HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? 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, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.
Senior Associate - Payer Contracting (US - Remote)
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What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! Amgen has an exciting opportunity for an individual looking to make a significant impact on the organization. In this vital role the Senior Associate is integral to Amgen’s financial performance and will lead contracting activities for Amgen’s Managed Care Organization (MCO) customers. As a member of the US Value & Access team, Senior Associate will serve as Payer Contracting’s point of contact for both internal and external partners for assigned Amgen’s top regional MCO and Medicaid customers. This role reports to a Senior Manager of Payer Contracting.
The Senior Associate will be an instrumental member of the customer team responsible for overseeing Amgen’s customers and will be key in identifying and executing contract strategies to ensure Amgen’s business needs are met. This role is integral in communicating account information to facilitate pricing and contracting decision-making by senior leadership. This individual will be the primary contract owner for the MCO client responsibilities and will assist in review of product pricing requests with internal executive committees. Additionally, this individual will partner with cross-functional teams to support product-specific pricing strategies, value-based contracts, contract performance, and contract completion needs.
Key responsibilities of this role include:
Manage the contract development process in conjunction with Amgen’s account representative (Market Access), Coverage & Pricing, Legal, and other stakeholders
Create term sheets and complete request for proposals (RFPs) as needed to provide pricing offers to MCO customers
Act as business owner of the contract between Amgen and its customer, specifically owning the contracting strategy and completion of assigned top regional MCOs
Implement MCO pricing and contracting strategies in alignment with brand/business approach
Participate in the development and maintenance of MCO pricing and contracting strategies
Maintain a comprehensive understanding of key MCO customer’s financials, growth drivers, membership, mergers/acquisitions, end customers, etc.
Inform the pricing analytics team of customer-specific information and trends that are critical to provide quarterly financial estimates for each customer
Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Market Access, customers, Legal, Operations, and other teams as necessary
Review formularies and submission files to ensure customer compliance with the contract
Support ad-hoc requests by senior leadership for product and/or customer related business analytics and strategy
Other duties as assigned
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What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The contracting professional we seek is a collaborator with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Master’s degree
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Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of commercial contracting, pricing, finance, accounting, and/or sales operations experience
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Associates degree and 6 years of commercial contracting, pricing, finance, accounting, and/or sales operations experience
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High school diploma / GED and 8 years of commercial contracting, pricing, finance, accounting, and/or sales operations experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degree (i.e. MBA, JD or equivalent degree)
2+ years of commercial contracting, pricing, finance, accounting, and/or sales operations experience in a biopharma or related business environment
Experience solving complex business problems and running multiple projects concurrently
Demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility and leadership experience
Strong negotiation skills
Previous experience providing and delivering information for decision making by executive management
Ability to read and understand legal contract documents
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Some of the vast rewards of working here
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. The annual salary range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $90,532-$124,710
Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey
A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
Generous Total Rewards Plan—comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor
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