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Amgen

Makes biotech medicines for serious illnesses

Director, Field Effectiveness - Obesity and Related Conditions

Sales OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • A doctorate degree and 4 years of sales analytics and/or field effectiveness experience, or a master's degree and 8 years of such experience, or a bachelor's degree and 10 years of such experience.
  • At least 4 years of experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources.
  • Experience building and developing high-performing teams is preferred.
  • Ability to think creatively and innovatively to influence sales leadership is preferred.
  • Strong analytical skills to diagnose business issues and incorporate findings into strategies, plans, and tactics to achieve business objectives are preferred.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams to identify, prioritize, and implement improvements to field operations processes is preferred.
  • Ability to work effectively with stakeholders to ensure alignment and support for initiatives is preferred.
  • Ability to communicate the vision, goals, and progress of initiatives clearly to stakeholders at all organizational levels is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Manage programs and oversee the functional plan and execution of all field effectiveness programs and initiatives.
  • Develop the department's organizational design, roles and responsibilities, and goals and objectives to deliver field effectiveness capabilities.
  • Lead or co-lead special initiatives and projects, such as sales force size and structure and launch readiness.
  • Monitor field performance and execution, identify issues and opportunities, and recommend solutions.
  • Coordinate execution and pull-through of field force projects, including customer targeting, field reporting, field alerts and suggestions, omnichannel and digital initiatives, and field transformation.
  • Manage and develop a team by providing guidance, coaching, and training.
  • Collaborate with the broader Global Commercial Capabilities & Innovation organization to align and support timely, accurate field effectiveness processes and deliverables.
  • Monitor industry trends and the marketplace to evolve capabilities in response to changing business needs.
  • Monitor business performance and execution, identify issues and opportunities, and recommend solutions or course-correction tactics.
  • Optimize the field insight process to ensure efficient, high-quality reporting.
  • Lead cross-functionally to improve field force effectiveness, including through digital tools.
  • Provide cross-functional teams with guidance and expertise on field force activities informed by prior experience and current industry trends and advances.
  • Liaise with operational delivery teams to escalate support needs, new projects, or process recommendations and ensure field satisfaction.
  • Lead or co-lead special initiatives and projects to drive business results through project planning and management.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience building and developing high-performing teams.
  • Ability to think creatively and innovatively to influence sales leadership.
  • Strong analytical skills to diagnose business issues and incorporate findings into strategies, plans, and tactics to achieve business objectives.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams to identify, prioritize, and implement improvements to field operations processes.
  • Ability to work effectively with stakeholders to ensure alignment and support for initiatives.
  • Ability to communicate the vision, goals, and progress of initiatives clearly to stakeholders at all organizational levels.

About the Company

Amgen

Makes biotech medicines for serious illnesses

Amgen develops and makes biologic medicines, which are drugs built from proteins and antibodies grown in living cells, for serious conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and bone loss. Its anemia drug Epogen, approved in 1989, became one of the biotechnology industry's first blockbuster medicines. Amgen grows these drugs in large tanks called bioreactors, and its products include the cholesterol drug Repatha, the bone-building drug Evenity, and the severe asthma drug Tezspire. It earns money by selling these medicines, mostly through large drug wholesalers that supply hospitals and pharmacies. Amgen was founded in 1980 and is based in Thousand Oaks, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Thousand Oaks, CA
Founded
1980

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