Thought Leader Liaison-Rare Disease (Uplizna) Neurology

Amgen; Yuma (AZ); On-site; USD 176,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement and Savings Plan

Stock-based long-term incentives

Discretionary annual bonus

Flexible work models

Job summary

Amgen, a leader in biotech, is hiring a Thought Leader Liaison for Rare Disease in Arizona. This customer-facing role executes peer-to-peer strategies, builds relationships with thought leaders, and collaborates with Sales, Site of Care and Medical Affairs.

You will travel as needed and develop local KOL engagement plans, synthesize insights, and support brand strategies while ensuring compliant execution. The position offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, and a flexible

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing or sales experience OR
• Master's degree and 4 years of marketing or sales experience OR
• Bachelor's degree and 6 years of marketing or sales experience OR
• Associates degree and 10 years of marketing or sales experience OR
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing or sales experience

Responsibilities

• Significant customer-facing time, building relationships with existing and new thought leaders for involvement in current and future commercial activities
• Creates local peer to peer strategies in coordination with national and regional strategic marketing and sales business plans
• Collaborates closely with the Amgen advocacy team to develop relationships with key physician and patient organization
• Creates and executes short term and long-term KOL engagement plans
• Captures, synthesizes and shares key thought leader insights to help shape brand strategy and prepare for future life cycle management and competitor entry into the marketplace
• Identifies evidence gaps across product and disease education through appropriate thought leader discussions and podium observations
• Disseminate thought leader insights to broader Amgen stakeholders, including marketing, sales, market access to drive development of new strategies and tactical approaches and to ensure a comprehensive view of market trends is integrated into overall planning
• Coordinate leadership interactions at all assigned national/regional, state society conferences
• Initiates and pursues opportunities to involve Amgen in meaningful programs with thought leaders to ensure Amgen is strategically and strongly positioned in the market
• Assists with speaker events, including selection of speakers, training for speakers and reviewing current speaker programs ensuring consistent messaging and compliant execution
• Collaborates with marketing team on peer-to-peer programs including speaker training programs and contributes to ongoing refinement of U.S. speaker bureau
• Contributes to content development by providing customer insight and perspective, increasing program impact & relevance

Skills

Customer facing

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Communication

KOL engagement

Education

Doctorate degree in marketing or sales

Master's degree in marketing or sales

Bachelor's degree in marketing or sales

Associates degree in marketing or sales

High school diploma / GED (with 12 years of experience)

Job description

Career Category Sales Job Description

Territory: Arizona

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.

Thought Leader Liaison - Rare Disease (Uplizna)

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! This critical role is a customer-facing role responsible for executing the customer aspects of the Neuroimmunology Business Unit’s peer to peer strategies and building productive relationships with speakers, thought leaders and other key influencers from key accounts in their assigned geography. The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is responsible for engaging compliantly with key thought leaders in neuroimmunology and neuromuscular disease. This role works cross-functionally with Sales, Site of Care, and Medical Affairs to address customer needs and drive collaboration.

Responsibilities include:

• Significant customer-facing time, building relationships with existing and new thought leaders for involvement in current and future commercial activities
• Creates local peer to peer strategies in coordination with national and regional strategic marketing and sales business plans.
• Collaborates closely with the Amgen advocacy team to develop relationships with key physician and patient organization
• Creates and executes short term and long-term KOL engagement plans.
• Captures, synthesizes and shares key thought leader insights to help shape brand strategy and prepare for future life cycle management and competitor entry into the marketplace
• Identifies evidence gaps across product and disease education through appropriate thought leader discussions and podium observations.
• Disseminate thought leader insights to broader Amgen stakeholders, including marketing, sales, market access to drive development of new strategies and tactical approaches and to ensure a comprehensive view of market trends is integrated into overall planning
• Coordinate leadership interactions at all assigned national/regional, state society conferences
• Initiates and pursues opportunities to involve Amgen in meaningful programs with thought leaders to ensure Amgen is strategically and strongly positioned in the market
• Assists with speaker events, including selection of speakers, training for speakers and reviewing current speaker programs ensuring consistent messaging and compliant execution
• Collaborates with marketing team on peer-to-peer programs including speaker training programs and contributes to ongoing refinement of U.S. speaker bureau
• Contributes to content development by providing customer insight and perspective, increasing program impact & relevance

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The marketing professional we seek is a collaborative partner with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing or sales experience OR
• Master's degree and 4 years of marketing or sales experience OR
• Bachelor's degree and 6 years of marketing or sales experience OR
• Associates degree and 10 years of marketing or sales experience OR
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing or sales experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Customer facing pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience (field sales, product marketing, medical or clinical experience in the same or related therapeutic area) is required
• Experience in the neurology, neuroimmunology and neuromuscular disease.
• Clinical experience in rare diseases or specialty biologics strongly preferred
• Thought leader or demonstrated KOL leadership experience a plus
• Proven track record of consistent achievement or exceeding expectations in assigned responsibilities, goals, objectives and any other relevant metrics, especially involving cross functional matrix teams
• Previous experience in multiple commercial functions beneficial
• Demonstrated experience customizing and executing timely action plans across various initiatives
• Demonstrates leadership, strategic agility and persuasive aptitude
• Exceptional ability to collaborate and/or lead cross functional teams
• Ability to present ideas effectively by consolidating and customizing information
• Strong organizational, analytic and time management planning skills
• Exceptional clinical/business acumen

Travel Requirements:

• Willingness to travel, inclusive of conferences on weekends, overnight programs as well as attendance at key internal meetings
• Individual must reside within territory boundaries given travel requirements

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.

In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

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 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. We make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities, consistent with legal requirements. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Salary Range

175,831.00USD -237,889.00 USD