[Hiring] Medical Value and Access Field Director @Amgen

Role Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients. In this vital role, you will lead therapeutically aligned activities to develop strategic objectives & tactics in prioritized regional accounts and IDNs. The Medical Value & Access Liaison Field Director is responsible for the following:

• Effectively leads a regional payer team of Medical Value & Access Liaisons (MVALs) toward the implementation of field medical payer activities.
• Ensures the team achieves legally compliant and clinically significant scientific engagements and activities with population health decision-makers, payers, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs), and other healthcare partners.
• Develops and maintains professional relationships with targeted Payer & Integrated Delivery Networks (IDN) population health decision makers.
• Accompanies the team to engagements with healthcare decision-makers and other healthcare collaborators.
• Familiar with data & biotechnology techniques to accelerate health outcomes through enhanced patient identification & access.
• Applies interactive discussions and guided activities to help the team identify career opportunities for growth and leadership.
• Leads and coordinates MVAL team meetings to support team building and best practice sharing.
• Builds positive relationships and cross-functional collaboration with key internal collaborators.
• Identifies, interviews, hires, and onboards qualified MVALs to create a diverse and inclusive team.
• Assesses MVAL new hire field readiness by assisting Global Learning and Performance.
• Assists Medical leadership in the development of the field medical strategy, tactical goals, and objectives.
• Supports the strategic planning and field medical value implementation of Managed Care/Payer and national congresses.
• Leads integration of comprehensive value & total cost of care models with MVAL team.
• Liaises and supports strategic relationships between targeted IDN, National and Regional payer executives and senior Amgen executives.
• Synthesizes customer insights to inform short- and long-term strategy.
• Participates in value-based strategy discussions with Market Access for payer & IDN engagements.
• Travel is required (~50%).

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of Medical Science Liaison and/or Payer/PBM experience
• or Master’s degree and 7 years of Medical Science Liaison and/or Payer/PBM experience
• or Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of Medical Science Liaison and/or Payer/PBM experience

Requirements

• Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D., D.O. or Master’s Degree (Other Doctoral & Master’s Degrees considered)
• ≥ 5 years of related Payer/PBM/Pathways/Trade/Specialty Pharmacy customer experience
• ≥ 2 years IDN Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) experience
• Evidence of significant impact & rapport with Payer & IDN accounts
• Proven leadership experience & demonstrated ability to inspire, coach & develop talent
• Experienced in establishing Value Based Partnership initiatives with Payer & IDN accounts
• Understands the value of data, technology & digital platforms
• Deep knowledge of managed markets, pharmacoeconomics, population health and healthcare policy/legislation trends
• Excellent strategic perspective, communication and presentation skills
• Inspiring background of partnering with Medical & Commercial cross-functional colleagues

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, 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 where possible.