Specialty/ Senior Specialty Representative - Dermatology - Lexington, KY
About the Role
Join Amgen’s mission of serving patients with serious illnesses. As a Specialty Representative or Senior Specialty Representative, you will be the primary customer contact, implementing marketing strategy and promoting Amgen products under the guidance of the District Manager. This role covers Lexington, KY, and relocation is not offered.
Amgen focuses on four therapeutic areas—Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease—reaching millions of patients annually. This role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on patients' lives while advancing your career in a collaborative, innovative, and science-based culture.
Responsibilities
- Provide current and comprehensive knowledge of Amgen’s products and effectively communicate clinical benefits to medical professionals to drive appropriate product 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 meeting or exceeding sales targets through 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 develop territory plans in partnership with the District Manager.
- Partner with colleagues to share best practices and continuously grow as a Specialty Representative or Senior Specialty Representative.
- Demonstrate passion for Amgen’s products and sustain it throughout the sales cycle, keeping patient impact at the forefront.
- Uphold Amgen values: science-based decision-making, intense competition to win, creating value for patients and stakeholders, ethical behavior, fostering trust and respect, ensuring quality, teamwork, collaboration, communication, and accountability.
Requirements
- Specialty Representative:
- Bachelor’s Degree, or
- Associate’s degree and 4 years of sales experience, or
- High school diploma/GED and 6 years of sales experience.
- Senior Specialty Representative:
- Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in a healthcare/scientific field (non-sales), or
- Associate’s degree and 6 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in a healthcare/scientific field (non-sales), or
- High school diploma/GED and 8 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in a healthcare/scientific field (non-sales).
Preferred Qualifications
- Three or more years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device industries.
- Product or hospital sales experience in oncology, nephrology, dermatology, rheumatology, inflammation, cardiology, neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, or infectious diseases.
- Local market knowledge and established relationships in the territory.
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.
- Adaptability in core competencies: planning and organizing, leveraging business/industry/technical knowledge, communicating with impact, driving for results, and cultivating internal and external relationships.
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, and flexible spending accounts.
- 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
Specialty Representative: Expected annual salary range in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is $89,880 – $121,602.
Senior Specialty Representative: Expected annual salary range in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is $115,949 – $156,872.
Actual salary will vary based on relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.