Director, Specialty Pharmacy

Career Category

Sales & Marketing Operations

Job Description

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

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.

Director, Specialty Pharmacy

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. Amgen has an exciting opportunity for an individual looking to make a significant impact on the organization. We encourage our team members to have fulfilling and meaningful careers through challenging assignments, active career development and coaching, and individual rewards. As a member of the Trade & Channel team, this Director is integral to Amgen’s success in the US Healthcare market.

The Director will be responsible for all pharmacy relations and managing all aspects of Amgen’s US portfolio within the pharmacy channels. This role will have frequent interaction and responsibility to Executive Director and Vice President level and potential to interact at the senior most levels within Amgen. They will be responsible for development of strategy and direct negotiations within the pharmacy chain as well as oversight of the Account Executive, Specialty Pharmacy team. The Director will also contribute to and drive product-specific distribution strategies, partner with supply chain, serve as expert to brand and market access teams.

• Lead, train, and develop Account Executive, Specialty Pharmacy team who is responsible for managing the pharmacy relationships across key national and regional accounts.
• Ensure process adherence by the Account Executive, Specialty Pharmacy team and operations counterparts in implementation network strategies
• Own and maintain relationship with key partners within the distribution chain including retail pharmacy and specialty pharmacy
• Ensure accuracy of all financial analytics and business assessments
• Lead the development and maintenance of distribution strategies for both new product launches as well as existing portfolio
• Enable Account Executive, Specialty Pharmacy team to have a comprehensive understanding of key customer’s financials, growth drivers, mergers/acquisitions, end customers, etc.
• Oversee all contracted pharmacy’s QBRs to ensure they are as productive as possible, with clear learning and actions, to ensure pharmacies are maximizing patient’s experience
• Collaborate with Brand Teams, Sales, Marketing, Finance, customers, Legal, and MAMCT teams as necessary to drive Amgen market strategy.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of ad-hoc requests by senior leadership for product and/or customer related business analytics and strategy.
• Travel up to 25%
• Other duties as assigned

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a collaborative person with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree with 4 years of pharmacy channel and significant negotiation experience.

Or

• Master’s degree and 8 years pharmacy channel and significant negotiation experience;

Or

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 years pharmacy channel and significant negotiation experience;

And

• 2 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience solving complex business problems and managing multiple projects concurrently
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and financial modeling
• Ability to read and understand legal contract documents
• Demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility and leadership experience
• Strong negotiation skills
• Previous experience providing and delivering information for decision making by executive management
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop impactful teams across multiple locations

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to,