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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.

Global Marketing Director: Early Oncology, Global Marketing Leader, Disease Area Strategy Lead

What you will do

Let's do this. Let's change the world! The Global Marketing Leader (GML) is a critical role in the Global Marketing organization and has a significant impact on products at all stages of the product lifecycle. The GML is responsible for maximizing the value of assets, developing successful global brands and franchises. The GML will do so by providing critical commercial guidance on development stage assets, developing and implementing global launch strategies, optimizing the impact of marketing budgets, managing the lifecycle of marketed products and supporting business development efforts.

As the GML for early compounds in the Oncology Franchise, you will be responsible for providing commercial insight and guidance into compounds in the early stages of development across multiple cancers, prior to pivotal/launch phase. This role will provide commercial leadership of several early oncology programs on PTs (Product Teams) and new assets entering product team stages. Cross portfolio assessment and strategic positioning across multiple assets will also be a key deliverable of this role and include combination partner strategies across the breadth of the oncology portfolio. Future opportunities may include transitioning with these programs to pivotal/launch phase, and/or supporting additional disease-states in various tumor types. By providing commercial leadership to the development organization, you will be responsible for ensuring that early-stage compounds are developed with the future market in mind and are designed for a high probability of commercial success.

This role will involve working with global marketing leaders across oncology to ensure that the insights being generated in pre/peri/post launch products are incorporated into the commercial strategy for early development compounds. It will also involve working closely with local markets at key milestones to integrate local market insights. In addition to the responsibilities for early-stage programs, this role will support broad strategic and therapeutic area strategy initiatives pertaining to the portfolio.

This role will report to the Executive Director, Disease Area Strategy Lead.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working with current Global Marketing Leaders to gather deep insights into the customer, marketplace, competitors, and business drivers and develop a gold standard commercial strategy designed to optimize the future value of early-stage assets.
• Key contributor to Product Teams, leadership of relevant Insights, and leading all global marketing activities for assigned assets. Ensure that all early-stage key portal decisions are supported by a robust commercial assessment including but not limited to an understanding of portfolio fit and organizational impact.
• Ensure all marketing deliverables for assigned assets are on time and of expected quality in alignment with Amgen's processes and requirements. These include contributions to consumer and competitive insights, patient-centric deliverables, robust Target Product/Candidate Profiles, Forecasts, and cross portfolio strategies to enhance program value.
• Communicate commercial vision for assigned assets and partner with new brands as they come to market in this space to ensure cohesive and aligned approaches across the organization.
• Utilize the knowledge gained with Amgen products to provide marketing input into early-stage business development opportunities as they arise.
• Support the Therapeutic Area Governance (TAG) Committees as needed on initiatives related to commercial franchise TA strategy and/or key initiatives.
• Support and/or lead commercial analysis for early optimization (EO) portals for new programs in discovery being considered for progression to clinical stage.

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 strategic leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 4 years of marketing experience

OR

Masters degree and 7 years of marketing experience

OR

Bachelors degree and 9 years of marketing experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience and a track record of success in a series of commercial (or an associated function) roles of increasing scope, scale and complexity, with leading companies in the biopharmaceutical industry.
• A best-in-class strategic marketer with experience developing and implementing innovative global marketing and commercial strategies for pipeline products, successfully launching therapeutic products and repositioning products to maximize commercial value.
• Extensive experience in Oncology. Keen understanding of the science, market trends, and future opportunities and hurdles.
• Experience in beyond the molecule value drivers such as market access, patient services, and CDx/IVD.
• Prior experience in commercial positions with global responsibilities is important. Possesses an understanding of broad, global market dynamics and the cultural awareness and sensitivity to form relationships and work effectively with colleagues across functions around the world.
• Broad therapeutic area expertise. Has worked in diverse commercial roles supporting several different disease states, on products in various stages of the lifecycle, with a diverse set of customers in challenging and competitive markets. Experience supporting partnered assets/programs.
• Prior experience in a tactical, line marketing role, implementing marketing strategies in local markets.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrix environment, managing global projects involving multiple functions and shared accountabilities.
• Experience supporting product licensing and acquisition transactions. Has contributed commercial expertise in evaluating internal assets and prioritizing external opportunities. Has supported transactions by conducting due diligence, evaluating market dynamics, contributing modeling assumptions, and assisting with valuation.
• The GML position is complex and demanding. The preferred candidate is a strong commercial executive with excellent marketing capabilities, strong analytical skills, superior cross-functional collaboration skills, the ability to operate globally and locally, and highly effective influencing skills. Success in this critical role will result in significant professional growth and advancement at Amgen.

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, 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.

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