Executive Director, Global and U.S. Policy, Value & Access Communications

Amgen • Washington, DC

8d • $266,637 - $360,745

About The Position

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you are a 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-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.

What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role the Executive Director will serve as a senior Corporate Affairs leader responsible for integrated communications strategy and execution across global and U.S. policy, value, access, pricing, and reimbursement priorities.This leader will operate at the intersection of Corporate Affairs, Government Affairs, Value & Access, and business strategy. The role requires someone who can understand complex policy and access priorities, connect them to business and reputational objectives, and translate them into clear, credible, and actionable communications strategies.The Executive Director will sit within the Corporate Affairs function and work closely with Government Affairs and Value & Access teams to understand their strategies, priorities, and external environments to ensure communications strategies and tactics are aligned, coordinated and effective. This person will also serve as a strategic communications partner to the Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs and Policy, supporting executive messaging, thought leadership, stakeholder engagement, and external positioning. This is a senior leadership role for someone who is both a strategic counselor and a hands-on operator. The successful candidate will advise senior leaders, develop executive and stakeholder materials, manage issues, mitigate risk, engage external stakeholders, partner with media, third-party and agency teams, and lead execution with urgency, precision, and accountability. This role will report to the Associate Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Global Markets & Policy.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 6 years of policy communications, public affairs, corporate affairs, or healthcare communications experience; or Master’s degree and 10 years of policy communications, public affairs, corporate affairs, or healthcare communications experience; or Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of policy communications, public affairs, corporate affairs, or healthcare communications experience.
• 6 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources
• Ability to advise senior leaders, translate complex policy and access issues into clear and measurable communications strategies, and develop high-quality executive and stakeholder materials
• Experience working closely with Government Affairs, Value & Access, market access, regulatory, legal, compliance and related cross-functional partners
• Understanding of the Washington, D.C. healthcare policy landscape, U.S. federal and state policy dynamics, and international policy environments
• External orientation. Established relationships or demonstrated ability to build relationships with policy media, healthcare trade associations, industry communications counterparts, and other influential voices in the healthcare policy and access environment
• Understanding of the evolving media and influence ecosystem, including traditional policy media, digital channels, social platforms, third-party validators, and stakeholder coalitions. This, paired with a keen interest in innovative technologies including generative and agentic AI
• Highly self-directed leader who can operate in a global matrix, lead teams and agencies, influence without authority, and balance senior-level counsel with hands-on execution
• Knowledge of U.S. and international healthcare policy, pricing, reimbursement, and access dynamics, with practical understanding of how communications can support lobbying priorities, stakeholder engagement, and public affairs campaigns
• Senior-level Corporate Affairs judgment, with the ability to connect business priorities, policy developments, access objectives, and reputational considerations into integrated communications strategies
• Understanding of international healthcare policy dynamics, with the ability to provide global alignment across markets and lean in at country level when required
• Experience scoping, leading and measuring complex public affairs, advocacy, or policy campaigns across cross-functional teams, including work with Government Affairs, third-party stakeholders, trade associations, and agency partners
• Ability to work effectively with country leaders, regional teams, and cross-functional leaders, connecting business priorities to communications strategy and execution
• Written, verbal and media relations skills, with experience developing senior-level materials such as policy messages, statements, talking points, presentations, bylines/op-eds, thought leadership content, stakeholder briefings, and executive communications
• Ability to lead a team with focus and accountability, setting clear priorities, strengthening execution, and ensuring work is strategic, coordinated and measurable

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated communications strategy and execution across global and U.S. policy, while also supporting communications efforts for Amgen’s value, access, and pricing approaches.
• Provide hands-on communications support for priority U.S. federal and state initiatives, working closely with Government Affairs teams and lobbyists to stay close to the action, anticipate needs and quickly add value to active policy priorities.
• Scope, build and manage complex public affairs and advocacy campaigns in partnership with Government Affairs, Value & Access, Corporate Affairs, external stakeholders, and agency partners, with the ability to support U.S. priorities and pilot campaign approaches in key international markets over time.
• Partner closely with Government Affairs and Value & Access leaders and their teams to understand their strategies, priorities, and external environments, and translate those inputs into communications strategies, messages, and tactics.
• Serve as a strategic communications partner to the Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs and Policy, including executive messaging, thought leadership, stakeholder materials, internal communications support, and external positioning.
• Build trusted relationships with general managers, regional leaders, and functional partners to understand business priorities and ensure communications strategies reflect market realities, stakeholder needs, and enterprise objectives.
• Monitor industry trends, policy developments, pricing and reimbursement dynamics, healthcare landscape changes, media narratives, and stakeholder sentiment, translating complex issues into clear implications, risks, opportunities, and recommended communications approaches.
• Build and maintain relationships with policy media, industry organizations, trade associations, advocacy groups, patient organizations, communications counterparts across the healthcare sector and other external stakeholders.
• Bring strong understanding of the evolving media and influence ecosystem, including policy media, digital and social channels, third-party voices, trade associations, advocacy coalitions, and other stakeholders shaping healthcare policy.
• Develop, draft, review and oversee high-quality communications materials, including policy messages, statements, press materials, talking points, presentations, briefings, Q&A documents, thought leadership pieces, op-eds, and executive communications.
• Anticipate and manage communications risks, challenges and issues related to policy, pricing, reimbursement, access, affordability, and the broader healthcare environment, ensuring communications are accurate, compliant, and aligned with business objectives.
• Set strategic direction, governance, and standards for international and global communications workstreams, including leaning in at country level when needed.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a small team and agency partners, set clear priorities, strengthening execution, and building policy, and value and access communications capability across the organization.

Benefits

• 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 where possible

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree