Payer Contracting Manager

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

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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. Payer Contracting Manager What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. As a member of the US Value and Access (USV&A) team, the Manager, Contract Development – Payer Contract Writer is integral to Amgen’s commercial contracting success and supports Amgen by drafting and processing customer contracts in order to assist Amgen in its mission to serve patients. This Manager position will report to the Senior Manager, Contract Development and will be responsible for Payer customer contracts across the portfolio of Amgen Products for assigned payer accounts. In this vital role you will work hand-in-hand with the Payer Contract Relations team to write and develop Payer rebate agreements, amendments, notice letters, and other documents as needed for several strategic accounts. This role will also manage contract data for assigned accounts in Amgen’s contract lifecycle management (CLM) system, including ensuring data entry accuracy and accurate reflection of key terms in the final contract within the CLM system.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree and 2 years of contract development or contract writing experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of contract development or contract writing experience OR Associate’s degree and 8 years of contract development or contract writing experience OR High school diploma / GED and 10 years of contract development or contract writing experience
• Strong computer and Microsoft Word skills; strong administrative skills
• Ability to complete projects, make decisions with minimal direction, prioritize competing document requests and manage multiple documents concurrently to completion
• High attention to detail
• Ability to integrate complex business strategies into a contract
• Strong oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to read, draft, edit and understand legal contract documents

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience writing contracts, ideally for pharma
• Familiarity with the US commercial and government healthcare and reimbursement environment
• Pharmaceutical or Biotechnology experience

Responsibilities

• Manage contracting strategy and execution for assigned national payer accounts, aligned to brand and business objectives.
• Own the contract document lifecycle across multiple workstreams, including version control and clear, proactive status updates to internal partners.
• Drive timely deliverables by making clear recommendations, flagging and resolving issues early, and keeping actions moving to minimize rework.
• Draft term sheets, RFP responses, amendments, and related contract language to support negotiations and renewals, accurately reflecting pricing strategy design, rebates, and discount structures.
• Facilitate document review meetings and ensure partners have the right context on document status, history, and decisions needed to move forward.
• Project manage planned and ad hoc initiatives within Contract Development and U.S. Value & Access, coordinating inputs and timelines across stakeholders.
• Compile and produce contract documentation to support internal/external audits and litigation, ensuring completeness and traceability.
• Partner with the CLM system team to support process and system improvements that strengthen contracting execution.

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: Manager