Value and Access Insights Associate Director, Obesity

Initial Therapeutics, Inc.; Thousand Oaks (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive employee benefits package

Discretionary annual bonus

Stock-based long-term incentives

Award-winning time-off plans

Job summary

Initial Therapeutics, Inc. is seeking a Value and Access Insights Associate Director to work in Thousand Oaks, CA. This role involves collaborating with various internal teams to deliver business analytics and develop strategies to improve patient access to obesity medicines.

Qualified candidates will have a Doctorate or Master's degree with 5+ years in the biopharmaceutical field, particularly in access, reimbursement, and analytics. Strong leadership and problem-solving skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Doctorate or Master's degree with extensive experience in relevant fields.
• 5+ years in the biopharmaceutical industry with expertise in access and reimbursement.
• Strong written/oral communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with teams to deliver business analytics and dashboards.
• Evaluate capabilities to inform pricing strategies.
• Build Obesity-specific modules for contract modeling.

Skills

Business strategy understanding

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

Doctorate degree in relevant field

Master's degree in relevant field

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Business analytics tools

Data analysis software

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.

Value and Access Insights Associate Director, Obesity

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will partner with Global and US Value & Access, US Coverage & Pricing, Market Access, Patient Access, MariTide US commercial team, and CD&A to deliver business analytics, dashboards, and launch‑ready tools to assist the MariTide Coverage & Pricing leads with deal modeling, segmentation, pull‑through and price elasticity capabilities at launch.

In the face of a US health care system growing more complex day‑by‑day, we must constantly adapt and evolve our strategies to ensure our patients have appropriate access to our medicines. The US Value & Access (V&A) Insights Associate Director will play a critical role in monitoring, diagnosing, and addressing payer obstacles and challenges. In this role, you will partner with US Payer Marketing teams to build a deep understanding of the US managed markets environment for Obesity products. You will provide integrated analysis combining multiple primary and secondary data sources to uncover deep insights that will guide payer, access, and reimbursement strategies.

Flexible Commuter role to Thousand Oaks, CA office. You will work on‑site a minimum of 2 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Build upon existing, targeted payer control deep‑dive analyses (e.g., CVS Zepbound exclusion, oral steps) and integrate into weekly NBRx/TRx tracking
• Evaluate partner capabilities to generate and share actionable pricing, coverage, demand, and affordability data to inform coverage and pricing strategies for reimbursed segment
• Build Obesity‑specific modules within US V&A contracting deal modeling platforms (Contracting‑IQ), building on efforts in 1H 26 to incorporate Obesity market data into the analog library
• Triangulate data sources (Clarivate, MMIT, partner data) to refine employer segmentation and targeting
• Design and build Employer‑specific modules within Contracting‑IQ to support direct employer contracting
• Build CAP‑AI for Obesity for dynamic copay / patient access support, including interplay with cash
• Partner with Payer Marketing and Pricing/Contracting and Brand Marketing teams to build and prioritize analytics and insights plan in support of value and access strategy for MariTide
• Understand pharmaceutical ecosystem and data sets including medical and pharmacy claims (ex. IQVIA LAAD, Symphony Claims), prescription (ex. IQVIA NPA), outlet (ex. IQVIA DDD) and Payor Coverage (MMIT, Clarivate)

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree and 3 years in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Engineering (any), Science (any), Statistics or related field

OR

Masters degree and 5 years in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Engineering (any), Science (any), Statistics or related field

OR

Bachelors degree and 7 years in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Engineering (any), Science (any), Statistics or related field

OR

Associates degree and 12 years in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Engineering (any), Science (any), Statistics or related field

OR

High school diploma / GED and 14 years in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Engineering (any), Science (any), Statistics or related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with new product / indication launch especially in cardio or metabolic disease area
• Working experience on Analytics of products with Pharmacy benefit usage
• Understanding of PBM account/formulary structure and contracting process
• Prior experience in contracts and pricing, direct payer experience or value marketing and have a good foundational understanding of the US payer environment and a strong foundation in the U.S. healthcare market
• Excellent conceptual problem‑solving skills with demonstrated ability to bring structure to vaguely defined problems, pragmatic problem‑solving approach, and manage execution
• Exceptional written/oral communication skills and executive presence across functions and across different levels of leadership
• Authoritative command of complexity and ambiguity; ability to see the big picture; ability to collect, digest and assemble information to enable relevant business analyses
• Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to influence different styles
• 5+ years of healthcare experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, health care, and/or strategy consulting with specific experience and expertise in coverage, access and reimbursement drivers impacting the biopharmaceutical industry
• High degree of analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Exhibits strong understanding of business strategies

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 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.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

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.

Equal Opportunity & Accommodation

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.