Senior Oncology Specialist - Topaz - Houston S.

About the role

Relocation is not offered for this role. Territory covers Houston S. (MD Anderson).

Join Amgen’s mission of serving patients. Since 1980, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology in the fight against serious diseases, focusing on Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease to reach millions of patients each year. As a Senior Oncology Specialist, you will help deliver innovative medicines that enable people to live longer, fuller, happier lives while transforming your own career.

What You Will Do

• Act as the primary customer contact, providing current and comprehensive clinical knowledge of Amgen’s oncology products to medical professionals.
• Communicate the clinical and economic benefits of Amgen’s products to healthcare providers.
• Create and execute a comprehensive territory plan, including delivering branded sales messages, executing planned programs, scheduling and following up on medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets.
• Utilize internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, including ensuring product access, resolving or triaging reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts.
• Craft effective marketing strategies to aid in driving sales.
• Analyze business effectiveness of sales activities and territory performance; develop territory plans with the District Manager.
• Sustain passion for Amgen’s products throughout the entire sales cycle while building the brand and keeping the patient mission central.
• Partner with colleagues to share best practices and maintain a state of continuous curiosity and learning.
• Leverage oncology disease-state awareness, industry trends, regulatory updates, and competitive changes to deliver agreed results.

What We Expect Of You

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in a healthcare/scientific field that is not sales related
• OR Associate degree and 6 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in a healthcare/scientific field that is not sales related
• OR High school diploma/GED and 8 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in a healthcare/scientific field that is not sales related

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred experience in Oncology
• Three or more years of sales and/or marketing experience within pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or medical device industries
• Product or hospital sales experience in oncology, nephrology, dermatology, rheumatology and inflammation, neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, or infectious diseases, and the diseases and treatments involved with these specialties
• Local market knowledge
• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration
• Adaptability with Amgen’s Core Competencies: Planning and Organizing; Leveraging Business, Industry, and Technical Knowledge; Communicating with Impact; Driving for Results; and Cultivating Internal and External Relationships

Pay

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is $158,727 to $177,179. Actual salary will vary based on relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions
• Group medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible