Portfolio Strategy Operations Manager – Rare Disease

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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.

Portfolio Strategy Operations Manager

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will play a crucial role in overseeing and leading the strategic and operational initiatives related to the UPLIZNA portfolio. This position ensures the seamless operational and logistical support of medical marketing initiatives across all indications. The manager collaborates with various departments to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of performance strategies, contributing significantly to the brands overall performance.

• Manage Congresses with Medical Marketing: Oversee the logistics and execution of congresses in collaboration with the medical marketing team while helping manage the overall budget.
• Support Speaker Contracts: Manage and support the contracting process for speakers.
• Speaker Program Measurement and Analysis: Measure and analyze the effectiveness of speaker programs.
• Support Portfolio Strategies and Initiatives: Contribute to the development and execution of portfolio strategies and initiatives.
• Support Development of Portfolio Account Reviews: Assist in the creation and maintenance of portfolio account reviews.
• Brand Initiatives Tracking: Track brand initiatives, including alerts, IVA, and brand plan metrics.
• Process Improvement & Project Management: Develop and maintain operational procedures and documentation. Assist with ad-hoc projects as needed.
• Coordination: Coordinate with internal teams such as cross-brand and cross-indication marketing teams, finance, regulatory, compliance, as well as external vendors.

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree

OR

Master’s degree and 2 operations, analytics, and/or marketing experience years of operations, analytics, and/or marketing experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of operations, analytics, and/or marketing experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 8 years of operations, analytics, and/or marketing experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 10 years of operations, analytics, and/or marketing experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Managed operations of national and regional conferences
• Managed HCP contracts and vendor relationships
• Strong analytical and data-driven mindset with proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Self-starter that is assertive, possesses a high degree of self-confidence and intellectual curiosity.
• Proven ability to identify/define business questions and issues and develop strategic, analytical and financial frameworks to conduct analysis.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management.
• Proven ability to lead multiple tasks concurrently under aggressive timelines in a dynamic environment.
• Comfortable working across functional areas (ex. Regulatory, Legal, Finance, Operations, etc.) and at varying levels of the organization.

Skills:

• Strong organizational skills: Essential for leading multiple projects and responsibilities.
• Analytical skills: Necessary for tracking and analyzing data, and for identifying areas for improvement.
• Communication skills: To effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate with partners.
• Project management skills: For leading projects from start to finish and ensuring that they are completed on time and within budget.
• Knowledge of marketing technology: Including CRM systems, marketing autom