Senior Oncology Specialist Emerald - Peoria IL

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network•Peoria, IL

12d•Onsite

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 focuses on helping deliver Amgen’s commitment to patients through its oncology portfolio, which includes supportive care treatments, targeted medicines, and immunotherapies for a range of blood cancers and solid tumors. The specialist achieves territory sales by creating and executing territory plans, delivering branded sales messages, carrying out planned programs, arranging and following up on medical education programs, and meeting or exceeding sales targets. The role also involves managing customer accounts and relationships, helping ensure product access, addressing or triaging reimbursement issues, maintaining product contracts, and developing marketing strategies. The specialist analyzes sales activity and territory performance, develops plans with the District Manager, keeps current with oncology and disease-state knowledge as well as industry, regulatory, and competitive changes, and collaborates with colleagues to share practices and continue learning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experience and/or non-sales clinical experience in a healthcare or scientific field; or associate degree and 6 years of such experience; or high school diploma/GED and 8 years of such experience.
Adaptability and the ability to demonstrate planning and organizing, leveraging business, industry, and technical knowledge, communicating with impact, driving for results, and cultivating internal and external relationships.

Nice To Haves

Oncology experience.
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 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 a comprehensive territory plan, including branded sales messaging, planned programs, and medical education programs.
Schedule and follow up on medical educational programs and achieve or exceed sales targets.
Use internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, ensure product access, resolve or triage reimbursement issues, and maintain product contracts.
Develop an effective marketing strategy to help drive sales.
Analyze sales activities and territory effectiveness, conduct territory analysis, 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.
Partner with colleagues to share best practices and support continuous learning.
Use oncology and disease-state knowledge, and awareness of industry, regulatory, and competitive changes, to deliver agreed results.

Benefits

Comprehensive employee benefits package.
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.