Contracts & Pricing Execution Manager

Amgen Inc. • Thousand Oaks, CA

57d

About The Position

Let's do this. Let's change the world. The US Value & Access Insights team is searching for a Contracts & Pricing Execution Manager to join the group. This Manager is integral to Amgen's financial performance and will work with Market Access, Payer Contracting, Legal, and Contract Pricing Execution teams to support Formulary Validation and Compliance of discounts across all applicable commercial payers. This role reports to the Contract & Pricing Execution Senior Manager. In this vital role you will work with internal business partners to support the formulary validation dispute process to ensure discounts are appropriately earned by customers. This individual is critical to the success of managing formulary validation disputes, from finding to resolution, by partnering with cross-functional teams to provide project management, data analysis, and insights; and by developing solutions to help resolve formulary validation disputes and reporting needs.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree OR Master's degree and 2 years of sales and marketing operations and/or pricing experience OR Bachelor's degree and 4 years of sales and marketing operations and/or pricing experience OR Associate's degree and 8 years of sales and marketing operations and/or pricing experience OR High school diploma / GED and 10 years of sales and marketing operations and/or pricing experience

Nice To Haves

• Understands the payer landscape at an experienced level
• Payer experience or experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology pricing, access and/or contracting operations
• Strong Project Management skills - previous experience managing projects
• Financial background
• Demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility and leadership experience
• Advanced computer & system operations skills
• Ability to develop reports and analytical tools to measure performance of commercial contracts
• Ability to deliver and communicate effectively in a highly fluid, interactive, matrixed environment
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple simultaneous, complex projects to completion
• High attention to detail/reporting accuracy, balances strong detail orientation with the ability to conceptualize problems
• Collaborates well with others to achieve desired results
• Ability to solve problems, especially in a group setting
• Strong oral/written communication skills and interpersonal skills at all organizational levels

Responsibilities

• Support the Value & Access Insights team's efforts in maintaining a robust, scalable, and efficient Formulary Validation execution process across all applicable payers
• Project management support of the formulary validation dispute notice process - facilitate multiple account formulary validation teams that include Payer Contracting, Market Access, Legal, and Contract Pricing Execution
• Provide analysis on payer data to support formulary validation dispute decisions and actions
• Support ad-hoc requests by senior leadership related to reporting around formulary validation and disputes
• Manage and evolve the payer dispute tracking, reporting, and resolution process by leveraging collaborative solutions (Smartsheet, Excel, and Tableau)
• Identify, lead, and project manage process improvements with the Formulary Validation team and its internal business partners
• Participate or Lead meetings/calls with cross functional partners
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with Contracts & Pricing Execution Payment Teams, DTI, Coverage and Pricing, Contract Development, Accounting/Finance, Legal, other cross-functional teams

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, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees