Contracts and Pricing Execution, Senior Manager

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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.

Contracts and Pricing Execution, Senior Manager

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Contracts and Pricing Execution, Sr. Manager, will work with other members of the Government Programs team and have responsibility for managing compliance with government price reporting requirements under federal programs including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) programs, the Federal Supply Schedule, and the 340B Drug Pricing Program. The Senior Manager, Contracts & Pricing Execution, is a key team member in the Contracts and Pricing Execution (CPE) team within US Value and Access and will collaborate with CPE and other US Value and Access team members.

This role will manage a team of 2-4 Contracts and Pricing Execution Managers and be responsible for management of government program pricing calculations that includes establishing appropriate pricing related policies and procedures, delivering key data analysis, strategic insights, and ensuring strong internal and financial controls over price reporting for federal and state government programs. The Senior Manager, Contracts & Pricing Execution, will be a member of the GP Leadership Team and will be responsible for ensuring that calculations are accurate and comply with financial controls.

• Manage government program price calculations and develop models to calculate and/or validate system calculations.
• Identify and implement process efficiencies to streamline activities while maintaining compliance with financial controls.
• Develop substantive pricing analytics that accurately address contracting strategies, reporting variances, and financial impacts of calculations and communicate key variance drivers and/or insights effectively to senior leadership.
• Analyze potential contracting strategies and provide guidance on impact to federal pricing programs.
• Implement new programs or changes to existing federal pricing programs based on regulatory updates.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with team members in Contract Development, Coverage and Pricing, Trade & Distribution, Digital Technology & Innovation (DTI), Compliance, Corporate and External Audit, Finance and Accounting, and Law.
• Collaborate with DTI team to develop and maintain pricing calculations in the Contracts and Pricing system and assess and resolve upstream data variances.
• Use of strong and persuasive verbal communication skills to execute and communicate effectively in a highly fluid, interactive, matrixed environment.
• Coach, motivate and provide career and technical advice to direct reports and others in the department
• Identify and document key internal and external risks that may impact Amgen’s ability to maintain compliance with its Government Program policies, methodologies, and procedures
• Engage with corporate and external auditors on SOX, financial and other audit related activities to fulfill Government Programs’ audit responsibilities
• Key stakeholder with project implementations and system upgrades.

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 collaborative individual with these qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of contracts, pricing, finance and/or analytics experience

Or

Master’s degree and 4 years of contracts, pricing, finance and/or analytics experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of contracts, pricing, finance and/or analytics experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 10 years of contracts, pricing, finance and/or analytics experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of contracts, pricing, finance and/or analytics experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Model N Revenue Cloud.
• Pharmaceutical or Biotechnology experience.
• Understanding of the US commercial and government healthcare and reimbursement environment.
• Demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility and leadership experience.
• Solid experience solving complex business problems and managing analytics projects.
• Strong organizational skills and communication skills
• Previous experience providing and delivering information for decision making by executive management.
• Ability to synthesize complex information, extract significant facts and communicate to broader team.
• Problem solving that identifies and develops solutions to complex problems from a strategic and operational perspective.
• Ability to manage staff and providing clear and concise expectations and have open development and feedback discussions.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple simultaneous and complex projects to completion.
• Exceptional experience with Excel modeling; Tableau experience highly preferred.

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.

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.

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