Sr Manager, Patient Advocacy - Advocacy Relations Sr Manager - Rare Disease (Rheumatology)

Career Category

Corporate Services

Job Description

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. 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.

Senior Manager, Patient Advocacy 

What you will do

Let’s do this. In this vital role, you will drive patient advocacy efforts focused on uncontrolled gout and Sjogren’s.

Reporting to the Director, Advocacy Relations, you will help develop and execute the U.S. patient advocacy strategy for uncontrolled gout and Sjogren’s. This includes maintaining and extending relationships with key patient advocacy groups, forging new alliances, and ensuring alignment with the Gout and broader Rheumatology (including Sjogren’s) business objectives and strategy.

You will be part of a dynamic and collaborative advocacy team that works across therapeutic areas, geographies, and initiatives. Your mission is to amplify the patient voice, co-create meaningful solutions, and ensure that the real-world needs of people living with rare diseases including are represented in strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a key contributor to Amgen’s U.S. Advocacy strategy and execution for uncontrolled Gout and Sjogren’s, including strategic programming, awareness month activations, patient events and national and/or local engagement opportunities with the advocacy community.

• Serves as primary relationship manager to gout and Sjogren’s related patient groups, cultivating high-trust, compliant, partnerships based on shared goals in awareness, education, and access.

• Collaborates cross-functionally with medical, marketing, government affairs and alliance management, and communication teams to drive critical insights and amplify patient voices in shaping access and reimbursement strategies.

• Represents Amgen in relevant coalitions and forums to elevate the patient community’s voice and needs.

• Drives high-quality initiatives and shared goals to empower patients to take a more active role in treatment decision-making with their HCPs.

• Support and drive launch readiness US strategy for Sjogren’s.

• Lead identification and support of patients and caregivers in sharing their experiences, ensuring these stories inform external and internal initiatives.

• Proactively identify emerging trends, issues, and community needs related to rheumatology and nephrology ecosystems, and formulate timely, collaborative responses.

• Support awareness, education, and empowerment efforts across the patient and caregiver communities.

• Champion inclusion, equity, and diversity of thought in all advocacy strategies.

• Create and execute collaboration plans with advocacy groups on mutually aligned goals, including public health and clinical education campaigns.

• Organize patient feedback mechanisms to ensure ongoing alignment with advocacy and overall business priorities.

• Travel up to 40% as needed, to engage in internal meetings, advocacy meetings, and conferences.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we use our unique experiences to serve patients. The successful candidate will bring a deep understanding of advocacy, communication, and strategic collaboration.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of experience in patient advocacy, consumer marketing, communications, government affairs or public health

• OR Master’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience in patient advocacy, consumer marketing, communications, government affairs or public health

• OR Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience in patient advocacy, consumer marketing, communications, government affairs or public health

• OR Associate’s degree and 10 years of relevant experience in patient advocacy, consumer marke