Rare Disease Key Account Manager - Neurology - Great Plains

Amgen•Detroit, MI

About The Position

The Rare Disease Key Account Manager (KAM) partners with stakeholders in targeted accounts to reduce time to diagnosis, increase appropriate patient identification, and improve speed to treatment in therapeutic areas supported by Amgen Rare Disease products. The role addresses operational and access challenges across assigned health systems, specialty clinics, infusion centers, and other sites of care to grow the rare disease business and improve the patient and customer experience. The KAM assesses account-level barriers and develops targeted strategies to support appropriate therapy access, clinic readiness, buy-and-bill operations, and continuity of treatment. The role also leads account planning and contracting activities, evaluates reimbursement and care-delivery workflows, coordinates cross-functional execution, and provides actionable field insights while maintaining compliant engagement and accurate account documentation.

Requirements

Doctorate degree and 2 years of sales experience and/or related account management experience; or Master’s degree and 4 years; or Bachelor’s degree and 6 years; or Associate’s degree and 10 years; or High School diploma/GED and 12 years.
Ability to manage competing priorities, operate independently, and execute through cross-functional teams.
Patient-centered and compliant approach to customer engagement and solution development.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with complex provider accounts, specialty clinics, health systems, infusion centers, or similar sites of care.
Experience in rare disease, specialty therapeutics, biologics, infusion, or other complex buy-and-bill environments.
Knowledge of reimbursement, coding, benefit verification, prior authorization, and clinic revenue-cycle considerations.
Prior contracting or account negotiation experience, or experience with IDNs, GPOs, specialty pharmacies, distributors, or alternate sites of care.
Understanding of clinic operations and site-of-care decision drivers.
Strong business acumen and ability to interpret account economics, reimbursement information, and performance data.
Executive communication, problem-solving, and influence skills across clinical and administrative stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Assess assigned accounts for access, operational, economic, and care-delivery barriers affecting appropriate rare disease therapy use, time to diagnosis, and time to treatment.
Develop and execute account plans aligned with customer priorities, portfolio objectives, patient access, site-of-care needs, and treatment continuity.
Map and engage clinical leaders, administrators, pharmacy, finance, revenue cycle, procurement, infusion operations, and care coordinators.
Translate account data and insights into opportunity hypotheses, action plans, and site performance reviews.
Lead assigned account contracting opportunities, coordinate internal approvals, and support compliant negotiation and execution.
Identify and address barriers involving contracting, customer membership, ordering, distribution, formulary or pathway decisions, and product availability.
Partner with market access, pricing, trade, reimbursement, and legal/compliance colleagues to support durable access solutions.
Support account business reviews covering contract performance, patient access, operational readiness, and appropriate commercial opportunities.
Evaluate buy-and-bill workflows, including acquisition, inventory, benefit verification, prior authorization, coding, billing, payment, and financial risk.
Work with clinics and internal partners to improve reimbursement readiness, inventory practices, ordering processes, and patient financial navigation.
Engage sites of care through education, workflow support, and coordinated resources to strengthen readiness to initiate and maintain therapy.
Help customers identify operational gaps that may delay treatment, including referral handoffs, scheduling, infusion capacity, care coordination, and post-initiation follow-up.
Coordinate field execution with sales, medical, patient services, market access, trade, analytics, and brand partners.
Provide timely field insights on customer needs, competitive dynamics, reimbursement trends, and operational barriers to matrix colleagues.
Monitor account performance and adapt priorities to meet agreed objectives compliantly.
Maintain accurate account plans, account affiliations, activity records, and opportunity documentation in required systems.
Lead matrix planning and follow-through for priority account initiatives, clarifying partner roles, decision points, owners, and timelines.
Travel approximately 40–60% within the assigned geography for customer meetings, internal planning, and industry events.

Benefits

Health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents.
Retirement and savings plan with company contributions.
Group medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Life and 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns.
Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements where possible.
Career development opportunities.