Thought Leader Liaison - Pacific Northwest

Amgen•Portland, OR

About The Position

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline and portfolio of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. Thought Leader Liaison - Pacific Northwest Live What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! This critical role is a customer-facing role responsible for executing the customer aspects of the Neuroimmunology Business Unit’s peer to peer strategies and building productive relationships with speakers, thought leaders and other key influencers from key accounts in their assigned geography. The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is responsible for engaging compliantly with key thought leaders in neuroimmunology and neuromuscular disease. This role works cross-functionally with Sales, Site of Care, and Medical Affairs to address customer needs and drive collaboration.

Requirements

Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing or sales experience Or Master's degree and 4 years of marketing or sales experience Or Bachelor's degree and 6 years of marketing or sales experience Or Associates degree and 10 years of marketing or sales experience Or High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing or sales experience

Nice To Haves

Customer facing pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience (field sales, product marketing, medical or clinical experience in the same or related therapeutic area) is required
Experience in the neurology, neuroimmunology and neuromuscular disease.
Clinical experience in rare diseases or specialty biologics strongly preferred
Thought leader or demonstrated KOL leadership experience a plus
Proven track record of consistent achievement or exceeding expectations in assigned responsibilities, goals, objectives and any other relevant metrics, especially involving cross functional matrix teams
Previous experience in multiple commercial functions beneficial
Demonstrated experience customizing and executing timely action plans across various initiatives
Demonstrates leadership, strategic agility and persuasive aptitude
Exceptional ability to collaborate and/or lead cross functional teams
Ability to present ideas effectively by consolidating and customizing information
Strong organizational, analytic and time management planning skills
Exceptional clinical/business acumen
Willingness to travel, inclusive of conferences on weekends, overnight programs as well as attendance at key internal meetings
Individual must reside within territory boundaries given travel requirements

Responsibilities

Significant customer-facing time, building relationships with existing and new thought leaders for involvement in current and future commercial activities
Creates local peer to peer strategies in coordination with national and regional strategic marketing and sales business plans.
Collaborates closely with the Amgen advocacy team to develop relationships with key physician and patient organizations
Creates and executes short term and long-term KOL engagement plans.
Captures, synthesizes and shares key thought leader insights to help shape brand strategy and prepare for future life cycle management and competitor entry into the marketplace
Identifies evidence gaps across product and disease education through appropriate thought leader discussions and podium observations.
Disseminate thought leader insights to broader Amgen stakeholders, including marketing, sales, market access to drive development of new strategies and tactical approaches and to ensure a comprehensive view of market trends is integrated into overall planning
Coordinate leadership interactions at all assigned national/regional, state society conferences
Initiates and pursues opportunities to involve Amgen in meaningful programs with thought leaders to ensure Amgen is strategically and strongly positioned in the market
Assists with speaker events, including selection of speakers, training for speakers and reviewing current speaker programs ensuring consistent messaging and compliant execution
Collaborates with marketing team on peer to peer programs including speaker training programs and contributes to ongoing refinement of U.S. speaker bureau
Contributes to content development by providing customer insight and perspective, increasing program impact & relevance

Benefits

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being.
From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.
A 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
Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

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