Senior Oncology Specialist - Emerald - Springfield, IL

Amgen • Peoria, IL

3d • $140,465 - $190,041 • Remote

About The Position

Amgen's mission is to serve patients living with serious illnesses. Since 1980, Amgen has pioneered biotech in the fight against tough diseases, focusing on Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease. This role is vital as a liaison to customers, providing clinical knowledge of Amgen's products to medical professionals. The Senior Oncology Specialist will deliver on the commitment to patients by helping them take on challenging cancers and managing side effects of chemotherapy. Amgen supports team members' careers through challenging assignments and development opportunities. The role involves acting as the primary customer contact, communicating clinical and economic benefits of products, and achieving territory sales through a comprehensive plan. This includes delivering sales messages, executing programs, managing educational events, and achieving sales targets. The specialist will also service and manage accounts, ensure product access, resolve reimbursement issues, and maintain contracts. A key aspect is crafting effective marketing strategies, analyzing sales effectiveness, and developing territory plans with the District Manager. The role requires passion for products, building the brand, and a focus on serving patients. Collaboration with colleagues, continuous learning, and leveraging knowledge of Oncology, disease states, industry, regulatory, and competitive changes are essential to deliver results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related OR Associate degree and 6 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related OR High school diploma / GED and 8 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience in Oncology
• Three or more years of sales and/or marketing experience within pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or medical device industries.
• Product or hospital sales experience in the areas of oncology, nephrology, dermatology, rheumatology and inflammation. Neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, or infectious diseases, and the diseases and treatments involved with these specialties.
• Local Market knowledge.
• A Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.
• Adaptability with our Core Competencies: Planning and Organizing; Leveraging Business, Industry, and Technical Knowledge; Communicating with Impact; Driving for Results; and Cultivating Internal and External Relationships.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary customer contact to provide current and comprehensive clinical knowledge of Amgen's products and effectively communicate the clinical and economic benefits of the products to medical professionals.
• Create and execute on a comprehensive territory plan, which includes delivering branded sales messages, executing planned programs, scheduling and following-up with medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets.
• Utilize internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, including ensuring product access, resolving/triage reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts.
• Craft an effective marketing strategy to aid in driving sales.
• Analyze business effectiveness of sales activities and territory analysis, as well as develop territory plans with your District Manager.
• Sustain passion for products through the entire sales cycle while always building our brand and never losing sight of how we serve patients.
• Partner with other colleagues to share best practices and be in a state of continuous curiosity and learning to help you grow as a Sr. Oncology Specialist.
• Leverage passion for Oncology and disease state awareness, Industry, regulatory and competitive changes to deliver agreed results.

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, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

What This Job Offers

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