. The annual base salary range for the Senior Specialty Representative opportunity is the U.S. is $126,540 -$171,202. 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

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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.

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.