Senior Oncology Specialist Emerald - Springfield IL
About The Position
The Senior Oncology Specialist serves as the primary customer contact, providing medical professionals with current and comprehensive clinical knowledge of Amgen products and communicating their clinical and economic benefits. The role supports Amgen’s oncology portfolio, including supportive care treatments, targeted medicines, and immunotherapies, and focuses on helping patients with serious cancers and limited treatment options. The specialist achieves territory sales by creating and executing territory plans, delivering branded sales messages, conducting planned programs, arranging and following up on medical education programs, and meeting or exceeding sales targets. The role also manages customer accounts and relationships, supports product access, triages reimbursement issues, maintains product contracts, develops marketing strategies, evaluates sales activity and territory performance, and collaborates with colleagues and the District Manager. The position requires continued learning and awareness of oncology, disease states, and industry, regulatory, and competitive changes. The expected annual salary range is $140,465 to $190,041, excluding Puerto Rico. Actual salary depends on relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. Eligible employees may receive a Total Rewards Plan that includes health and welfare coverage, financial plans, work/life balance resources, and career development opportunities.
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
- 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 related 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 Amgen products to medical professionals.
- Create and execute comprehensive territory plans, including branded sales messages, planned programs, and medical education programs; achieve or exceed sales targets.
- Use internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, support product access, triage reimbursement issues, and maintain product contracts.
- Develop 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.
- Maintain enthusiasm for Amgen products throughout the sales cycle while building the brand and focusing on serving patients.
- Collaborate with colleagues to share best practices and pursue continuous learning.
- Apply oncology and disease-state knowledge, and monitor industry, regulatory, and competitive changes to deliver agreed results.
Benefits
- 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.
- Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid arrangements where possible.
- Career development opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
