Career Category

Value and Access

Job Description

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

Global Value & Access Senior Manager (Flexible Location: Argentina, Colombia, Mexico City)

The Value and Access Senior manager for LATAM region will be a strategic member of Global Operational Pricing (GOP) team, reporting to the LATAM Regional Value and Access Lead (RVAL).

This role serves as a strategic value and access (V&A) partner for LATAM affiliates and Distributor Markets, tailors HTA & reimbursement strategy and drives seamless launch execution for key product launches in LATAM, with the goal of optimizing patient access and pricing. The role also supports and leads regional and global initiatives, to ensure consistent application of pricing governance and continuous improvement of processes in Global Operational Pricing.

What you will do

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Creating and maintaining strong collaborative relationships with global, regional, and local affiliate teams to align with pricing, access and global evidence strategies. Close collaboration with relevant advisors from functions such as IAS, HEOR, Supply, Legal, Marketing, and Medical is essential to gather insights and ensure that pricing recommendations are well-informed and aligned.
• Supporting affiliates in planning and building solid access and pricing strategies for in-line and launch brands by conducting strategic discussions and providing information needed. Ensure optimal lifecycle management across the Amgen portfolio, with a focus on launch excellence.
• Leading dossier governance process reviewing access strategy, data to be submitted and executive summary ensuring alignment with global strategy and managing any deviation. Supporting affiliates with RTQ management, data, modelling inputs and provide continuous support along the payer engagement/negotiation process. Transferring learnings between affiliates.
• Offering strategic insights and support to affiliates to develop robust business cases and managing pricing governance. Supporting the implementation of payer and policy-related innovation initiatives that meet both payer and Amgen’s needs in the region, including innovative pricing schemes.
• Collaborate to drive the price governance across the region, ensuring a unified "One Amgen" approach. This involves conducting comprehensive, end-to-end assessments of affiliate business cases for price changes, ensuring they align with strategic objectives, comply with pricing policies, and remain consistent with regional pricing bands. Additionally, evaluate risks related to International Reference Pricing (IRP), cross-border implications, and the financial/P&L impact of various scenarios, ensuring that decisions are informed and made at the appropriate leadership level within the organization.
• Ensuring affiliate business cases align with strategic objectives, comply with pricing policies, and remain consistent with regional pricing bands. Additionally, evaluating risks related to IRP, cross-border implications, and the financial/P&L impact of various scenarios, ensuring that decisions are informed and made at the appropriate leadership level within the organization.
• Providing strategic input during forecasting exercises (e.g. LRS, Budget), ensuring alignment with Regional Finance Lead and consolidating GV&A inputs and underlying assumptions.
• Developing and maintaining a deep understanding of sub-regional payer dynamics, including emerging trends that could impact access to Amgen products and advocate for mitigation strategies together with RVAL. Support policy teams with country level plans, as appropriate.
• Collaborate with RVAL to develop and enhance VA&P capabilities within the sub-region by sharing best practices and ensuring quality execution at both the sub-regional and affiliate levels.
• Closely monitoring access status of Amgen brands and major competitors in LATAM and ensure up to date access information is included in GOP systems like ACT, BET etc.
• Leading the sharing of best practices and key learnings across affiliates to develop and enhance VA&P capabilities within the sub-region.
• Leading and contributing to global initiatives to enhance and continuously improve Global Value & Access systems and processes such as GOP CoEs and Taskforces.

 

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The vital attribute professional we seek is a type of person with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of Market access and/or HEOR and/or Marketing experience OR

• Master’s degree and 6 years of Market access and/or HEOR and/or Marketing experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Market access and/or HEOR and/or Marketing experience.
• Advanced English is a mandatory requirement for this position and will be assessed throughout the interview process.

Preferred Qualifications:

• In-Depth Knowledge of Payer and Government Landscape:
  Extensive understanding of regional healthcare environment including key areas such as reimbursement, pricing and contracting, value drivers, formulary management, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), government affairs, policy, and advocacy
• Analytical and Situational Awareness:
  Ability to conduct comprehensive situation analyses of the external environment, synthesizing relevant information to inform regional strategies and support the development of country-specific strategic plans
• Financial Acumen and P&L Management:
  Solid understanding of financial principles, including profit and loss (P&L) management. Ability to assess financial implications of pricing and access strategies, ensuring alignment with business objectives and delivering financial performance in line with regional and global goals

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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