Director, Thought Leader Liaison Lead, Rare Disease

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Director, Thought Leader Liaison, Rare Disease

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, you will be a member of the US Marketing Leadership Team and will lead the strategic direction of the Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) organization for all relevant specialties. The TLL team is a commercial, field-based, customer-facing role focused on the identification and cultivation of relationships with both leading and emerging key opinion leaders (KOLs) as well as leading the development of key customers and speakers. This position will drive alignment to the brand objectives and strategic imperatives to ensure the team delivers on key priorities in the near term and over the longer-term brand to achieve the brand strategy. This individual will make strategic commercial recommendations to optimize efforts across the team while ensuring optimal use of resources.

The TLL Director will have a national team of TLLs. This person will be responsible for leading, developing, hiring as relevant, and training this team. The TLL Director will be expected to bring insights to help shape brand strategy, anticipate market events and champion cross functional collaboration with internal stakeholders.

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic organization at a pivotal time to shape the future of the TLL organization for a priority brand and disease area. This position will report to the Executive Director, Marketing.

• Develop the strategic plan for the TLL organization aligning to the overarching brand strategy

• Hire, develop, train and lead a high-performing TLL team to ensure clear accountability to achieving/exceeding objectives

• Develop meaningful goals, track and coach performance accordingly

• Demonstrate that the TLL team has a comprehensive understanding of the disease state, competitive landscape and therapeutic management within Anca Associated Vasculitis (AAV)

• Generate insights to inform short and long term brand strategy

• Participate in cross-functional team meetings ensuring knowledge of key priorities and metrics to help drive brand business objectives

• Partner with internal, cross-functional teams including Marketing, Medical, Sales, Patient Services, Advocacy etc in the development and execution of strategies and tactics

• Understand gaps in the customer experience/journey and provide recommendations for new business initiatives, trainings or interventions necessary to address the gaps

• Contribute to the development of the annual brand plan with responsibility for defining and executing key areas within the associated tactical plans

• Build and maintain business relationships at the necessary levels in the organization and interact with and/or influence key cross-functional stakeholders

• Help the TLL team to execute on strategic plans by ensuring the team is focused on key customers, training and developing speakers and executing on key initiatives

• Identify, develop and lead opportunities for key strategic partnerships with targeted and relevant societies and conferences to support insight generation, educational outreach and collaboration

• Partner with Marketing to determine what is needed to evolve and develop the Speaker Bureau across specialties

• Cultivate innovation through special projects (designed in concert with TLL) to further brand objectives

Lead the TLL team to operate to the highest standards in alignment with Amgen’s code of business conduct, ensuring all interactions with KOLs are on-label and consistent with commercial, compliance, regulatory, and legal guidelines

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 strong collaborator with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 4 years of marketing and/or other commercial function experience

Or

Master’s degree and 8 years of marketing and/or other commercial function experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of marketing and/or other commercial function experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have at least 4 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant work experience with 7+ years of commercial function experience across multiple therapeutic areas

• Experience leading a national TLL team strongly preferred

• Experience in ophthalmology or endocrinology strongly preferred

• Relationships with ophthalmology or endocrinology opinion leaders

• Biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience required

• Strong leadership capabilities and track record of developing team members

• Outstanding analytical and data management skills

• Excellent organizational skills with keen attention to detail and the abilities to take ownership of issues, to work independently with confidence and to meet deadlines

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise judgment and discretion

• Ability to work well with all levels of employees and demonstrate strong collaboration skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• Professional, proactive demeanor

• Strong interpersonal skills

Travel Requirements:

• Requires approximately 40% travel, including overnight and some weekend commitments

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

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.

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising 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 including:

• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

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Application deadline

Amgen anticipates accepting applications until May 29 ,2025 however, we may continue accepting applications beyond this date if we do not receive a sufficient number of candidates.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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.

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