Thought Leader Liaison - UPLIZNA - Rocky Mountains (Rare Disease)

Territory covers: Denver, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, MN, Kansas City, KS.

About the role

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 biotechnology in the fight against tough diseases. With a focus on 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 patients’ lives by researching, manufacturing, and delivering innovative medicines.

This customer-facing role is responsible for executing the Neuroimmunology Business Unit’s peer-to-peer strategies and building productive relationships with speakers, thought leaders, and key influencers in the assigned geography. The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) compliantly collaborates with Sales, Site of Care, and Medical Affairs to address customer needs, identify projects of mutual interest, anticipate market trends, and gather competitive intelligence to meet Business Unit objectives.

Responsibilities

• Spend significant time engaging with customers to build relationships with existing and new thought leaders for current and future commercial activities.
• Create local peer-to-peer strategies aligned with national and regional strategic marketing and sales business plans.
• Liaise with sales and marketing to ensure thought leader concerns and needs are addressed promptly and thoroughly.
• Collaborate with the Amgen advocacy team to develop relationships with key physician and patient organizations.
• Develop and execute short-term and long-term Key Opinion Leader (KOL) engagement plans.
• Capture, synthesize, and share key thought leader insights to shape brand strategy and prepare for future lifecycle management and competitor entry.
• Identify evidence gaps in product and disease education through discussions with thought leaders and podium observations.
• Disseminate thought leader insights to broader Amgen stakeholders, including marketing, sales, and market access, to drive new strategies and tactical approaches.
• Coordinate leadership interactions at assigned national, regional, and state society conferences.
• Initiate and pursue opportunities to involve Amgen in meaningful programs with thought leaders, ensuring strategic positioning in the market.
• Assist with speaker events, including speaker selection, training, and reviewing current speaker programs to ensure consistent messaging and compliant execution.
• Collaborate with the marketing team on peer-to-peer programs, including speaker training, and contribute to the ongoing refinement of the U.S. speaker bureau.
• Contribute to content development by providing customer insights and perspectives to increase program impact and relevance.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing or sales experience, or
• Master’s degree and 4 years of marketing or sales experience, or
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of marketing or sales experience, or
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of marketing or sales experience, or
• High school diploma/GED and 12 years of marketing or sales experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Customer-facing pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience (e.g., field sales, product marketing, medical, or clinical experience in the same or related therapeutic area).
• Experience in neurology, rheumatology, and/or gastroenterology therapeutic areas.
• Exposure to multiple sclerosis (MS) and key MS centers, strongly preferred.
• Clinical experience in rare diseases or specialty biologics, strongly preferred.
• Thought leader or demonstrated KOL leadership experience.
• Proven track record of consistent achievement or exceeding expectations in assigned responsibilities, especially involving cross-functional matrix teams.
• Previous experience in multiple commercial functions.
• Demonstrated ability to customize and execute timely action plans across various initiatives.
• Leadership, strategic agility, and persuasive aptitude.
• Exceptional collaboration and ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Strong presentation skills, with the ability to consolidate and customize information.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and time management planning skills.
• Exceptional clinical and business acumen.

Schedule

• Willingness to travel up to 80% of the time, including conferences on weekends, overnight programs, and key internal meetings.
• Must reside within territory boundaries due to travel requirements.

Benefits

Amgen offers a total rewards plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save toward retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities.

• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions.
• Group medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns.
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements where possible.