Rare Diseases Product Manager
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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. 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.
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Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Marketing role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 460 comparable Manager Marketing roles across 90 biopharma companies.
Salary context
131 of 460 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 460 comparable roles
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Seniority mix
460 of 460 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
106 of 460 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
Similar opportunities
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