Manager Development - Payer Writer, Remote Work

Career Category Administrative 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.

Manager Contract Development - Payer Contract Writer

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. As a member of the US Value and Access (USV&A) team, the Manager, Contract Development – Payer Contract Writer is integral to Amgen’s commercial contracting success and supports Amgen by drafting and processing customer contracts in order to assist Amgen in its mission to serve patients. This Manager position will report to the Senior Manager, Contract Development and will be responsible for Payer customer contracts across the portfolio of Amgen Products for assigned payer accounts.

In this vital role you will work hand‑in‑hand with the Payer Contract Relations team to write and develop Payer rebate agreements, amendments, notice letters, and other documents as needed for several strategic accounts. This role will also manage contract data for assigned accounts in Amgen’s contract lifecycle management (CLM) system, including ensuring data entry accuracy and accurate reflection of key terms in the final contract within the CLM system.

• Draft rebate agreements, amendments, notice letters and other contract documents
• Craft document language that accurately describes new programs, rebates, and discount structures in the contract document
• Project manage planned and ad‑hoc special projects within Contract Development and U.S. Value & Access
• Research and produce contract documents in support of internal and external audits and litigation
• Participate in document review meetings, communicating document status and history to partners
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, such as Legal, Government Programs, Market Access, Coverage & Pricing, and the Contract Execution team to ensure accurate, executable contracts and seamless implementation of completed contracts into our financial system of record
• Partner with and support the CLM system team as needed to assist with optimization of the system and the contracting process

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The contract professional we seek is an outstanding writer with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of contract development or contract writing experience

OR

Master’s degree and 6 years of contract development or contract writing experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of contract development or contract writing experience

OR

Associate’s degree and 10 years of contract development or contract writing experience

OR

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of contract development or contract writing experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience writing contracts, ideally for pharma
• Strong computer and Microsoft Word skills; strong administrative skills
• Ability to complete projects, make decisions with minimal direction, prioritize competing document requests and manage multiple documents concurrently to completion
• High attention to detail
• Ability to integrate complex business strategies into a contract
• Familiarity with…