Contracts and Pricing Strategy Manager, Oncology Innovative Brands

Career Category

Sales & Marketing Operations

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.

Contracts and Pricing Strategy Manager, Oncology Innovative Brands

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Contracts and Pricing Strategy Manager - Oncology Business Unit (OBU) Innovative Brands is a vital member of the U.S. Value & Access organization, responsible for developing and executing pricing and payer coverage contracting strategies to achieve OBU’s objectives for both in-line and pipeline assets. This role involves conducting comprehensive quantitative and qualitative analyses, partnering with finance to evaluate the impact of contracting strategies on sales volume, discount rates, and long-term planning. By synthesizing cross-functional data, the Pricing Manager supports scenario planning and generates actionable customer insights to inform decision-making.

In this dynamic environment, the OBU Pricing Manager collaborates with Market Access and contracting teams to negotiate coverage and pricing agreements while engaging extensively with stakeholders across Value Strategy & Marketing, Patient Access, Data & Analytics, Sales, Brand Marketing, Government Affairs, Trade & Distribution, Finance, and Legal. The Contracts and pricing strategy manager accomplishes this by:

• Lead all aspects of the OBU Latest Estimate Discount Rate (LEDR) process, pricing and contracting scenarios, contract decisions, and LRS (long-range strategy) management
• Support inputs for major US (brand planning, quarterly business reviews, access strategy alignment, semester meetings) and Global milestones, including collaborating with Global Access Leads on product strategy
• Lead pre-deal analytics for OBU products to determine viability, profitability, and recommendations regarding future coverage scenarios
• In this dynamic and fast-paced environment, the candidate will be a key support for the contracting teams for coverage and pricing negotiations
• Lead US V&A launch planning, execution, and leadership reviews for peri-launch assets
• Gather, analyze and synthesize cross-functional information across a variety of sources to support scenario-planning and customer insight development.
• Will interact cross functionally with Value Strategy & Marketing, Ecosystems & Insights, Commercial, Brand Marketing, Government Affairs, Trade & Distribution, Business Unit Leadership, Finance, Accounting, and Legal.
• Support CIQ (deal making platform) activities and maintaining contract performance trackers
• Support slide deck/materials development for key strategic meetings as needed
• Constructively challenge teams by providing disconfirming information and encouraging innovative problem solving

The ideal candidate will have meaningful US Value & Access experience (oncology experience preferred) and be able to work in a matrix environment across various levels, including senior executives. Additionally, this individual should have knowledge of US market access landscape, including an understanding of medical and pharmacy benefit design, coverage, and reimbursement in the US.

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

Or

Master’s degree and 2 years of sales and marketing operations and/or pricing experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of sales and marketing operations and/or pricing experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 8 years of sales and marketing operations and/or pricing experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 10 years of sales and marketing operations and/or pricing experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in cont