Director, Market Access Employer Engagement

Career CategoryValue and AccessJob DescriptionJoin Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re 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. 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, 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 lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.Director, Employer Engagement What you will do As Director, Employer Engagement you will lead Amgen’s strategy and engagement to transform how employers approach obesity treatment – with supporting other therapeutic areas/products as assigned – ultimately shaping coverage decisions, benefit design, and long-term investment in population health. This is a highly visible, external-facing role at the forefront of market access innovation, working across Jumbo Employers, Benefit Consultants, and National Coalitions to unlock access for millions of patients. Shape the Employer Access Strategy Define and lead the national strategy to expand employer coverage of GLP-1 therapies for obesity and related conditions, and other product(s) as assigned  Identify, segment and prioritize key employer stakeholders, including Jumbo Employers, HR/Benefit leaders, Employer Benefit Consultants, and employer coalitions for tailored, routine obesity engagement and other therapeutic areas/products, as warranted. Shape employer-focused value propositions that communicate clinical outcomes, economic impact, and long-term healthcare savings.  Partner with HEOR teams to leverage outcomes data and real-world evidence (RWE) to support employer coverage and access decisions Drive initiatives to reduce formulary access, clinical, and economic barriers to access Lead Employer Market Launch Readiness-Critical Engagement Serve as a key market access leader supporting launch planning, execution, and post-launch optimization  Hire employer market account team and guide employer engagement priorities and communications Support compliant development of employer-specific training resources, engagement materials, and B2B promotional strategies Partner with Sales Leadership to strengthen customer engagement strategies and sales enablement efforts.   Anticipate access barriers and design strategies to accelerate coverage adoption  Partner cross-functionally (Brand, HEOR, Medical, Policy, Sales, Legal, Regulatory) to ensure aligned and differentiated value delivery  Build Strategic External Relationships   Establish and maintain executive-level relationships with employers, employer benefits consultants, and national coalitions,  Partner with employer groups and national employer benefit consultants to shape obesity management as a chronic disease requiring treatment and proactively influence obesity benefit design strategies Represent Amgen in high-impact external industry forums, customer engagements, and policy discussions to influence benefit design trends, improved access, and policy direction  Drive Business Impact, Insights & Analytics Manage performance against business objectives, key performance indicators, and coverage expansion targets Translate employer insights and competitive market intel into actionable recommendations for the account management team, cross-functional teams Lead development of account strategies that align access, contracting, and value to support a positive Patient journey  Monitor employer market trends, market segmentation changes, legislative changes, and competitive class dynamics to proactively identify growth opportunities Provide strategic direction to field teams to ensure consistent and high-impact engagement  Integrate employer insights into brand strategy, access planning, and POA development  What will we expect of youWe are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The strategic professional we seek is an intellectually curious and collaborative partner with these qualifications.  Basic Qualifications Doctorate degree and 4 years of Sales, Marketing and/or Payor experience OR Master’s degree and 8 years of Sales, Marketing and/or Payor experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of Sales, Marketing and/or Payor experience Preferred Qualifications Deep expertise in U.S. market access, with strong experience in employer and/or payer engagement  Proven success influencing coverage, reimbursement, or benefit design decisions  Experience supporting product launches or major access inflection points  Strong understanding of obesity, cardiometabolic, or specialty market dynamics  Ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels, leading through influence  Executive presence with experience engaging C-suite or senior external stakeholders  Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment Must be a team leader with demonstrated success in inspiring and leading cross-functional business initiatives Leadership Expectations (Director – GCF 7A) Translates strategy into execution across multiple stakeholders and teams  Influences decisions beyond immediate function, including external partners  Leads through others, aligning cross-functional efforts to achieve business outcomes  Contributes to strateg