Career Category
Sales & Marketing Operations
Job Description
Territory Covers: New York Boston Philadelphia Washington DC
The Team Lead of Thought Leader Liaisons (TLLs) will lead a team of product and company knowledge experts in a specified geography (East/West) in developing business strategies that build on Amgens reputation and credibility in the marketplace. The TLL Team Lead is a playercoach role charged with managing a TLL Team while also building strategic Key Opinion Leader (KOL) partnerships of their own within a specified geography. TLLs will act as disease state and product experts and are responsible for expanding and building new relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs). This role will be critical in building advocacy among the thought leader community and galvanizing focus on collaboration internally on KOL Engagement.
This positions scope will be responsible for the execution of NMOSD and future launches in gMG and IgG4RD. The TLL Team lead is a member of the UPLIZNA marketing team covering half of the country with 5 to 6 TLL direct reports and will report to the Head of TLLs UPLIZNA.
Responsibilities:
- Articulate and communicate a strategic vision for the TLL team that ensures a culture of performance and accountability.
- Create and maintain strong working relationships with the medical community. Cultivates Key Opinion Leaders and product advocates in the Academic and Community setting throughout their Division (East/West) and in their assigned individual geography.
- Works cross functionally with medical sales and global to ensure clear and consistent exchange of information and alignment on organizational objectives.
- Oversee the creation of commercial KOL Engagement Plans including plans for the Leads own assigned KOLs. Ensure accountability for the execution of plans including integration with sales marketing and leadership.
- Maintains an excellent level of product and disease state as well as market and reimbursement knowledge in order to develop strategic business plans that drive KOL Product adoption loyalty and Sr. Leadership connectivity.
- Leads and motivates the TLL team by defining clear objectives allocating resources and monitoring activities.
- Identifies and hires top talent and ensures the team has the skills and competencies to be successful in an evolving industry and the therapeutic area by providing ongoing feedback and coaching.
- Executes ongoing training for the team to ensure a high level of product and disease state knowledge large account management business planning and analysis presentation skills and use of marketing tools.
- Identifies and assesses business and personnel related issues which may affect a TLLs performance and provides appropriate coaching and corrective actions to resolve problems.
- Assesses human resources continuously and ensure that there are available and ready successors for each role.
- Assists in planning coordinating and executing congress meetings.
- Ensures effective and compliant management of all speaker bureau activities and program implementation.
Win
What we expect of you
We are all different yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The marketing professional we seek is a manager with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing sales relevant clinical or medical experience
Masters degree and 4 years of marketing sales relevant clinical or medical experience
Bachelors degree and 6 years of marketing sales relevant clinical or medical experience
Associates degree and 10 years of marketing sales relevant clinical or medical experience
High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing sales relevant clinical or medical experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- 7 field sales product marketing or medical / clinical experience in the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry.
- TLL experience strongly preferred.
- Outstanding oral written and communication skills with the ability to present to small and large groups.
- Superior team orientation and ability to influence without authority.
- Experience in institutional sales and/or large account selling a plus.
- Strong interpersonal and relationshipbuilding skills. Ability to collaborate effectively across functions in a complex organization and business environment.
- Able to drive multiple tasks initiatives and projects simultaneously.
- Strong business acumen with keen analytical sense and ability to utilize quantitative analysis and sound business judgment in interpretation of sales and market data to drive strategy
- Ability to think strategically and bring innovation to the organization.
- Flexibility in leading through change driving through unexpected challenges to deliver on business imperatives.
- Motivated by results urgency and personal commitment. Possesses high integrity and exceptional work ethic. Fosters mutual trust and respect.
- Ability to develop and motivate a high performing team.
Travel Requirements:
- Requires approximately 30% travel including overnight and some weekend commitments.
Thrive
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 wellbeing.
The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to relevant skills experience and qualifications.
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 salesbased incentive plan
- Stockbased longterm incentives
- Awardwinning timeoff plans and biannual companywide shutdowns
- Flexible work models including remote work arrangements where possible
for a career that defies imagination
Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.
Application deadline
Amgen anticipates accepting applications until May 14 2025 however we may continue accepting applications beyond this date if we do not receive a sufficient number of candidates.
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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Salary Range
215230.00 USD 241509.00 USD