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

　　OR

　　Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of commercial contracting, pricing, finance, accounting, and/or sales operations experience

　　OR

　　Associates degree and 6 years of commercial contracting, pricing, finance, accounting, and/or sales operations experience

　　OR

　　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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　　for a career that defies imagination

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　　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.