Director - Trade and Channel Development

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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline and portfolio of medicines to treat heart disease, obesity and obesity‑related conditions, rare diseases, inflammatory conditions and cancer. 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, Pharmacy Trade - Retail

Amgen has an exciting opportunity for an individual looking to make a significant impact on the organization. We encourage our team members to have fulfilling and meaningful careers through challenging assignments, active career development and coaching, and individual rewards. As a member of the Trade & Channel team, this Director is integral to Amgen’s success in the US Healthcare market.

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for leading Amgen’s relationships with major US retail pharmacy accounts and targeted pharmacy partners, managing a broad portfolio of business priorities that enable patients to access and receive Amgen medicines through pharmacy with a frictionless experience. This role will have frequent interaction with Executive Director and Vice President level leaders and the potential to engage with senior‑most levels within Amgen.

The Director will develop customer strategies, lead direct negotiations, identify and advance opportunities to improve the pharmacy patient journey, and serve as a strategic partner to Brand, Market Access, Patient Services, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, and other cross‑functional teams. A critical component of the role will be developing relationships with emerging direct‑to‑consumer and digitally enabled pharmacy models and helping shape the direct purchase capabilities, partnerships, and operating approach required to support successful launch execution for our Direct to Patient products, including Mari Tide.

• Lead, coach, and develop an Account Manager who supports pharmacy account management, establishing clear priorities, building capabilities, and creating a high‑performing team environment.
• Own and strengthens enterprise strategic relationships with major national retail pharmacy accounts and targeted pharmacy partners, including new pharmacy models, serving as a senior Amgen leader and key point of escalation for complex business issues.
• Develop and lead the US retail and emerging pharmacy channel strategy, translating broader Trade & Channel objectives into customer, partnership and execution strategies across the portfolio.
• Develop a deep understanding of pharmacy customers, including business models, economics, growth drivers, competitive dynamics, strategic priorities, digital capabilities, and evolving approaches to patient engagement and fulfillment.
• Lead strategic engagement and collaborates with Obesity consumer pricing and employer leads for the emerging pharmacy and direct‑to‑consumer models, building relationships with new market entrants and identifying opportunities to establish scalable partnerships that support Amgen’s evolving channel…