Senior Specialty Representative - Cardiovascular - San Diego, CA

Territory: Greater San Diego area, including El Centro. Relocation is not offered for this role.

About the role

Join Amgen’s mission to serve patients living with serious illnesses. Since 1980, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology in the fight against tough diseases, focusing on oncology, inflammation, general medicine, and rare diseases. As a Senior Specialty Representative, you’ll connect with medical professionals to provide clinical knowledge of Amgen’s products and help navigate the complex payer environment. This role offers the opportunity to craft a long-term career with a company dedicated to advancing science and improving lives.

Responsibilities

• Provide current and comprehensive knowledge of Amgen’s products and effectively communicate their clinical benefits to medical professionals to drive appropriate utilization.
• Act as a sales leader to achieve territory sales by delivering branded sales messages, conducting planned programs, scheduling and following up on medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets through both in-person and virtual engagement.
• Develop relationships to service and manage accounts, customizing discussions based on customer needs, ensuring product access, resolving or triaging reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts.
• Provide feedback on marketing strategy, analyze business effectiveness of sales activities and territory performance, and develop territory plans in partnership with the District Manager.
• Partner with colleagues to share best practices and continuously learn and grow in the role.
• Demonstrate passion for Amgen’s products and sustain that passion throughout the sales cycle, keeping patient impact at the forefront.
• Uphold Amgen values by being science-based, competing intensely to win, creating value for patients, staff, and stockholders, acting ethically, fostering trust and respect, ensuring quality, working in teams, collaborating, communicating, and remaining accountable.

Requirements

We seek a go-getter with the following qualifications:

• Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare/scientific field that is not sales related, or
  • Associate degree and 6 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare/scientific field that is not sales related, or
  • High school diploma/GED and 8 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare/scientific field that is not sales related.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Three or more years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device industry.
  • Product or hospital sales experience in oncology, nephrology, dermatology, rheumatology, inflammation, cardiology, neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, or infectious diseases, including knowledge of the diseases and treatments involved.
  • Local market knowledge and established relationships in the territory.
  • A Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.
  • Adaptability with core competencies: Planning and Organizing; Leveraging Business, Industry, and Technical Knowledge; Communicating with Impact; Driving for Results; and Cultivating Internal and External Relationships.

Benefits

Amgen supports your professional and personal growth with a competitive benefits package and collaborative culture. Eligible employees may participate in:

• 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.

Pay

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is $115,036–$155,638. Actual salary will vary based on relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.