Director, Corporate Affairs, Cardiovascular Disease

Career Category

Public Relations

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.

Director, Corporate Affairs, Cardiovascular Disease

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this critical role, you will lead the development and execution of U.S. and global communications for Repatha and reinforce Amgen’s leadership in cardiovascular disease (CVD). You will drive bold, impactful communications that address CVD, a leading public health crisis, and LDL-C as the most modifiable risk factor for heart attack and stroke.

Your communications strategy will leverage partnerships with leading advocacy groups, experts and institutions in CVD, as well as implementation science to emphasize the urgency of LDL-C testing and guideline-based treatment.

Ideally Los Angeles area preferred or remote with the ability to travel to Thousand Oaks, CA as required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement communications strategies that support business objectives and drive behavior change among patients and HCPs in collaboration with Commercial, Medical and Advocacy teams.

• Deliver high-impact, integrated communications plans to amplify Amgen’s cardiovascular story across bespoke channels and platforms.

• Support Repatha’s growth and new indications through data and milestone-driven communications.

• Collaborate with the Advocacy Relations team to align communications initiatives with both Amgen's and advocacy partners' goals.

• Advance the communications strategy for initiatives such as the LDL Action Summit and LATTICE.

• Serve as a key point of contact for internal CVD teams and external partners on communications efforts.

• Lead the social media and influencer strategy for CVD.

• Seek opportunities for learning and growth, including piloting new approaches and measuring their impact.

• Adapt swiftly to new information, and support issues management efforts.

• Liaise effectively with colleagues in Corporate Affairs, Investor Relations, Medical Affairs, Legal, Regulatory, Government Affairs and Commercial teams.

• Oversee PR agencies, providing clear direction and measuring results and impact.

• Inspire and lead a team of communications professionals.

• Established experience with data-driven communications, drug launches, and regulatory milestones.

• A strong track record in issues management and consumer-facing campaigns.

• Demonstrated leadership in managing teams and agency partnerships.

• A commitment to quality, excellence and continuous improvement.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek has these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 4 years of communications or public relations experience

Or

Master’s degree and 7 years of communications or public relations experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of communications or public relations experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 - 12 years within communications or public relations

• Deep understanding of the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry or health care

• Proven ability to develop and execute multi-faceted strategic communications campaigns in a matrixed organization

• Strategic and creative thinker with the ability to truly understand business challenges and priorities and develop actionable programs that integrate soundly with business objectives

• Meaningful experience in social and digital media, earned media relations, issues management and internal communications