Career Category

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.

Competitive Intelligence Senior Manager, Obesity  

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. 

In this vital role, you will lead competitive intelligence activities as a key member of the Obesity Competitive Intelligence team within Obesity Intelligence & Analytics. You will serve as a key partner to Obesity leadership and cross-functional teams, translating rapidly evolving competitive developments into actionable insights that inform asset and portfolio strategy.

Work Location: Flex Commuter to Amgen’s Thousand Oaks, CA office, with 3 on-site days per week expected. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Be a strategic thought partner to Obesity leadership and cross-functional teams, bringing a competitive perspective to key business decisions
• Synthesize complex intelligence into strategic insights and clear implications for Amgen’s portfolio and business strategy
• Work in a highly cross functional manner and manage changing priorities across key stakeholders
• Develop productive relationships with Global and Regional teams to define business problems and develop integrated analysis plans based on standard methodologies
• Apply structured problem solving to collect, analyze and report CI, incorporating primary and secondary data sources to generate meaningful insights
• Articulate the impact of changing market dynamics and competitive developments to key stakeholders
• Organize and facilitate strategic exercises & competitive simulations to generate competitive insights and company plans
• Lead CI planning and intelligence collection at major medical congresses, working cross-functionally to translate emerging data and insights into timely implications for stakeholders
• Manage a network of primary data sources, including vendors and Amgen employees, to enable effective project delivery
• Collaborate with fellow CI leads to advance competitive intelligence capabilities and best practices
• Synthesize CI research findings while maintaining high standards for accuracy, relevance, and quality, and clearly communicate the strength of evidence to key partners
• Present strategic analysis, insights, implications, and recommendations to key stakeholders and leadership
• Abide by and strictly enforce Amgen’s CI Legal and Ethical Guidelines with internal colleagues and agencies
• Some travel (15-20%) required

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications 

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of competitive intelligence or similar experience OR 
• Master’s degree and 4 years of competitive intelligence or similar experience OR 
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of competitive intelligence or similar experience OR 
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of competitive intelligence or similar experience OR 
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of competitive intelligence or similar experience 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Advanced degree (PhD/MS/MBA) with a focus on life sciences and business
• Experience within life science consulting work in obesity and/or other metabolic conditions
• Familiarity with biopharma industry
• Relevant experience in obesity via prior project work, disease area knowledge
• Prior experience in strategy/management consulting in the biopharma industry, roles of increasing responsibility
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and analyze data to support critical business decisions
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment and deliver high-quality insights under tight timelines
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills—able to explain complex concepts clearly to a variety of audiences
• Evident project management skills—able to manage multiple, simultaneous projects and data sources
• Demonstrated analytical skills—understands the advantages and limits of different analytical approaches and studies
• Ability to work collaboratively in team-based environment
• Strong understanding of the latest developments and trends in the obesity space, key competitive dynamics and unmet medical needs

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 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. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

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

careers.amgen.com

In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

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.

#obesity

Salary Range