Contracts & Pricing Execution Manager

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

7h

About The Position

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. The Contracts & Pricing Execution Manager is a key member of the Government Programs (GP) organization within Contracts & Pricing Execution (CPE). CPE is part of the US Value & Access organization and is responsible for supporting commercial and government pricing and contracting execution activities. As a member of the GP team, the Manager, Contracts & Pricing Execution, is central to ensuring Amgen’s compliance with Government Programs which support access for a substantial portion of Amgen patients. The Contracts & Pricing Execution Manager will be responsible for the calculation, processing, and submission of prices and payments for Government Programs. This role is central to ensuring Amgen’s managing compliance with government price reporting and payment requirements under federal programs including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) programs, the Federal Supply Schedule, and the 340B Drug Pricing Program. The Contracts & Pricing Execution Manager will report to the Sr. Manager, Contracts and Pricing Execution, in the Contracts and Pricing Execution (CPE) team within US Value and Access (USV&A) and will collaborate with CPE and other USV&A team members.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree and 2 years of experience in either government pricing, commercial contracting and/or pricing, finance, accounting, auditing, compliance, analytics, and/or sales operations OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience in either government pricing, commercial contracting and/or pricing, finance, accounting, auditing, compliance, analytics, and/or sales operations OR Associate’s degree and 8 years of experience in either government pricing, commercial contracting and/or pricing, finance, accounting, auditing, compliance, analytics, and/or sales operations OR High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience in either government pricing, commercial contracting and/or pricing, finance, accounting, auditing, compliance, analytics, and/or sales operations

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Model N Revenue Cloud.
• Pharmaceutical or Biotechnology experience.
• Deep understanding of the US commercial and government healthcare and reimbursement environment.
• Strong data analysis skills, including the ability to analyze large and complex data sets, including the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Solid experience solving complex business problems through implementation of process efficiencies.
• Strong organizational skills and communication skills
• Previous experience preparing and delivering information for decision making by executive management.
• Strong communication skills, including translating complex topics for executive audiences
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple simultaneous and complex projects to completion.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently.
• Exceptional experience with Excel modeling; Tableau experience highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for calculations and submissions of pricing and payment-related activities related to Medicare, Medicaid, VA, 340B, and State Reporting.
• Review contracts to identify discount structures for Amgen products and prepare documents to support pricing submissions.
• Analyze monthly and quarterly calculation changes, including trends, variances, reconciliations, and data validation, and communicate key drivers of change to the leadership team.
• Execute internal control processes designed to analyze and validate data utilized with a particular focus on identifying outliers, anomalies and potential data integrity issues.
• Proactively identify opportunities to streamline processes, enhance analytical capabilities, improve data quality, and gain efficiencies.
• Assess the adequacy of the risk management, control, and governance processes associated with team functions.
• Document policies, procedures, risks-controls, and findings.
• Monitor regulatory changes and assess impacts on pricing, contracting, and payment processes.
• Provide input to Coverage & Pricing teams to educate on impact of contracting strategies on Government Programs.
• Partner with Information Systems to create and test business processes and systems that produce accurate and timely government pricing and payment results.
• Assist auditors with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requests and other audit related activities to ensure compliance and accurate documentation of controls.
• Interact cross functionally with Contracting Operations, Trade & Distribution, Provider Contracting, Payer Contracting, Compliance, Internal Audit, Accounting, and Information Systems.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed