HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

Manager - Contract Development

Amgen is searching for a Manager - Contract Development to join our US Value & Access Contract Development team. This Manager is integral to Amgen’s financial performance and will work with Market Access, Payer Contracting, Legal, and Contract Pricing Execution to validate payer formularies for discounts. This role reports to the Contract Development Senior Manager.

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will work with internal business partners to manage formulary validation efforts to ensure discounts are appropriately earned by customers.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the payer and provider landscape with respect to Amgen’s current and future products
• Support post-deal contract operations team including contracting interpretation for payment processing, dispute resolution, formulary validation, and other activities as needed
• Provide project management and subject matter expertise for formulary validation across multiple payers – facilitate multiple account formulary validation teams that include Payer Contracting, Market Access, Legal, and Contract Pricing Execution
• Support ad-hoc requests by senior leadership for product and/or customer related business analytics and strategy
• Identify, lead and project manage process improvements with the Contract Development team and its internal business partners
• Provide data analysis and dashboards as needed for Contract Development 
• May assist with department face to face meetings, staff training, etc. 
• May assist with training programs for Contract Development team

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What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree

OR

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

OR

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong Project Management skills – previous experience managing complex projects

• Ability to read and understand complex legal contract documents 

• Pharmaceutical or biotechnology sales and marketing experience 

• Demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility and leadership experience 

• Previous experience providing and delivering information for decision making by executive management 

•  Deep understanding of pharmaceutical contracts (both Pharmacy and Medical), particularly as it relates to conditions to rebate

• Experience reviewing formulary and clinical policy documents

• Previous experience working in a contract development team

• Deep understanding of the US commercial and government healthcare and reimbursement environment

• Ability to manage in a highly fluid, interactive, matrixed environment

• 2 years of experience solving complex business problems and managing multiple projects concurrently to completion

• Ability to simplify a complex business strategy and integrate it into a contract

• Strong oral/written communication skills and interpersonal skills at all organizational levels

• Strong organizational skills

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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.

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

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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.