Contracts & Pricing Strategy, Associate Director

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Contracts & Pricing Strategy Associate Director

What you will do

The Contracts & Pricing Strategy Associate Director leads integrated U.S. pricing and contracting economics for OaR across launch and lifecycle planning. Reporting to the Dir Contracts & Pricing Strategy the role translates the overall Obesity and Related Conditions contracts pricing and value strategy into payer and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) recommendations Gross to Net (GTN) and latest estimate discount rate (LEDR) process and coordinated channel economics. The role partners with the Consumer Director and Employer Lead Director to incorporate approved assumptions while they retain channel strategy and relationships. Prior-authorization and utilization-management analysis remain with the Coverage Lead.

Core responsibilities:

Pricing and contracting strategy:

• Lead development of U.S. pricing and contracting recommendations for MariTide across commercial Medicare and Medicaid channels across all payers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBM)
• Build account and portfolio economics bid and negotiation scenarios access-price trade-offs and guardrails.
• Partner with Coverage Market Access Contract Development and Contracting and Pricing Execution to translate approved strategy into executable contract terms.

Integrated GTN and business planning:

• Lead the Obesity latest estimate discount rate (LEDR) process and maintain the integrated gross to net (GTN) and net-sales view used in launch planning quarterly business reviews and long-range planning.
• Reconcile rebates fees affordability trade government and channel-mix assumptions; run base upside and downside scenarios; document key dependencies; and explain actual-to-plan variances and changes in forward assumptions.

Consumer and employer economics:

• Partner with the Consumer Director and Employer Lead Director to incorporate approved retail-pharmacy cash-reimbursement and Direct to Employer (DTE) assumptions into gross to net (GTN).
• Model patient contribution pharmacy and fulfillment fees employer and member contributions program fees eligible lives sites enrollment activation utilization persistence and ramp.
• Govern membership inputs and reconcile patient migration and population overlap across channels.

Launch and lifecycle pricing:

• Translate Global value and pricing considerations into U.S. launch scenarios and communicate U.S. channel implications to Global partners.
• Develop assumptions analogs sensitivity ranges and decision triggers where actuals do not exist.
• Extend the pricing and gross to net (GTN) architecture to future indications and sequencing decisions as populations evidence benefit management utilization and channel mix evolve.

Governance and cross-functional leadership:

• Lead cross-functional pricing workstreams with Finance Forecasting Accounting Government Pricing Legal Compliance Privacy Trade Brand and Market Access.
• Establish common model definitions documentation and review cadence; identify duplicate-discount classification reporting privacy and channel-conflict risks; and present clear recommendations alternatives and unresolved issues to the Director and senior governance.

What we expect of you

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

Basic qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 3 years of pricing contracting market access finance accounting analytics or sales and marketing operations experience; OR
• Masters degree and 5 years of pricing contracting market access finance accounting analytics or sales and marketing operations experience; OR
• Bachelors degree and 7 years of pricing contracting market access finance accounting analytics or sales and marketing operations experience; OR
• Associates degree and 12 years of pricing contracting market access finance accounting analytics or sales and marketing operations experience; OR
• High school diploma or GED and 14 years of pricing contracting market access finance accounting analytics or sales and marketing operations experience.

Preferred qualifications:

• Substantial U.S. pharmaceutical pricing payer or PBM contracting GTN forecasting or launch financial-planning experience ideally in a high-volume chronic or cardiometabolic market.
• Demonstrated ownership of an enterprise forecast or economic model that integrates assumptions from multiple business owners and supports senior decisions.
• Experience with reimbursed cash employer affordability trade and government flows and their implications for GTN and price reporting.
• Ability to govern eligible-life and membership cohorts channel migration transaction economics data lineage and model controls.
• Strong executive communication and influence without direct authority; advanced Excel and enterprise planning or deal-modeling experience 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 well 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.

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