Thought Leader Liaison - UPLIZNA - Florida and Georgia (Rare Disease)

Amgen•Jacksonville, FL

About The Position

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Thought Leader Liaison -New England 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 compliantly liaising with Sales, Site of Care, and Medical Affairs to address customer needs, identify/initiate appropriate projects of mutual interest to Amgen and customers, anticipate market trends, and uncover competitive intelligence, ensuring delivery against the Business Unit objectives. The TLL will align across the Amgen organization to coordinate thought leader interactions and deliver a cohesive customer experience.

Requirements

Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing or sales experience
Master's degree and 4 years of marketing or sales experience
Bachelor's degree and 6 years of marketing or sales experience
Associates degree and 10 years of marketing or sales experience
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, rheumatology and/or gastroenterology therapeutic area, Exposure to multiple sclerosis and key MS centers, strongly preferred
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

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.
Liaise with sales and marketing to ensure thought leader concerns/needs are addressed in a timely and thorough manner
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

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

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