Amgen Inc

Account Manager/Specialty Account Manager, Rare Disease-Hartford, CT

Amgen Inc$145K — $215K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree with 3+ years of relevant sales experience or equivalent experience as detailed in the job description.
  • Doctorate or Master's degree with 2-6 years of collective account management, sales, and commercial experience preferred.
  • Experience in biotech, specialty pharmaceuticals, or rare diseases is a strong advantage.
  • Deep knowledge of nephrology preferred; experience in ultra-orphan drug markets is an asset.
  • Strong track record of navigating complex healthcare landscapes and collaborating in matrix environments.

Responsibilities

  • Represent Amgen products to physicians, driving sales and education in patient care.
  • Achieve sales goals by promoting disease and product knowledge effectively.
  • Implement marketing plan goals through strategic account management.
  • Leverage resources including peer education to address knowledge gaps among healthcare providers.
  • Build relationships with key opinion leaders across local and national levels.
  • Maintain extensive knowledge of disease and therapeutic areas for informed discussions.
  • Utilize a consultative approach to meet the needs of healthcare professionals and patients.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive employee benefits package including health and welfare plans for employees and dependents.
  • Generous Retirement and Savings Plan with company contributions.
  • Discretionary annual bonus program or sales-based incentive plan for field representatives.
  • Stock-based long-term incentives offered as part of total compensation.
  • Flexible work models, including remote arrangements, where feasible.
Full Job Description
Career Category
Sales
Job Description

Territory Covers: Hartford, CT, Worcester, MA, Springfield, MA, Rutland, VT, Brattleboro, VT

Relocation is not offered for this role.

Specialty Account Manager
What you will do
Let's do this. Let's change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for representing Amgen products to physicians and healthcare professionals, establishing product sales, and performing total territory account management. This includes providing disease information and education to medical professionals and all external customers involved in the care of patients.
• Consistently achieve assigned sales objectives through the promotion of patient-centered disease and product education to HCPs to improve patient care while adhering to corporate compliance guidelines
• Implement goals of the marketing plan through execution of strategic account business plan.
• Demonstrated experience working in a matrix environment, which will encompass Case Managers, Medical Affairs, Patient access team, and other parties as deemed necessary.
• Effectively utilize all available resources and programs including peer to peer education and cross functional partners within the company to address identified knowledge gaps
• Proven ability to navigate and identify opportunities through the healthcare landscape including academic institutions, IDNs, accountable care organizations, private practices, and community hospital systems
• Establish productive business relationships with key local, regional, and national KOLs within the geographical coverage area and assigned therapeutic areas.
• Develops and maintains a high-level, in-depth disease and therapeutic clinical and scientific knowledge.
• Utilize a consultative selling approach involving a highly technical, solution oriented selling technique enabling the specialist to meet the needs of healthcare professionals Rare Disease patients.
• Execute all of the above with a strong understanding and adherence to compliance and corporate policies including appropriate documentation and reporting.

Win
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 (Account Manager - Level 4)

Bachelor's Degree and 3 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience
OR
Associate degree and 6 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience
OR
High school diploma/GED and 8 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience

Basic Qualifications (Specialty Account Manager - Level 5)

Doctorate degree & 2 years of collective account management experience, sales, & commercial experience

OR

Master's degree & 6 years of collective account management experience, sales, & commercial experience

OR

Bachelor's degree & 8 years of collective account management experience, sales, & commercial experience

OR

Associate degree & 10 years of collective account management experience, sales, & commercial experience

Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree strongly preferred; Graduate business or healthcare related degree preferred.
• 7+ experience in biotech, specialty pharmaceutical, or rare disease sales.
• 3+ years of experience in one or more of the following:
• Rare disease/orphan drug experience; ultra-orphan preferred; Rare disease launch experience strongly preferred
• Nephrology experience preferred
• At least 3 years of in office injection/infusion sales selling a product that is a medical benefit requiring extensive coordination with patient access services.
• Previous experience operating in a matrix selling environment collaborating with patient services, market access, medical affairs, and reimbursement with significant focus on patient centricity.
• Market development / deep profiling in rare, unmet spaces experience preferred.
• Demonstrated success educating HCPs about complex diseases diagnosed through clinical observation involving diverse patient profiles that do not always lend themselves to simple segmentation diagnosis.
• Documented track record of delivering consistent, exceptional levels of performance.
• Proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced, highly challenging work environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical and computer skills required
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Professional, proactive demeanor.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Requires approximately 20-30% travel, including some overnight and weekend commitments.

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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) is (Account Manager - Level 4) $145,311 - $196,597 (Specialty Account Manager - Level 5) $158,931 - $215,025. In 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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Application deadline

Amgen's application deadline is 6/30 for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Salary Range
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About Amgen Inc

Amgen is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures human therapeutics for various illnesses and diseases. The company is values-based and deeply rooted in science and innovation to transform new ideas and discoveries into medicines for patients with serious diseases. They offer products for treating illness in the areas of oncology/hematology, cardiovascular, inflammation, bone health, nephrology, and neuroscience.

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Size
24,200 employees
Market Cap
$141.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$7.2 billion
Founded
1980
5 Year Trend
+2.5%
Revenue
$25.4 billion
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