Sr Oncology Specialist - Sapphire San Francisco, CA

Territory covers San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Monterey, Palo Alto, and San Mateo. Relocation is not offered for this role.

About the role

Join Amgen’s mission of serving patients. Since 1980, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology in the fight against serious illnesses, focusing on oncology, inflammation, general medicine, and rare diseases. 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 targeted medicines and immunotherapies address over a dozen malignancies, including blood cancers and solid tumors.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute a comprehensive territory plan, delivering branded sales messages, executing programs, scheduling and following up on medical educational initiatives, 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 effective marketing strategies to drive sales.
• Analyze business effectiveness of sales activities and territory performance, developing plans with your District Manager.
• Sustain passion for Amgen’s products throughout the sales cycle while building the brand and keeping patient service at the forefront.
• Partner with colleagues to share best practices and foster continuous learning and growth.
• Leverage expertise in oncology, disease state awareness, industry trends, regulatory changes, and competitive dynamics to deliver results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in a healthcare/scientific field (non-sales), or
• Associate 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).

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.
• Local market knowledge.
• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.
• Adaptability with core competencies: planning and organizing, leveraging business/industry/technical knowledge, communicating with impact, driving for results, and cultivating internal/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 arrangements where possible.

Pay

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is $140,465 – $190,041. Actual salary will vary based on relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.