US Consumer Marketing Director, Obesity and Related Conditions

Career Category

Marketing

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.

US Consumer Marketing Director, Obesity and Related Conditions

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. At Amgen, our shared mission, to serve patients, guides everything we do. MariTide represents a potential transformational opportunity to address obesity and related metabolic diseases.

The Consumer Marketing Director will serve as the consumer marketing lead responsible for shaping and executing the consumer vision for MariTide. This individual will lead the development of breakthrough consumer campaigns, oversee creative and content production, build the consumer engagement ecosystem, drive impactful digital and social activations, and build and lead a high-performing consumer marketing team.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

Lead the development and execution of the US consumer marketing strategy for MariTide.

Define the long-term consumer engagement vision across digital, social, CRM, advocacy, experiential, and emerging channels.

Provide strategic guidance on media planning, channel investment decisions, and tentpole activations.

Build alignment across commercial, medical, access, analytics, and corporate affairs teams.

Build the consumer marketing function and operating model needed to support launch and long-term growth.

Consumer Marketing Strategy and Execution

Lead campaign development, validation, production, launch, and optimization.

Translate consumer insights into compelling positioning, messaging, and creative campaigns.

Oversee agency partners across creative, social, media, and production.

Drive creation of a differentiated consumer journey and engagement ecosystem.

Lead integrated omnichannel programs across digital, social, CRM, website, video, influencer, and experiential channels.

Digital, Social, and Consumer Ecosystem Leadership

Build and scale a robust consumer engagement ecosystem.

Develop and execute a best-in-class social media strategy.

Identify and activate key cultural moments and tentpole opportunities.

Champion innovative digital activations and data-driven personalization.

Evaluate emerging platforms and technologies to drive growth and engagement.

Team Leadership and Talent Development

Build and lead a best-in-class consumer marketing organization.

Recruit, develop, coach, and retain top marketing talent.

Establish clear priorities, performance expectations, and development plans.

Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and excellence.

Mentor future leaders and build succession plans.

Inspire teams through launch, growth, and organizational change.

Performance Monitoring and Optimization

Establish KPIs, measurement frameworks, and performance dashboards.

Optimize campaigns using analytics and consumer insights.

Lead test-and-learn initiatives to improve effectiveness and efficiency.

Manage budgets and ensure effective resource allocation.

There is 30% travel associated with this position

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree and 4 years of marketing or production experience OR

Master’s degree and 7  years of  marketing or production experience  OR

Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of  marketing or production experience

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated success developing and leading consumer marketing strategies for major brands or launches.

Deep expertise in direct-to-consumer marketing, digital engagement, and social media.

Proven experience leading campaign development from insight generation through production and optimization.

Demonstrated success building, leading, and developing high-performing marketing organizations.

Strong agency management experience across creative, social, digital, media, and production partners.

Launch experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, consumer health, or other regulated industries preferred.

Obesity, metabolic disease, or chronic disease experience preferred.

MBA or advanced degree preferred.

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.

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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.

. Salary Range

184,336.10USD -249,395.90 USD