Territory covers: Houston (East), to Lafayette, LA, Beaumont, Lake Charles and Alexandria, LA

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION? 

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role. 

Senior Oncology Specialist -Houston, Texas

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What you will do 

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. 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 address diseases with a limited number of 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. 

Amgen Oncology is committed to helping patients take on some of the toughest cancers, such as those that have been resistant to drugs, those that progress rapidly through the body and those where limited treatment options exist. Amgen's supportive care treatments help patients combat certain side effects of strong chemotherapy, and our targeted medicines and immunotherapies focus on more than a dozen different malignancies, ranging from blood cancers to solid tumors. With decades of experience providing therapies for cancer patients, Amgen continues to grow its portfolio of innovative and biosimilar oncology medicines.  Amgen is a values-based organization with a powerful sense of shared purpose.  Our mission is to serve patients. 

Amgen supports and encourages our team members to have long term, fulfilling and meaningful careers through challenging assignments, career development, and valuable opportunities such as this Senior Oncology Specialist opportunity in Texas.

 You will act as the primary customer contact to provide current and comprehensive clinical knowledge of Amgen's products and effectively communicate the clinical and economic benefits of the products to medical professionals. 

Our Senior Oncology Specialists achieve territory sales by utilizing their Oncology background and experience to: 

• Create and execute on a comprehensive territory plan, which includes delivering branded sales messages, executing planned programs, scheduling and following-up with medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets. 

• Utilize your internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, including ensuring product access, resolving/triage reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts. 

• Craft an effective marketing strategy to aid in driving sales 

• Analyze your business effectiveness of sales activities and territory analysis, as well as develop territory plans with your District Manager 

• Have the passion for our products to sustain that passion through the entire sales cycle while always building our brand and never losing sight of how we serve patients 

• Partner with other colleagues to share best practices and be in a state of continuous curiosity and learning to help you grow as a Sr. Oncology Specialist 

• Leverage your passion for Oncology and disease state awareness, Industry, regulatory and competitive changes to deliver agreed results 

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What we expect of you 

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The sales professional we seek is a go-getter with these qualifications. 

Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experience 

OR 

Associate degree and 6 years of sales experience 

OR 

High school diploma / GED and 8 years of sales experience 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Preferred experience in Hematology, Multiple Myeloma and/or Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

• 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 and inflammation. Neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, or infectious diseases, and the diseases and treatments involved with these specialties. 

• Local Market knowledge. 

• A Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration. 

• Adaptability with our Core Competencies: Planning and Organizing; Leveraging Business, Industry, and Technical Knowledge; Communicating with Impact; Driving for Results; and Cultivating Internal and External Relationships. 

Thrive 

What you can expect of us 

• As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being. 

• In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including: 

• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns 

• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible