Rare Disease Vasculitis Thought Leader Liaison Sr. Manager (Northwest)

About the position 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. 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. Responsibilities • Identify, cultivate, and maintain professional relationships with established and up-and-coming regional Opinion Leaders in ANCA Vasculitis. • Support deep engagement of key customers including navigating IDNs, Centers of Excellence, Professional Organizations, and Foundations/Patient Organizations. • Manage OL Speaker bureau relationships including supporting speaker training, compliance, and product theater speaker management. • Manage regional speaker bureau, including providing speaker recommendations. • Identify, map, and manage relationships with key national Vasculitis Centers and other large treatment facilities. • Coordinate and lead all one-to-one exchanges between brand team and KOLs across key initiatives and events. • Attend and manage brand activity at key regional and national inflammation conferences. • Manage overall regional sponsorship budget and work with organizations to secure sponsorships. • Coordinate executive meetings with OLs at national conferences. • Complete all necessary conference and speaker contract requirements in a timely manner. • Coordinate with marketing to ensure all congress materials are delivered on time. • Work cross-functionally to drive and develop aligned external engagement strategies. • Provide customer and market insights back to the marketing team. • Partner with the HCP Marketing team to develop advisory board strategy and content. • Drive key initiatives such as advisory boards, speaker bureau & product theater content development. Requirements • Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing or sales experience, or Master's degree and 4 years of marketing or sales experience, or Bachelor's degree and 6 years of marketing or sales experience, or Associate's degree and 10 years of marketing or sales experience, or High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing or sales experience. Nice-to-haves • 5-10 years of experience working in Rheumatology, Nephrology, Rare Disease in customer-facing roles. • Experience developing and executing HCP key customer strategies. • Proven ability to develop and execute KOL mapping and plans. • Prior experience in thought leader engagement, regional marketing, sales, medical affairs, or sales leadership. • Strong relationship building skills with proven ability to build and maintain lasting relationships with OLs. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills including confident executive presence. • Ability to creatively address problems in an organized, systematic way. • Strong understanding of legal and regulatory environment in pharmaceutical promotions. Benefits • 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. • Flexible spending accounts. • A discretionary annual bonus program. • Stock-based long-term incentives. • Award-winning time-off plans. • Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements. Apply tot his job