Senior Manager, Medical Marketing, Sjögren’s Disease - Insights & Congress Strategy
Amgen
Summary
Sjögren’s disease is a debilitating autoimmune disease with significant unmet medical need and no approved disease-modifying therapies. Dazodalibep is an investigational medicine currently in Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment of Sjögren’s disease. As a potential first-in-class treatment in a disease area with significant unmet need, the U.S. launch will require both compelling brand strategy and innovative approaches to educate, engage, and activate HCPs.
Job description
In this role, the Senior Manager, Medical Marketing – Sjögren’s Disease will lead U.S. external insight generation and the broader congress activation strategy for Sjögren’s Disease for one of Amgen’s highest-priority launches in Rare Disease. Reporting to the Director of Medical Marketing, this individual will ensure customer, scientific, field, and congress learnings are translated into clear strategic implications that shape launch strategy, customer engagement, content, and investment decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and lead the U.S. external insights and congress strategy for Sjögren’s Disease, aligning engagement plans with brand priorities, launch needs, and the most important business questions
- Lead advisory boards from strategy through follow-through, including objectives, advisor selection, content development, insight synthesis, and action planning
- Set priorities for the TLL field-insights process and synthesize customer, scientific, and competitive themes to inform timely brand decisions
- Lead congress planning and activation, including priority meetings, sponsorships, activation requirements, and post-congress follow-up
- Connect insights across advisory boards, field teams, market research, and competitive intelligence to identify patterns, implications, opportunities, and risks
- Translate customer, scientific, and market insights into actionable recommendations for brand and tactical planning, investment decisions, and launch priorities
- Partner with the TLL Lead and Commercial Training to shape the TLL onboarding and training curriculum, strengthening capabilities in insight gathering and compliant customer engagement
- Coordinate congress planning and execution with OL Engagement & P2P, HCP Marketing, Medical Affairs, Sales, and other cross-functional partners
- Manage budgets, agencies, and external partners, prioritizing resources and maintaining strong financial stewardship and high-quality delivery
- Identify ways to strengthen insight generation, congress planning, and knowledge sharing through analytics, technology, and responsible use of AI
- Foster a culture of scientific curiosity, customer centricity, ownership, collaboration, and innovation, modeling Amgen Values and maintaining high standards across the Sjögren’s disease brand team and cross-functional partnerships
Basic Qualifications
- Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
- Master's degree and 4 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
- Bachelor's degree and 6 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
- Associate's degree and 10 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
- High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong medical marketing competencies to include advisory board content development/execution, field insight generation, KOL engagement, customer intelligence, marketplace analysis, HCP & patient segmentation, brand sustainability and multi-channel engagement
- Experience leading congress strategy, sponsorship planning, cross-functional activation planning, external vendor management, budget oversight, and on-site execution across complex meeting portfolios
- Experience collaborating with external experts, professional medical associations, and congress organizers, as well as developing promotional and disease-state materials through the promotional review process and systems such as Veeva PromoMats
- Rheumatology experience preferred; rare disease and launch or in-line brand experience preferred
- Strong strategic thinking, analytical rigor, project management, and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information, lead through influence, and deliver across multiple cross-functional workstreams
- Excellent communication skills and self-awareness of leadership style, with the ability to clearly articulate strategy and influence stakeholders
- Ability to build positive relationships and collaborate effectively in a matrix organization across cross-functional and external partners
Requirements
- Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
- Master's degree and 4 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
- Bachelor's degree and 6 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
- Associate's degree and 10 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
- High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization
- Strong medical marketing competencies to include advisory board content development/execution, field insight generation, KOL engagement, customer intelligence, marketplace analysis, HCP & patient segmentation, brand sustainability and multi-channel engagement
- Experience leading congress strategy, sponsorship planning, cross-functional activation planning, external vendor management, budget oversight, and on-site execution across complex meeting portfolios
- Experience collaborating with external experts, professional medical associations, and congress organizers, as well as developing promotional and disease-state materials through the promotional review process and systems such as Veeva PromoMats
- Rheumatology experience preferred; rare disease and launch or in-line brand experience preferred
- Strong strategic thinking, analytical rigor, project management, and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information, lead through influence, and deliver across multiple cross-functional workstreams
- Excellent communication skills and self-awareness of leadership style, with the ability to clearly articulate strategy and influence stakeholders
- Ability to build positive relationships and collaborate effectively in a matrix organization across cross-functional and external partners
Benefits
- 401(k) Matching
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Annual Bonus Program
- Stock-Based Long-Term Incentives
- Time-Off Plans
- Flexible Work Models
Company overview
Amgen Inc. is a leading American multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California, founded in 1980. As one of the world's largest independent biotechnology companies, Amgen specializes in discovering, developing, manufacturing, and delivering innovative human therapeutics. The company focuses on six key therapeutic areas: inflammation, oncology/hematology, bone health, cardiovascular disease, nephrology, and neuroscience. Amgen's portfolio includes blockbuster drugs such as Enbrel for autoimmune diseases, Prolia and XGEVA for osteoporosis, Repatha for cholesterol management, Otezla for psoriasis, and Neulasta for chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. With approximately 28,000 employees worldwide, Amgen operates as a component of both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq-100 indices. The company maintains a robust research and development pipeline with numerous clinical programs across various stages, leveraging cutting-edge biotechnology and human genetic data to address some of the world's most challenging diseases. Amgen's manufacturing capabilities span multiple global locations, and it distributes products through pharmaceutical wholesale distributors and direct-to-consumer channels.