Specialty Account Manager - Rare Disease-Schaumburg, IL

Amgen • Chicago, IL

1d • $145,311 - $215,025 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients. Amgen is a leader in biotechnology, focused on developing innovative medicines for serious illnesses in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease. The company is advancing a broad pipeline to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity-related conditions. Amgen offers an award-winning, collaborative, innovative, and science-based culture. This role is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on patients' lives while advancing your career.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 3 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience OR Associate degree and 6 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience OR High school diploma/GED and 8 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience
• Doctorate degree & 2 years of collective account management experience, sales, & commercial experience OR Master’s degree & 6 years of collective account management experience, sales, & commercial experience OR Bachelor’s degree & 8 years of collective account management experience, sales, & commercial experience OR Associate degree & 10 years of collective account management experience, sales, & commercial experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical and computer skills required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Professional, proactive demeanor.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree strongly preferred; Graduate business or healthcare related degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in biotech, specialty pharmaceutical, or rare disease sales.
• 3+ years of experience in one or more of the following: Rare disease/orphan drug experience; ultra-orphan preferred; Rare disease launch experience strongly preferred.
• Nephrology experience preferred.
• At least 3 years of in office injection/infusion sales selling a product that is a medical benefit requiring extensive coordination with patient access services.
• Previous experience operating in a matrix selling environment collaborating with patient services, market access, medical affairs, and reimbursement with significant focus on patient centricity.
• Market development / deep profiling in rare, unmet spaces experience preferred.
• Demonstrated success educating HCPs about complex diseases diagnosed through clinical observation involving diverse patient profiles that do not always lend themselves to simple segmentation diagnosis.
• Documented track record of delivering consistent, exceptional levels of performance.
• Proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced, highly challenging work environment.

Responsibilities

• Represent Amgen products to physicians and healthcare professionals.
• Establish product sales and perform total territory account management.
• Provide disease information and education to medical professionals and external customers involved in patient care.
• Consistently achieve assigned sales objectives through the promotion of patient-centered disease and product education to HCPs to improve patient care while adhering to corporate compliance guidelines.
• Implement goals of the marketing plan through execution of strategic account business plan.
• Demonstrated experience working in a matrix environment, which will encompass Case Managers, Medical Affairs, Patient access team, and other parties as deemed necessary.
• Effectively utilize all available resources and programs including peer to peer education and cross functional partners within the company to address identified knowledge gaps.
• Proven ability to navigate and identify opportunities through the healthcare landscape including academic institutions, IDNs, accountable care organizations, private practices, and community hospital systems.
• Establish productive business relationships with key local, regional, and national KOLs within the geographical coverage area and assigned therapeutic areas.
• Develops and maintains a high-level, in-depth disease and therapeutic clinical and scientific knowledge.
• Utilize a consultative selling approach involving a highly technical, solution oriented selling technique enabling the specialist to meet the needs of healthcare professionals Rare Disease patients.
• Execute all of the above with a strong understanding and adherence to compliance and corporate policies including appropriate documentation and reporting.

Benefits

• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns.
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible.

What This Job Offers

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