About The Position
Amgen is seeking a Specialty Representative or Senior Specialty Representative to serve as the primary customer contact in the Jackson, Vicksburg, Brookhaven, and Clinton, Mississippi territory. The role provides medical professionals with current clinical knowledge about Amgen products and helps customers navigate the payer environment. The representative implements marketing strategy and promotes Amgen products as directed by the District Manager, with the goal of serving patients through appropriate product utilization and successful territory performance. Relocation is not offered. The role level and title will be selected based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience for the geography.
Requirements
- Specialty Representative: Bachelor’s degree; or associate degree and 4 years of sales experience; or high school diploma/GED and 6 years of sales experience.
- Senior Specialty Representative: 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.
Nice To Haves
- Sales, marketing, or clinical experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics, healthcare insurance, pharmacy services, medical devices, or medical supplies.
- For Specialty Representative: Some experience, pre-graduate sales training, and/or a demonstrated record of successful leadership under pressure.
- For Senior Specialty Representative: 3 or more years of experience.
- Product or hospital sales experience in oncology, cardiology, inflammation, nephrology, dermatology, rheumatology, neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, bone health, respiratory, hematology, or infectious diseases, including related diseases and treatments.
- Advanced influencing and relationship-building skills focused on sales outcomes.
- Local market knowledge.
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.
- Adaptability in sales planning and organizing, applying business, industry, and technical knowledge, communicating with impact, driving results, and cultivating internal and external relationships.
Responsibilities
- Provide current, comprehensive knowledge of Amgen products and communicate their clinical benefits to medical professionals to support appropriate utilization.
- Drive territory sales by delivering branded sales messages, conducting planned programs, scheduling and following up on medical education programs, and meeting or exceeding sales targets through in-person and virtual engagement.
- Develop and manage customer accounts by tailoring discussions to customer needs, ensuring product access, triaging or resolving reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts.
- Provide feedback on marketing strategy, analyze sales activity effectiveness and territory performance, and develop territory plans with the District Manager.
- Share best practices with colleagues and seek opportunities to learn and grow.
- Maintain enthusiasm for Amgen products throughout the sales cycle, build the brand, and keep patient service central to the work.
- Uphold Amgen’s values, including being science-based and ethical, creating value, ensuring quality, trusting and respecting others, working in teams, collaborating, communicating, and being accountable.
Benefits
- Health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents.
- 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
Entry Level
