Sr. Manager – U.S. Marketing Strategic Planning and Operations - Sjögren’s Disease

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At Amgen, if you feel like you are a part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll 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 lie within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. Sjögren’s disease is a chronic autoimmune condition with significant unmet need and no approved disease-modifying therapies. As Sr. Manager, U.S. Marketing Strategic Planning & Operations, you will be at the center of preparing the U.S. organization for the dazodalibep launch, one of Amgen’s important upcoming Rare Disease launches. You will help turn an ambitious strategy into aligned priorities, clear plans, and disciplined execution across the brand team.

This role is an opportunity to shape how a launch team plans, makes decisions, measures progress, and learns. You will bring structure to complex work, keep leaders and cross-functional partners aligned, and make the brand priorities and story simple and compelling—both verbally and visually—so teams understand what matters and how to act.

Key Responsibilities

·         Partner with the U.S. Launch Lead and leadership team to translate brand strategy into focused priorities, objectives, milestones, and clear communication across the organization.

·         Coordinate cross-functional planning across workstreams; track progress, dependencies, risks, decisions, and actions to maintain alignment and momentum toward launch.

·         Lead special projects that advance brand priorities, resolve barriers and improve team effectiveness; bring forward recommendations and practical solutions.

·         Turn complex strategy, data, and performance information into concise, compelling narratives and visual materials for leadership, brand teams, and sales audiences; support presenters in communicating the story clearly.

·         Coordinate brand performance reporting and leadership updates, synthesizing results and insights into implications, decisions, and recommended actions.

·         Lead the brand team operating rhythm, including leadership meetings, planning forums, agendas, pre-reads, decision documentation, and follow-through on commitments.

·         Partner with Finance and Marketing to forecast and track brand budgets, identify trade-offs, and ensure investment choices align with launch priorities and broader business direction.

·         Maintain an integrated annual brand calendar and coordinate major planning milestones, including sales meetings and other launch-critical forums with internal teams and external partners.

·         Creating effective feedback loops across Sales, Marketing, and other functions so field needs and insights inform planning and teams stay connected to the latest priorities.

·         Support team culture through thoughtful internal communications, recognition, and engagement that strengthen connection and shared accountability.

Basic Qualifications

·         Doctorate degree and 2 years of sales, sales ops and/or marketing experience; Or

·         Master’s degree and 4 years of sales, sales ops and/or marketing experience; Or

·         Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of sales, sales ops and/or marketing experience; Or

·         Associate’s degree and 10 years of sales, sales ops and/or marketing experience

Preferred Qualifications

·         Strong communication, proven ability to influence without authority and matrix management skills across a broad range of internal and co-promote functions will be paramount.

·         Exceptional project management skills

·         Strong business analysis skills and budget management savvy

·         Tactical planning and analytical experience

·         Strong ability to translate complex data/information into simple, actionable insights

·         Excellent written, analytical and oral communication skills

·         Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills, including direct experience using these skills in professional setting

·         Field sales and/or marketing experience a plus

Our culture is what makes Amgen a special place to work. We have a powerful shared purpose around our mission – to serve patients. We respect one another, recognize contributions, and have embedded collaboration, trust, empowerment, and inclusion in all that we do!

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing, and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

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.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:

• A 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
• Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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