Value and Access Insights Associate Director, Obesity

Biopharma Careers; Thousand Oaks (CA); Hybrid; USD 171,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock-based long-term incentives

Competitive benefits package

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Amgen, based in Thousand Oaks, CA, seeks a Value & Access Insights Associate Director for Obesity to collaborate across Global and US teams. You will deliver analytics, dashboards, and launch-ready tools to support pricing, access and contracting decisions, aligning with payer strategies.

The role requires advanced analytics, payer market understanding, and cross-functional collaboration with Marketing and Contracting teams. Hybrid work with on-site 2 days weekly is anticipated.

Qualifications

• Doctorate/Master/Bachelor/Associate/High school level degrees as listed in qualifications.
• Experience with payer, contracting, and pricing strategies is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to handle complex data.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Global and US Value & Access, US Coverage & Pricing, Market Access, and other teams to deliver analytics and tools.
• Support deal modeling, segmentation, and price elasticity analyses at launch.
• Develop modules for contracting platforms and payer marketing insights.

Education

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

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

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

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

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

Job description

Career Category

Government Affairs

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,MariTideUS commercial team, and CD&A to deliver business analytics, dashboards, and launch-ready tools to assist theMariTideCoverage & 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 strategiestoensureour patients haveappropriate accessto our medicines. The US Value & Access(V&A)InsightsAssociate Directorwill play a critical role in monitoring,diagnosing,and addressing payer obstacles and challenges. In this role, you will partner withUS Payer Marketing teamsto builda deep understanding of the US managedmarketsenvironment forObesityproducts. 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.CVSZepboundexclusion, oral steps) and integrate into weeklyNBRx/TRxtracking
• Evaluate partner capabilities to generate and share actionable pricing, coverage,demandand 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 insightsplanin support of value and access strategyforMariTide.
• 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

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 3 years in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Engineering (any), Science (any), Statistics or related field
• OR
• Master’s degree and 5 years in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Engineering (any), Science (any), Statistics or related field
• OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Engineering (any), Science (any), Statistics or related field
• OR
• Associate’s 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 /indicationlaunchespecially incardio or metabolic diseasearea
• Working experienceon Analytics of products withPharmacy benefit usage.
• Understanding of PBM account/formularystructure 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 anda strong foundationin the U.S. healthcare market
• Excellent conceptual problem-solving skills withdemonstratedability to bring structure tovaguely defined problems, pragmaticproblem-solvingapproach, and manage execution
• Exceptional written/oral communication skills and executive presence across functions and acrossdifferent levelsof 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 influencedifferent styles
• 5+ years ofhealthcare experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, health care, and/or strategy consulting with specific experience andexpertisein coverage, access and reimbursement driversimpactingthe 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’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.

• 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.

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.

Equal Opportunity

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.

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.

. Salary Range

170,719.95USD -230,974.05 USD