Medical Marketing, Sjögren’s Disease - Opinion Leader Engagement & Peer-to-Peer , Senior Manager
Amgen · United States, Illinois, Oak Park
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At Amgen, if you feel like you are a 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 lie within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
What you will doLet’s do this. Let’s change the world. Sjögren’s disease is a debilitating autoimmune disease with significant unmet medical need and no approved disease-modifying therapies. Dazodalibep is an investigational medicine currently in Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment of Sjögren’s disease. As a potential first-in-class treatment in a disease area with significant unmet need, the U.S. launch will require both compelling brand strategy and innovative approaches to educate, engage, and activate HCPs.
In this role, the Medical Marketing – Sjögren’s Disease, Senior Manager will lead the U.S. opinion leader (OL) engagement and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) strategy, Sjögren’s Disease Speaker Bureau, and marketing-led HCP education. Reporting to the Director of Medical Marketing, this individual will translate brand priorities into an integrated external engagement model that strengthens strategic relationships, customer confidence, brand differentiation, and high-quality field execution.
This is an opportunity to help shape the U.S. Sjögren’s Disease market as the treatment landscape evolves and the brand prepares for launch. In a fast-moving, highly cross-functional environment, this role will set the strategy for opinion leader engagement and peer-to-peer education, build trusted relationships across the expert community, and turn customer and field insights into meaningful launch priorities. Advisory boards and other primary insight-generation forums are led by the Insights & Congress Strategy Senior Manager; this role translates those learnings into engagement plans.
Key Responsibilities- Set and evolve the U.S. opinion leader (OL) engagement and peer-to-peer (P2P) strategy for Sjögren’s Disease, translating brand priorities, customer needs, and the evolving treatment landscape into clear engagement priorities for launch and beyond
- Map and segment established and emerging OLs, partnering with Medical Affairs, Field Medical, TLLs, and HCP Marketing to build a coordinated, insight-led engagement plan
- Build trusted relationships across the OL community to deepen customer understanding, surface emerging opportunities, and inform brand and launch decisions
- Lead the Sjögren’s Disease Speaker Bureau, including speaker recruitment, onboarding, segmentation, activation, and ongoing optimization
- Manage marketing-led HCP education programs, including speaker programs, Peer Discussion Groups, ITUs, and other approved educational initiatives
- Lead speaker training and development, including curriculum design, content preparation, faculty training, and ongoing capability building
- Shape marketing-led OL engagement at congresses, including symposia, product theaters, ITUs, faculty activities, and other approved programs
- Coordinate priority engagements with TLLs and cross-functional partners ensuring appropriate follow-up and integration with broader congress plans
- Partner with the TLL Lead and Commercial Training to shape the TLL onboarding and training curriculum, building the knowledge, skills, and capabilities needed for effective customer engagement and field execution
- Oversee the development and lifecycle of P2P content and resources, guiding agency partners through development, review and approval, rollout, and updates
- Use program data, customer feedback, field insights, and competitive intelligence to assess performance, identify opportunities, and improve the P2P and OL engagement approach
- Synthesize OL, customer, and program insights into actionable input for brand and tactical planning; communicate key learnings, opportunities, and risks to cross-functional stakeholders
- Manage budgets, agencies, and external partners with strong financial stewardship, sound prioritization, compliance, and attention to quality
- Foster a culture of scientific curiosity, customer centricity, ownership, collaboration, and innovation, modeling Amgen Values and maintaining high standards across the Sjögren’s disease brand team and cross-functional partnerships
What We Expect of YouBasic Qualifications- Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization; OR
- Master's degree and 4 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization; OR
- Bachelor's degree and 6 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization; OR
- Associate's degree and 10 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization; OR
- High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing and/or business experience in a role aligned with a Marketing/Sales commercial organization.
Preferred Qualifications- Strong Medical Marketing, OL engagement, and P2P expertise, including OL mapping and engagement planning, Speaker Bureau operations, speaker training, marketing-led HCP education, promotional content development, and multichannel education.
- Experience leading P2P and marketing-led OL/HCP engagements end-to-end, including congress-based programs, speaker strategy, faculty management, program design, agency/vendor management, budget oversight, performance optimization, and promotional review through systems such as Veeva PromoMats.
- Rheumatology experience preferred; rare disease and launch or in-line brand experience preferred.
- Strong strategic thinking, analytical rigor, project management, and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information, lead through influence, and deliver across multiple cross-functional workstreams.
- Excellent communication skills and self-awareness of leadership style, with the ability to clearly articulate strategy and influence stakeholders.
- Ability to build positive relationships and collaborate effectively in a matrix organization across cross-functional and external partners.
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.
The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:
- 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 a