Sr Oncology Specialist - Sapphire – San Francisco, CA

MSCCN; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work models

Retirement plan

Medical, dental & vision coverage

Stock-based incentives

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Senior Oncology Specialist covering San Francisco Bay Area. You will provide clinical product knowledge to medical professionals and act as the primary contact to deliver value to customers.

The role blends scientific rigor with strategic sales execution in a fast-moving biotech environment. You will build and execute territory plans, develop strong relationships for access and reimbursement, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 3 years in healthcare sales or clinical field.
• Associate degree with 6 years in healthcare sales or clinical field.
• High school diploma with 8 years in healthcare sales or clinical field.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute a comprehensive territory plan to meet sales targets.
• Build internal/external relationships to ensure product access and contracts.
• Develop marketing strategies to drive sales.
• Analyze sales activities and territory performance with the District Manager.

Skills

Sales experience

Healthcare knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor+3y

Assoc+6y

HS+8y

Job description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.

Job Description

Territory covers > San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Monterey, Palo Alto, San Mateo.

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.

Senior Oncology Specialist> Thoracic, GI/GU and Retina

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be the liaison to our customers by providing clinical knowledge of our products to medical professionals.

Amgen's medicines treat serious illnesses and our research address diseases with a limited number of treatment options. With a robust and differentiated pipeline, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives. As a values-based organization with a powerful sense of shared purpose toward our mission: to serve patients, we are actively searching for a Senior Oncology Specialist to deliver on this commitment to patients.

Amgen Oncology is committed to helping patients take on some of the toughest cancers, such as those that have been resistant to drugs, those that progress rapidly through the body and those where limited treatment options exist.

Amgen's supportive care treatments help patients combat certain side effects of strong chemotherapy, and our targeted medicines and immunotherapies focus on more than a dozen different malignancies, ranging from blood cancers to solid tumors. With decades of experience providing therapies for cancer patients, Amgen continues to grow its portfolio of innovative and biosimilar oncology medicines.Amgen is a values-based organization with a powerful sense of shared purpose.Our mission is to serve patients.

Amgen supports and encourages our team members to have long term, fulfilling and meaningful careers through challenging assignments, career development, and valuable opportunities such as this Senior Oncology Specialist opportunity in Arizona.

You will act as the primary customer contact to provide current and comprehensive clinical knowledge of Amgen's products and effectively communicate the clinical and economic benefits of the products to medical professionals.

Our Senior Oncology Specialists achieve territory sales by utilizing their Oncology background and experience to:

• Create and execute on a comprehensive territory plan, which includes delivering branded sales messages, executing planned programs, scheduling and following-up with medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets.
• Utilize your internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, including ensuring product access, resolving/triage reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts.
• Craft an effective marketing strategy to aid in driving sales
• Analyze your business effectiveness of sales activities and territory analysis, as well as develop territory plans with your District Manager
• Have the passion for our products to sustain that passion through the entire sales cycle while always building our brand and never losing sight of how we serve patients
• Partner with other colleagues to share best practices and be in a state of continuous curiosity and learning to help you grow as a Sr. Oncology Specialist
• Leverage your passion for Oncology and disease state awareness, Industry, regulatory and competitive changes to deliver agreed results

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The sales professional we seek is a go-getter with these qualifications.

• 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

Preferred experience in Oncology

Three or more years of sales and/or marketing experience within pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or medical device industries.

Product or hospital sales experience in the areas of oncology, nephrology, dermatology, rheumatology and inflammation. Neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, or infectious diseases, and the diseases and treatments involved with these specialties.

Local Market knowledge.

A Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.

Adaptability with our Core Competencies: Planning and Organizing; Leveraging Business, Industry, and Technical Knowledge; Communicating with Impact; Driving for Results; and Cultivating Internal and External Relationships.

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 $ 140,465 - $190,041 . 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