Career Category Sales & Marketing Operations Job Description Join 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 of Competitive Intelligence What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will you will lead the Obesity CI team within the Obesity Intelligence and Analytics team, a vital part of Global Commercial Capabilities & Innovation at Amgen. The Competitive Intelligence (CI) team is a strategic thought partner to our cross-functional leadership on high-level business and competitive intelligence issues that influence Amgen’s strategic decisions today and in the future. The team is responsible for ensuring CI research, analysis, and assessments are appropriately factored into business decisions and strategies and help guide optimal business positioning for all therapeutic areas (TAs) across the portfolio and lifecycle. The team will provide unbiased, objective, and expert strategic CI insights, tailormade for the broader cross-functional teams. You will be responsible for strengthening Amgen’s CI capabilities and guiding senior leadership on relevant issues as a trusted advisor by staying abreast of the external perspectives and evolving dynamics. This is a flex-commuter position at Amgen’s Thousand Oaks, CA location, and will require 3 days on campus per week. Establish and define capabilities to enable Amgen to be agile and competitive with an acute awareness of the external landscape Represent CI as a strategic thought partner to cross-functional leadership Ensure fit-for-purpose, high quality and high impact delivery of CI insights and recommendations that drive strategic decisions across the portfolio Expand competitive intelligence capabilities at the regional and country level Lead and develop a team of CI managers, as well as ensuring: Appropriate allocations of CI team resources in a timely manner to meet business needs Robust and reliable CI methodology is applied to collect, analyze, and reported with relevant implications to Amgen Congress planning, workshops, and scenario planning activities are conducted in a timely and targeted manner Oversee and guide vendor negotiations to drive value-based partnerships; evaluate whether appropriate CI vendor standards are met Collaborate with Forecasting, Commercial Insights, and Business Development to drive strategic recommendations Stay abreast of the evolving external perspectives Abide by and strictly enforce Amgen’s CI Legal and Ethical Guidelines with internal partners and agencies What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a strategic partner with these qualifications. Basic Qualifications: Doctorate degree and 4 years of competitive intelligence experience OR Master’s degree and 7 years of competitive intelligence experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of competitive intelligence experience Preferred Qualifications: Advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD, or equivalent) 2+ years of biopharmaceutical experience in a CI capacity Strong client service orientation (consulting background) Exceptionally structured problem-solver and strategically agile Demonstrate ability to synthesize, analyze, and communicate complex information succinctly to senior leadership Extensive experience with quantitative and qualitative CI research techniques and projects Track record of applying competitive intelligence to make, guide, and inform strategic business decisions Strong ability to influence cross-functionally and manage a full workload Superior interpersonal skills with the ability to work with diverse teams Ability to research and analyze knowledge in new therapeutic areas with short turnaround time Excellent presentation skills, with strong and effective written and verbal communication Prior experience in successful team building and talent development 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. careers.amgen.com In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. 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 diverse, 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 and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. 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. . Salary Range 216,979.00 USD - 253,281.00 USD