Advocacy Relations Director, Cardiovascular
Amgen
Full-time
Remote
United States
Patient Advocacy
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Role Summary
Advocacy Relations Director, Cardiovascular — remote role in the US. Lead patient advocacy strategies for the cardiovascular portfolio, develop and manage relationships with patient advocacy organizations, and elevate Amgen as a trusted partner to improve patient outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain long-term, substantive relationships with patient advocacy organizations and other stakeholders to enable engagement with decision makers across clinical development, healthcare delivery, and access.
- Develop and drive partnerships with patient groups around shared goals to address unmet patient needs and measurably improve outcomes.
- Support patient access to medicines by collaborating with patient advocacy organizations to determine the value of innovation and address access barriers.
- Increase disease-state and therapeutic-area knowledge among external groups and mobilize them to engage on key development milestones.
- Represent Amgen in external engagements and lead collaborations that measurably help patients.
- Incorporate patient and advocate perspectives into Amgen capabilities, including Clinical Trial Design, Evidence Generation, Direct-to-Patient Marketing, Corporate Communications, Medical, Policy, and Value and Access.
- Lead workstreams with regular feedback on priorities and performance, ensuring compliance in all activities.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Medical, Value Access, Policy, and Corporate Communications; ensure compliance in all interactions.
- Align strategic plans and relationships with key US patient advocacy organizations to maximize efficiencies across Amgen.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen Amgen’s reputation among patients and physicians as a leader in transforming patient care; organize forums to share best practices on empowerment, shared decision making, and inclusive access to appropriate treatments.
Qualifications
- Basic Qualifications:
- Doctorate degree with 4 years of patient advocacy and/or healthcare policy experience
- Or Master’s degree with 7 years of patient advocacy and/or healthcare policy experience
- Or Bachelor’s degree with 9 years of patient advocacy and/or healthcare policy experience
- Preferred Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience with patient advocacy groups and/or professional medical associations
- 3+ years of experience working for global pharmaceutical companies as a liaison with patient advocacy groups and/or professional associations
- Ability to manage diverse opinions and perspectives, including ambiguity
- Strong executive presence and reputation as a collaborative teammate
- Empathic and connection-building abilities with partners
- Experience leading development of professional medical society and/or patient advocacy strategies
- Experience as relationship manager for professional medical associations and patient advocacy groups
- Understanding of trends affecting patient engagement; familiarity with social media and online patient communities
- Experience communicating the value of innovation and addressing access barriers to care
- Excellent verbal and written communications, with adaptable interpersonal skills
- Ability to convey complex medical knowledge to non-medical audiences
- Ability to manage shifting priorities in a changing environment
- Understanding of pharma/biotech business model, regulatory process, and compliance
- Experience with product launches