Global Marketing Director, Oncology

Amgen•Thousand Oaks, CA

About The Position

The Global Marketing Director is a strategic thought partner to brand and cross-functional teams, independently owning the integrated insight agenda for a pipeline asset, brand, or disease area. The role generates business-relevant insights that shape global commercialization planning, brand strategy, lifecycle management, and critical decisions, with significant impact on product strategy and execution throughout the product lifecycle. For peri-launch products, including IMDELLTRA® (tarlatamab), the role maximizes asset value across key indications by providing commercial guidance and vision, developing global launch strategies, identifying lifecycle-management opportunities, enhancing the customer experience and competitive position, and optimizing marketing budgets. For IMDELLTRA®, which is being developed for extensive- and limited-stage small-cell lung cancer, the director provides commercial leadership to the development organization so the compound is developed with the future market in mind and in parallel with late-stage indications. The role works with oncology leaders to incorporate insights from marketed thoracic oncology products and other peri-launch assets into IMDELLTRA®’s commercial strategy, and collaborates with the integrated brand team and selected local-country brand working groups to incorporate local insights and support Global-with-Local engagements and launch readiness plans. The role reports to the Executive Director and Global Marketing Lead for IMDELLTRA®. Amgen describes its culture as collaborative, innovative, and science based, and its mission as serving patients living with serious illnesses. The company offers competitive benefits, a collaborative culture, and support for professional and personal growth and well-being. Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid arrangements, may be available where possible.

Requirements

One of the following education and experience combinations: doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization; master’s degree and 4 years of such experience; bachelor’s degree and 6 years; associate’s degree and 10 years; or high school diploma/GED and 12 years.
Strong experience in oncology and solid-tumor immuno-oncology.
Strong experience in beyond-the-molecule value drivers such as patient services or the CDx/IVD space.
Experience in commercial positions with global responsibilities.
Understanding of global market dynamics, with cultural awareness and sensitivity to form relationships and work effectively with colleagues around the world.
Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrix environment and managing global projects involving multiple functions and shared accountabilities.
A scientifically curious mind.

Nice To Haves

MBA coupled with a life sciences educational background.
Eight or more years of experience and a track record of success in increasingly broad, large-scale, and complex commercial roles at biopharmaceutical companies.
Experience developing and implementing innovative global marketing and commercial strategies for pipeline products, launching therapeutic products, and repositioning products to maximize commercial value.
Prior experience launching multiple products in diverse therapeutic areas.
A solid foundation in strategic marketing.
Understanding of oncology science, market trends, future opportunities, and hurdles.
Experience living and working outside the United States.
Broad therapeutic-area expertise, including experience in diverse commercial roles supporting different disease states, lifecycle stages, customer groups, and challenging competitive markets.
Experience supporting partnered assets or programs.
Prior experience in a tactical, line-marketing role implementing marketing strategies in local markets.
Understanding of global market access, pricing, and reimbursement issues.

Responsibilities

Partner with the Global Marketing Lead to develop a gold-standard commercial strategy based on deep insights into customers, the marketplace, competitors, and business drivers, optimizing the future value of key IMDELLTRA® indications, including limited-stage and extensive-stage first-line indications.
Lead key marketing deliverables requiring cross-functional stakeholder alignment and input, such as brand planning and commercial advisory board leadership.
Ensure portal decisions are supported by robust commercial assessments, including assessments of portfolio fit and organizational impact.
Deliver marketing materials for assigned brands on time and at the expected quality, in alignment with Amgen processes and requirements.
Contribute to Global Product Strategy, competitive insights, patient-centric deliverables, Target Product Profiles, forecasts, and strategies to enhance program value, including lifecycle-management initiatives.
Lead forums under Amgen’s Global-with-Local model to facilitate cross-sharing among local markets and gather market input on global deliverables.
Support launch-readiness reviews and ensure rapid integration of local insights into global strategy.
Provide commercial leadership to the development organization for IMDELLTRA®, ensuring development considers the future market and proceeds in parallel with late-stage indications.
Work with oncology leaders to incorporate insights and market learnings from marketed thoracic oncology products and other peri-launch assets into IMDELLTRA®’s commercial strategy.
Work with the integrated brand team and selected local-country brand working groups to integrate local market insights and support Global-with-Local engagements, including launch-readiness plans.

Benefits

Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions
Group medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
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 arrangements where possible
Career development opportunities
Work/life balance support