About The Position
Amgen is seeking a Specialty Representative or Senior Specialty Representative for a territory covering Jersey City, Staten Island, Bayonne, and Hackensack. Relocation is not offered. The role serves as a primary customer contact, providing medical professionals with clinical knowledge about Amgen products and helping them navigate the payer environment. The representative implements marketing strategy and promotes Amgen products as directed by the District Manager. The role level and title will be selected based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience for the geography.
Requirements
- For 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.
- For Senior Specialty Representative: 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.
- Adaptability in sales planning and organizing, leveraging business, industry, and technical knowledge, communicating with impact, driving for results, and cultivating internal and external relationships.
Nice To Haves
- Sales, marketing, or clinical experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics, healthcare insurance, pharmacy services, healthcare medical device, or medical supply industries.
- For Specialty Representative: Some experience, pre-graduate sales training, and/or a proven 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.
- Knowledge of the local market.
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.
Responsibilities
- Provide current, comprehensive knowledge of Amgen products and communicate their clinical benefits to medical professionals to support appropriate product utilization.
- Achieve territory sales goals by delivering branded sales messages, conducting planned programs, arranging 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 interactions to customer needs, supporting product access, resolving or triaging reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts.
- Provide feedback on marketing strategy, analyze sales effectiveness and territory activity, and develop territory plans with the District Manager.
- Share best practices with colleagues and seek opportunities to learn and grow.
- Maintain product enthusiasm throughout the sales cycle while building the Amgen brand and keeping patient service in focus.
- Uphold Amgen’s values, including being science-based and ethical, ensuring quality, working in teams, communicating and collaborating, and being accountable.
Benefits
- Retirement and Savings Plan with company contributions
- Group medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- 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
