Senior Oncology Specialist - TOPAZ - Charlotte, NC

Amgen • Charlotte, NC

10d • $140,465 - $190,041

About The Position

The Senior Oncology Specialist serves as the primary customer contact for medical professionals, providing current and comprehensive clinical knowledge of Amgen products and communicating their clinical and economic benefits. The role supports Amgen’s mission to serve patients by advancing oncology medicines and helping medical professionals understand available treatment options.

This position covers a territory including Charlotte, Asheville, Greenville, Gastonia, Concord, and Spartanburg. The specialist develops and executes territory and marketing plans, delivers branded sales messages, coordinates medical education programs, manages customer accounts, supports product access and reimbursement issue resolution, and works toward territory sales targets. The role also involves analyzing sales effectiveness, collaborating with a District Manager and colleagues, and keeping current with oncology, disease-state, industry, regulatory, and competitive developments. Relocation is not offered.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in a healthcare or scientific field that is not sales related; or associate degree and 6 years of such experience; or high school diploma/GED and 8 years of such experience.
• Ability to plan and organize, leverage business, industry, and technical knowledge, communicate with impact, drive results, and cultivate internal and external relationships.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience in oncology.
• Three or more years of sales and/or marketing experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or medical device industries.
• Product or hospital sales experience in oncology, nephrology, dermatology, rheumatology and inflammation, neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, or infectious diseases and their associated diseases and treatments.
• Local market knowledge.
• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary customer contact and provide medical professionals with current, comprehensive clinical knowledge of Amgen products.
• Communicate the clinical and economic benefits of products to medical professionals.
• Create and execute a comprehensive territory plan, including delivering branded sales messages, executing planned programs, scheduling and following up on medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets.
• Use internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, ensure product access, resolve or triage reimbursement issues, and maintain product contracts.
• Craft an effective marketing strategy to help drive sales.
• Analyze the effectiveness of sales activities and territory performance, and develop territory plans with the District Manager.
• Build product and brand engagement throughout the sales cycle while maintaining focus on serving patients.
• Partner with colleagues to share best practices and pursue continuous learning.
• Use oncology and disease-state knowledge, along with awareness of industry, regulatory, and competitive changes, to deliver agreed results.

Benefits

• Retirement and Savings Plan with generous 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.
• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid arrangements where possible.
• Career development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior