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Global Marketing Director, Obesity-March 2024
Washington D.C.
Mar 31, 2026
About Global Marketing Director, Obesity

  HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

  If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.

  Global Marketing Director, Obesity

  Live

  What you will do

  Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! In this vital role the Global Marketing Director plays a critical role in the Global Marketing organization and has a significant impact on products at all stages of the product lifecycle. The Global Marketing Director is responsible for maximizing the value of assets and developing successful global brands and franchises by providing critical commercial guidance on development stage assets, developing and implementing global launch strategies, optimizing the impact of marketing budgets, managing the lifecycle of marketed products and supporting business development’s efforts to license and acquire external assets.

  As the Global Marketing Director for early compounds in the obesity franchise, you will be responsible for providing commercial insight and guidance into compounds in the early stages of development, prior to pivotal/launch phase. This role will provide commercial leadership on PTs (Program Teams) and new assets entering product team stages. Cross portfolio assessment and strategic positioning across multiple assets will also be a key deliverable of this role. Future opportunities may include transitioning with these programs to pivotal/launch phase, and/or supporting additional disease-states. You will be responsible for ensuring that early-stage compounds are developed with the future market in mind and are designed for a high probability of commercial success.

  This role will involve working with global marketing leaders across Gen Med to ensure that the insights being generated in pre/peri/post launch products are incorporated into the commercial strategy for early development compounds. It will also involve working closely with local markets at key milestones to integrate local market insights. In addition to the responsibilities for early-stage programs, this role will support broad strategic and therapeutic area strategy initiatives pertaining to the portfolio.

  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 strategic leader with these qualifications.

  Basic Qualifications:

  Doctorate degree and 4 years of marketing and/or commercial experience

  OR

  Master’s degree and 6 years of marketing and/or commercial experience

  OR

  Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of marketing and/or commercial experience

  Preferred Qualifications:

  An MBA, coupled with a life sciences educational background.

  8+ years of experience and a track record of success in a series of commercial (or an associated function) roles of increasing scope, scale and complexity, with leading companies in the biopharmaceutical industry.

  A best-in-class marketer with experience developing and implementing innovative global marketing and commercial strategies for pipeline products, successfully launching therapeutic products and repositioning products to increase commercial value.

  Strong experience in metabolic therapeutic area. Keen understanding of the science, market trends, and future opportunities and hurdles.

  Strong experience in “beyond the molecule” value drivers.

  Prior experience in a tactical, “line” marketing role, implementing marketing strategies in local markets. Solid understanding of global market access, pricing and reimbursement issues.

  Prior experience in commercial positions with global responsibilities is important. Experience living and working outside the United States is highly desirable. Possesses an understanding of broad, global market dynamics and the cultural awareness and sensitivity to form relationships and work effectively with colleagues around the world.

  Broad therapeutic area expertise. Has worked in diverse commercial roles on products in various stages of the lifecycle, with a diverse set of customers in challenging and competitive markets.

  Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrix environment, managing global projects involving multiple functions and shared accountabilities.

  Experience supporting product licensing and acquisition transactions. Has contributed commercial expertise in evaluating internal assets and prioritizing external opportunities. Has supported transactions by conducting due diligence, evaluating market dynamics, contributing modeling assumptions, and assisting with valuation.

  The position is complex and demanding. The preferred candidate is a strong commercial executive with excellent marketing capabilities, strong analytical skills, superior cross-functional collaboration skills, the ability to operate globally and locally, and highly effective influencing skills. Success in this critical role will result in professional growth and advancement at Amgen.

  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 well-being.

  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

  Apply now

  for a career that defies imagination

  Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

  careers.amgen.com

  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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