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Amgen

Makes biotech medicines for serious illnesses

Key Account Manager

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hold a certified Medical Representative (MR) qualification.
  • Have at least 8 years of experience in MR or Sales functions at a pharmaceutical company.
  • Have experience as an MR at a pharmaceutical company leading pharmaceutical wholesaler initiatives, collaborating with wholesalers, directing distribution strategy, and achieving results in new product adoption and account opening.
  • Have experience managing key accounts such as university hospitals and core hospitals, achieving strong results with spillover effects at affiliated facilities and across the region.
  • Have experience leading teams or projects and achieving strong results.
  • Be able to think logically and rationally in alignment with business issues and objectives, and act nimbly.
  • Have communication, coordination, and negotiation skills when engaging internal and external stakeholders.
  • Act proactively for the team and organization.
  • Comply with regulations, act ethically, and be accountable.

Responsibilities

  • Execute head-office brand strategy at assigned key accounts and maximize product value.
  • Support execution of head-office brand strategy in the area and maximize product value.
  • Lead the rapid market introduction of biopharmaceuticals, including biosimilars.
  • Understand adoption processes for biosimilars and biosimilars-equivalent products at assigned key accounts, provide appropriate information to decision-makers, and conduct adoption activities.
  • Plan and execute business plans for assigned key accounts.
  • Work closely with Biosimilars Business Unit MRs and participate in and support area account management.
  • Coordinate with Finance & Strategy Distribution Policy and strongly promote pharmaceutical wholesaler initiatives across the area.
  • Coordinate with Marketing and Medical Affairs to optimize brand performance.
  • Promote information sharing as the liaison with other business units and lead cross-functional collaboration.
  • Plan and execute strategies for peer-to-peer programs, including web seminars and related academic conferences.
  • Report directly to the Biosimilars Business Unit Sales Department District Sales Manager.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience as a key account manager at a pharmaceutical company.
  • Experience handling distribution policy or designated wholesalers at a pharmaceutical company.
  • People-management experience.
  • MR experience with biopharmaceuticals, including biosimilars and biosimilars-equivalent products.

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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