Senior Oncology Specialist- TOPAZ- Kansas City

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, 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 a 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.

About the role

In this vital role, you will be the liaison to our customers by providing clinical knowledge of our products to medical professionals. Amgen's medicines treat serious illnesses, and our research addresses diseases with limited treatment options. With a robust and differentiated pipeline, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives.

As a values-based organization with a powerful sense of shared purpose toward our mission: to serve patients, we are actively searching for a Senior Oncology Specialist to deliver on this commitment. Amgen Oncology is committed to helping patients take on some of the toughest cancers, including those resistant to drugs, those that progress rapidly, and those with limited treatment options. Our supportive care treatments help patients combat side effects of strong chemotherapy, while our targeted medicines and immunotherapies focus on more than a dozen different malignancies, ranging from blood cancers to solid tumors.

Territory covers all of Kansas and western Missouri. Relocation is not offered for this role.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary customer contact to provide current and comprehensive clinical knowledge of Amgen's products and effectively communicate the clinical and economic benefits to medical professionals.
• Create and execute a comprehensive territory plan, including delivering branded sales messages, executing planned programs, scheduling and following up with medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets.
• Utilize internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, including ensuring product access, resolving/triaging reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts.
• Craft an effective marketing strategy to aid in driving sales.
• Analyze business effectiveness of sales activities and territory performance, and develop territory plans with your District Manager.
• Sustain passion for our products through the entire sales cycle while building our brand and keeping the focus on serving patients.
• Partner with colleagues to share best practices and maintain continuous learning to grow as a Senior Oncology Specialist.
• Leverage your passion for Oncology, disease state awareness, industry, regulatory, and competitive changes to deliver agreed results.

Requirements

• 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.

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, inflammation, neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, or infectious diseases, including knowledge of the diseases and treatments involved.
• Local market knowledge.
• A 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 $140,465 to $190,041. Actual salary will vary based on relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

Benefits

• A 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.
• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible.