Director, Global Value & Access Business Development (Remote)

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

9d • $194,060 - $262,552 • Remote

About The Position

Amgen is seeking a Director, Global Value & Access Business Development to support its growing emphasis on acquisition/licensing as drivers of growth and to navigate the rapidly evolving pricing and access environment. This role is crucial for providing drug pricing, coverage, and access expertise to Amgen's business development activities. The successful candidate will act as the Global Value & Access (GV&A) representative on cross-functional teams evaluating business development opportunities. This position requires a strong understanding of US and ex-US payer landscapes, drug pricing and reimbursement economics for various asset types, and excellent analytical and communication skills to assess risks and opportunities of potential business development targets. The role involves working under pressure with tight timelines, requiring critical thinking and a consulting mindset to make informed assumptions with limited data and collaborate effectively across multiple partners throughout the business development process.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of market access or payer experience, or including business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
• Master's degree and 7 years of market access or payer experience, or including business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
• Bachelor's degree and 9 years of market access or payer experience, or including business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
• Strong understanding of the US and global payer environment, including coverage and reimbursement, pricing, value drivers, formulary management, health technologies assessment, and health policy.
• Deep understanding of the U.S. Government and Commercial reimbursement environment with experience in US Market Access (e.g., Contracts & Pricing, Payer Marketing) or adjacent experiences in Global Market Access or Market Access Consulting Firms with deep US expertise.

Nice To Haves

• Proven ability to manage in a highly fluid, interactive, matrix environment and build strong, successful business partnerships with regional and global colleagues.
• Ability to translate complex situation analyses of the external pricing and reimbursement environment and potential asset to develop relevant analytic questions.
• Ability to translate analytic output into potential price and access opportunities for potential deals with quantification of impact for Amgen, providers, patients and payers.
• Strong strategic thinker capable of translating analytic output into strategic insights that will drive the business and proactively define and develop new capabilities to ensure Amgen success in the changing environment.
• Excellent conceptual problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to bring structure to vaguely defined problems, pragmatically scope problem solving approach, and manage execution.
• Excellent pricing and access technical skills and fluency with data analysis, market research, etc.
• Excellent oral/written communications skills and interpersonal skills with a credible “Senior Management presence”; able to communicate at all organizational levels.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the BD point of contact for GV&A input on pricing, access, and coverage assumptions within BD commercial assessments.
• Coordinate with regional and country V&A and cross-functional partners to align on GV&A assumptions.
• Drive fit-for-purpose research on BD targets using key databases and diligence materials to research target products, key analogs, and competitors.
• Collaborate with the Operational Pricing team and external agencies on secondary and primary payer research.
• Provide price and access assumptions for BD revenue forecasts based on target product profile and scenario sensitivities.
• Lead cross-functional teams on key drivers of pricing/access risks and opportunities for product strategy and revenue forecasts.
• Participate in deal governance and project meetings to ensure GV&A inputs align with cross-functional team assessments, timelines, and key decision points for BD projects.
• Lead strategic projects and/or serve as Access Strategy Lead for internal early pipeline products.

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: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree