Sr Oncology Specialist - Sapphire - Roanoke, VA

Territory covers

Morgantown, WV, Charleston, WV, Charlottesville, VA. Relocation is not offered for this role.

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.

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.

In this vital role you will be the liaison to our customers by providing clinical knowledge of our products to medical professionals.

Amgen's medicines treat serious illnesses and our research addresses diseases with limited treatment options. With a robust and differentiated pipeline, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people’s lives. As a values‑based organization with a powerful sense of shared purpose toward our mission: to serve patients, we are actively searching for a Senior Oncology Specialist to deliver on this commitment to patients.

• Create and execute a comprehensive territory plan, delivering branded sales messages, executing planned programs, scheduling and following up with medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets.
• Utilize internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, ensuring product access, resolving/retriaging reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts.
• Craft an effective marketing strategy to aid in driving sales.
• Analyze sales activity effectiveness and territory data, and develop territory plans with the District Manager.
• Maintain passion for the products throughout the sales cycle while building the brand and serving patients.
• Partner with colleagues to share best practices and pursue continuous curiosity and learning.
• Leverage disease‑state awareness, industry, regulatory, and competitive changes to deliver agreed results.

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare or a scientific field that is not sales related.
• Associate degree and 6 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare or a scientific field that is not sales related.
• High school diploma or GED and 8 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare or a scientific field that is not sales related.

• Preferred experience in Oncology.
• Three or more years of sales and/or marketing experience within pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or medical device industries.
• Product or hospital sales experience in the areas of oncology, nephrology, dermatology, rheumatology, inflammation, neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, or infectious diseases, and the diseases and treatments involved.
• Local market knowledge.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.
• Adaptability with core competencies:
  Planning and Organizing;
  Leveraging Business, Industry, and Technical Knowledge;
  Communicating with Impact;
  Driving for Results; and Cultivating Internal and External Relationships.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is $158,727 to $177,179. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

• 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, including remote and hybrid work…