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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. 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.

Rare Diseases Product Manager

This role is critical in shaping and executing the strategy for a rare disease portfolio, ensuring that patients, healthcare professionals, and key stakeholders benefit from innovative solutions that address significant unmet medical needs. The Rare Diseases Product Manager will lead cross-functional collaboration, drive brand performance, and develop impactful commercialization strategies aligned with local and global objectives.

The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, optimize brand performance, and deliver exceptional results. This role requires strong leadership, business acumen, project management skills, and a passion for improving the lives of patients living with rare diseases.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will:

Key responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Country Brand Plan and/or Launch Readiness Plan in alignment with the global brand strategy.
• Lead cross-functional Brand Teams and facilitate Brand, Cycle, and Launch meetings to drive execution excellence and sales force engagement.
• Design and implement promotional initiatives, including sales materials, campaigns, congress activities, and customer engagement programs, ensuring consistency with global messaging.
• Own the brand budget and operational expenses, partnering with Finance to monitor performance, manage investments, and ensure alignment with business priorities.
• Develop forecasts, sales targets, and long-term planning scenarios in collaboration with Business Unit leadership.
• Lead Business Reviews, Strategic Brand Plans, and Launch Readiness Reviews with local and global stakeholders.
• Generate actionable insights through market analysis, customer research, and competitive intelligence, translating findings into effective action plans.
• Partner closely with Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales, and other key functions to optimize brand performance and identify business opportunities.
• Collaborate with regional and global colleagues, acting as the key point of contact for commercial execution and knowledge sharing across affiliates.

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:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Rare Diseases within a large pharmaceutical company in similar roles.
• Experience in product launches, brand management, and cross-functional leadership.
• Intermediate to advanced English proficiency, both written and spoken.

Key Competencies

• Strong strategic thinking and commercial acumen.
• Excellent analytical and project management skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across matrix organizations.
• Proactive, innovative, and results-oriented mindset.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to company values and a patient-centered approach.