Senior Oncology Specialist - TOPAZ - Lower Manhattan, NY
Territory covers: Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. Relocation is not offered for this role.
About the role
Join Amgen’s mission of serving patients. Since 1980, Amgen has pioneered the world of biotech in the fight against serious illnesses, focusing on oncology, inflammation, general medicine, and rare disease. As a Senior Oncology Specialist, you will act as the primary customer contact, providing clinical knowledge of Amgen’s products to medical professionals. Amgen’s supportive care treatments help patients combat chemotherapy side effects, while our targeted medicines and immunotherapies address over a dozen malignancies, from blood cancers to solid tumors. This role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on patients’ lives while advancing your career in a collaborative, innovative, and science-driven culture.
Responsibilities
- Act as the primary customer contact to provide current and comprehensive clinical knowledge of Amgen’s products, communicating their 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 on medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets.
- Utilize internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, ensuring product access, resolving reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts.
- Craft an effective marketing strategy to drive sales.
- Analyze business effectiveness of sales activities and territory performance, and develop territory plans with your District Manager.
- Sustain passion for Amgen’s products throughout the sales cycle, always building the 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, and industry knowledge to deliver agreed-upon 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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 diseases and treatments in 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 $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 sales-based incentive plan for field sales representatives).
- Stock-based long-term incentives.
- Award-winning time-off plans.
- Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements where possible.