At Amgen, every challenge is an opportunity. And every opportunity brings the potential to change lives. Our shared mission—to serve patients—has driven our status as one of the world’s preeminent biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Leverage your high-level expertise to lead and forge partnerships that advance the biotechnical and biopharmaceutical science that can turn the tide of serious, life-interrupting illnesses.

For decades, Amgen has been at the forefront of providing the oncology and hematology communities with novel therapies that have changed patients’ lives. We have pioneered first-in-class oncology and hematology medicines including, LUMAKRAS®. BLINCYTO®, Neupogen®, Nplate®, XGEVA®, BLINCYTO® and IMLYGIC® .We are building upon our solid oncology foundation and long-term commitment to patients by developing a whole new class of novel molecules – and we need top talent to ensure these molecules become medicines and realize their potential for helping patients.

Today, Amgen is advancing the largest early Oncology pipeline in our history spanning several innovative technology platforms, across multiple targets and more than a dozen tumor types. Many of these innovative modalities/technologies are not only firsts for Amgen, but also for the entire biotechnology field. By joining our team, you will help us seize the opportunities that come with paving new roads – roads that lead to directly serving oncology patients.

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Executive Director, Global Marketing Lead (GML) Portfolio Strategy is a critical role in the organization. The GML is responsible for maximizing the value of our portfolio to meet the oncology 2030 ambition driving our global franchise and cross portfolio strategies holistically. This position is complex and will require a commercial executive with strategic thinking and marketing capabilities, analytical skills and scientific literacy, cross-functional collaboration skills, the ability to operate globally and locally, and influencing skills.

The GML, Portfolio Strategy Lead will provide commercial leadership and a “one team voice” in consolidating individual asset needs to a portfolio view and pull through across multiple aspects and functions as well as ensuring oversight of external business development direction to meet the ambition.

• Responsible for overall alignment of the end-to-end strategy for the Global Oncology Portfolio.

  • Through cross-functional collaboration, ensure alignment against our overarching oncology strategy and commercial POV that clearly articulates our short/mid/long term goals, priorities, and areas for investments

  • Supports the development of a global cross-portfolio vision/strategy to optimize the value of Amgen Oncology and a commercial success based POV

  • Partners and consult with CD&A, Access, Clinical Development, Discovery, Translational Science, Medical Affairs, Project Leadership, Project Management, Alliance Management, Business Development, Finance, and other functions across the organization to establish, coordinate, and interface with existing collaborators and external partners across the Oncology portfolio and align on a shared TAG vision and strategy

  • Oversees a continuous TA strategy planning process for all products in the portfolio and coordination across brands (leveraging the outputs of the franchise TSG work)

  • Leadership of an integrated and cohesive portfolio for oncology, laddering up individual plans

  • Oversees, plans, and implements a portfolio approach for complex oncology products across different tumor types coordinating a” one team” view

• Ensuring that Amgen maximize the portfolio value of its pipeline and inline brands

  • Oversees oncology business development initiatives as the lead for GMAC oncology and participate in HOLR BD reviews as the oncology strategic representative.

  • As necessary, assess business scenarios and make recommendations as to whether to proceed or not from a commercial POV

  • Works toward a new model for business development financial assessments in collaboration with the oncology BD team (analog based)

  • Takes an outside in view to business analytics and ladder up portfolio landscape views, assesses impact, and provides real time updates and recommendation on the shifting landscape (Coordinates a view from informed but disparate information sources such as CI, analyst views, market changes) to the VP commercial (and TAG if needed) and to inform “portfolio” learnings back into the individual asset programs

• Manages and coordinates with our Partners any portfolio initiatives

• In addition, this role will also cover Xaluritamig (STEAP1 BiTE) as the GML to lead the commercial perspective in prostate cancer and beyond. The key milestones which are upcoming at Commit to registration (CTRS) and subsequent to this will stand up a commercial team to take forward this important asset for Amgen.

• Communicates overall portfolio commercial vision and implements portfolio strategy

• Ensures timeliness and quality of key commercial inputs into portfolio views

• Forges strong relationships and cross-functional collaboration and regional collaboration

• Represents portfolio commercial interests on Research Project Teams and licensing teams

• Communicates regional interests to create consolidated and integrated global strategy
  perspective – “one team voice”

• Manages budget in support of the above

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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 leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree & 6 years of Global Marketing experience OR

• Master’s degree & 10 years of Global Marketing experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree & 12 years of Global Marketing experience AND

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Oncology experience in solid tumors. Immuno-oncology is most preferred, but other oncology experience is also useful

• At least eight years of experience in a series of commercial roles of increasing scope, scale, and complexity, with leading companies in the biopharmaceutical industry

• Experience developing and implementing innovative global marketing and commercial strategies for pipeline products, successfully launching therapeutic products and repositioning products to maximize commercial value

• Experience launching oncology products in an accelerated setting is highly desirable

• Experience in commercial positions with global responsibilities is important

• Experience living and working outside the United States is highly desirable Possesses an understanding of broad, global market dynamics and the cultural awareness and sensitivity to form relationships and collaborate with colleagues around the world

• Broad therapeutic area expertise. Has worked in diverse commercial roles supporting several different disease states, on products in various stages of the lifecycle, with a diverse set of customers in challenging and competitive markets

• Experience in a tactical, “line” marketing role, implementing marketing strategies in local markets, is a plus

• Understanding of global market access, pricing, and reimbursement issues

• Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrix environment, managing global projects involving multiple functions and shared accountabilities

• An MBA or advanced scientific degree (PhD, MS, MD, PharmD) is strongly preferred

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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 annual base salary range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $274,388 to $318,568. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:

• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.

• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan

• Stock-based long-term incentives

• Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns

• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.