Advocacy Relations Senior Manager, Obesity and Related Conditions

Role Summary

Advocacy Relations Senior Manager, Obesity and Related Conditions

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain long-term, substantive relationships with patient groups, professional associations and other key stakeholders based on values of trust, respect and transparency.
• Collaborate with patient advocacy organizations to understand access challenges and contribute to initiatives that help demonstrate the value of innovation and address access barriers for patients.
• Help drive partnerships with patient groups around shared goals, including addressing patient unmet needs and measurably improving patient outcomes.
• Bring the voice of patients and providers into Amgen‚Äôs capabilities, including Research and Development, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Policy, and Value and Access.
• Support the implementation of the advocacy relations strategy for Amgen‚Äôs obesity and related conditions portfolio, ensuring activities align with broader business objectives and adjust as priorities evolve.
• Coordinate Amgen‚Äôs engagement strategies with stakeholders at congresses and key events and facilitate connections between patient advocacy groups with appropriate cross-functional team members.
• Identify and understand the drivers behind the official positions, priorities, and networks of influence of key patient and professional associations and advocacy groups to inform Amgen‚Äôs business strategies.
• Incorporate simple and transparent systems for patient advocacy groups to understand Amgen‚Äôs partnership and funding requirements.
• Help elevate disease-state and therapeutic-area awareness among external partners and assist in mobilizing stakeholders around key development milestones.
• Gather, synthesize, and communicate patient and advocacy insights to internal teams to help inform patient-focused solutions in clinical development and commercialization planning.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
  • Doctorate degree and 2 years of advocacy, policy, marketing, or medical experience
  • Or Master‚Äôs degree and 4 years of advocacy, policy, marketing, or medical experience
  • Or Bachelor‚Äôs degree and 6 years of advocacy, policy, marketing, or medical experience
  • Or Associate‚Äôs degree and 10 years of advocacy, policy, marketing, or medical experience
  • Or High school diploma / GED and 12 years of advocacy, policy, marketing, or medical experience

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 5+ 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.
  • Sensitivity to diverse groups of people both internal and external with the ability to manage many different opinions and perspectives, including tolerance for ambiguity.
  • Demonstrated reputation internally and externally as a well-respected, dynamic team-player.
  • Empathic and hardworking individual with the ability to build meaningful connections with partners.
  • Previous experience leading the development of professional medical society and patient advocacy strategies for pharmaceutical organizations.
  • Previous experience as relationship manager for professional medical associations and patient advocacy groups.
  • Demonstrated understanding of key external and internal trends affecting patient and consumer engagement; solid understanding and experience in new forms of patient/consumer interactions such as social media and patient online communities.
  • Previous experience communicating the value of innovation and addressing access barriers to care.
  • Previous experience communicating complex health policy access issues to patient advocates
  • Demonstrated ability to adapt relationship style to external partner‚Äôs preferences and comfort levels
  • Previous experience in government affairs.
  • Outstanding verbal and written communications skills and an ability to adapt one‚Äôs approach to a challenge, as well as excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to assimilate complex medical knowledge and communicate to non-medical audiences.
  • Capable of handling shifting priorities in a constantly evolving environment.
  • Understands the pharma/biotech business model, regulatory process & compliance guidelines.
  • Experience with product (drug) launches.

Additional Requirements