Key Account Manager Endocrinology-Ocular (Rare Disease) Capital

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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION

At Amgen if you feel like youre part of something bigger its because you are. Our shared missionto serve patients living with serious illnessesdrives all that we do.

Since 1980 weve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the worlds toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas Oncology Inflammation General Medicine and Rare Disease we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer heart disease inflammatory conditions rare diseases and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team youll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative innovative and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them youll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

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What you will do

The Rare Disease Key Account Managers overall goal is to reduce time to diagnosis increase appropriate patient identification and improve speed to treatment by partnering with key stakeholders in targeted accounts through focus in the therapeutic areas that Amgens Rare Disease products are indicated. The Rare Disease Key Account Manager (KAM) is responsible for unlocking operational and access challenges related to appropriate therapies across assigned health systems specialty clinics infusion centers and sites of care to grow the overall rare disease business in the assigned accounts and market. The KAM diagnoses account-level barriers and executes targeted strategies that enable appropriate access to therapy strengthen clinic readiness optimize buy-and-bill operations and support a reliable patient and customer experience across the rare disease treatment journey.

Responsibilities:

Account Strategy & Enterprise Value

• Proactively assess the business environment across assigned accounts to identify access operational economic and care-delivery barriers that affect appropriate rare disease therapy utilization reducing time to diagnosis and time to treatment .
• Develop and execute account plans and identify Amgen portfolio objectives aligned to customer priorities including addressing portfolio growth patient access site-of-care friction and treatment continuity.
• Build stakeholder maps and engage clinical leaders administrators pharmacy finance revenue cycle procurement infusion operations and care coordinators through proactive calls with key stakeholders
• Translate account data and insights into clear opportunity hypotheses action plans and performance reviews of sites.

Clinic Contracting & Access

• Serve as the commercial lead for assigned account contracting opportunities coordinating internal approvals and supporting compliant negotiation and execution.
• Identify and address barriers related to contracting customer membership ordering distribution channel formulary or pathway decisions and product availability.
• Partner with market access pricing trade reimbursement and legal/compliance colleagues to support durable access solutions.
• Support account business reviews that assess contract performance patient access operational readiness and appropriate commercial opportunities.

Buy-and-Bill Optimization & Site Enablement

• Evaluate buy-and-bill workflows including acquisition inventory benefit verification prior authorization coding billing payment and financial risk points.
• Work with clinics and internal partners to identify practical improvements in reimbursement readiness inventory practices ordering processes and patient financial navigation.
• Engage sites of care through education workflow support and coordinated resources that strengthen readiness to initiate and maintain therapy.
• Help customers diagnose and identify operational gaps that can delay treatment including referral handoffs scheduling infusion capacity care coordination and post-initiation follow-up.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Insights

• Coordinate field execution with sales medical patient services market access trade analytics and brand partners.
• Provide timely actionable field insights into customer needs competitive dynamics reimbursement trends and operational barriers with matrix colleagues.
• Monitor account performance and adapt priorities to deliver against agreed objectives in a compliant manner.
• Maintain accurate account plans account affiliations activity records and opportunity documentation in required systems.
• Lead matrix planning and follow-through for priority account initiatives clarifying partner roles decision points owners and timelines.

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What we expect of you

We are all different yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a person with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree and 2 years of sales experience and/or related account management experience

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Masters degree and 4 years of sales experience and/or related account management experience

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Bachelors degree and 6 years of sales experience and/or related account management experience

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Associates degree and 10 years of sales experience and/or related account management experience

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High School diploma/GED and 12 years of sales experience and/or related account management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working with complex provider accounts specialty clinics health systems infusion centers or similar sites of care.

Experience in rare disease specialty therapeutics biologics infusion or other complex buy-and-bill environments.

Demonstrated knowledge of reimbursement coding benefit verification prior authorization and clinic revenue-cycle considerations.

Prior contracting account negotiation or experience with IDNs GPOs specialty pharmacies distributors or alternate sites of care.

Understanding of clinic operations and site-of-care decision drivers.

Strong business acumen and ability to interpret account economics reimbursement information and performance data.

Executive communication problem solving and influence skills across clinical and administrative stakeholders.

Ability to manage competing priorities operate independently and execute through cross-functional teams.

A patient-centered compliant approach to customer engagement and solution development.

Travel Requirements

• Approximately 40 60% travel within an assigned geography including customer meetings internal planning and industry events.

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others we also work to care for our teammates professional and personal growth and well-being. The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) $173021 USD $234088 addition to the base salary Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals work/life balance and career development opportunities including:

• 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.
• A discretionary annual bonus program or for field sales representatives a sales-based incentive plan
• 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

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for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

Application deadline

Amgens application deadline for this position is on 11/30; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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