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Job Title: Congress Peer to Peer Engagement Obesity and Related Conditions - Senior Manager
Job Location: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Job Location Type: Remote
Job Contract Type: Full-time
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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. 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.
Congress Peer to Peer Engagement Obesity and Related Conditions - Senior Manager
The Senior Manager, Congress Peer to Peer Engagement translates U.S. peer to peer strategy into coordinated congress programs across the portfolio. This role requires recent, hands on experience leading congress programs from end to end logistics and commercial opinion leader management through on site execution and post congress follow through. The Senior Manager works closely with Congress, Health Care Professional (HCP) Marketing, Omnichannel, Sales, Medical, Corporate Affairs, Advocacy, Strategic Account Managers, Global partners, and agencies to create relevant, well coordinated customer experiences.
This role is an opportunity to shape how healthcare professionals connect and learn at congresses while ensuring that the right people, programs, and partners are aligned from planning through follow through.
What You Will Do
Lead Congress Peer to Peer Planning and Pull Through
- Translate approved peer to peer and brand priorities into integrated congress plans that define audiences, engagement objectives, program scope, key milestones, and follow through before, during, and after each congress.
- Coordinate commercial peer to peer activities across priority congresses and commercial meetings, ensuring plans are connected to the broader customer journey and consistent with approved strategy.
- Build detailed workback plans, timelines, budgets, roles, and decision points with internal partners and agency teams; identify risks early and keep work moving through execution.
- Partner with Congress and Sales leaders to align congress plans with customer engagement priorities, field needs, and launch readiness.
Coordinate Commercial Opinion Leader Engagement
- Manage commercial opinion leader engagement across congress programs, including outreach, relationship coordination, availability, briefing, preparation, scheduling, and on site support, consistent with company policies and approved plans.
- Coordinate opinion leader contracting from initiation through completed agreement, working with Legal, Compliance, Procurement, and other internal partners to keep contracts, documentation, and timing aligned with company requirements.
- Develop clear faculty and opinion leader preparation materials with relevant content owners; prepare speakers on program objectives, audience needs, logistics, and approved content, and support clinically grounded HCP discussions in partnership with Medical and other content owners.
- Maintain an organized view of opinion leader participation and program needs across congresses, and identify opportunities to strengthen continuity and the customer experience.
- Partner with the Experiential Peer to Peer Engagement and Amplification Senior Manager to connect congress voices and insights with experiences and approved content that may extend beyond the event.
Coordinate Cross Functional Congress Engagement
- Create clear planning rhythms and shared workplans with HCP Marketing, Omnichannel, Sales, Medical, Corporate Affairs, Advocacy, Strategic Account Managers, Global partners, Congress, and agency teams.
- Clarify objectives, audiences, roles, and handoffs across programs so customers experience coordinated engagement while each function maintains its distinct purpose and review process.
- Coordinate appropriate opportunities for cross functional participation and ensure that agendas, materials, and logistics are aligned with approved plans.
- Work with Medical, Legal, and Regulatory reviewers and other partners to move materials and activities through the appropriate review pathways while preserving strategic intent.
Manage Congress Logistics and On Site Execution
- Own end to end logistics for peer to peer programs, including schedules, venues, registration, travel coordination where applicable, run of show, rehearsals, vendor and agency deliverables, contingency planning, and on site readiness.
- Coordinate rehearsals, speaker support, room or experience readiness, staffing, and issue resolution to ensure programs run smoothly and provide a positive customer experience.
- Track budgets, purchase orders, timelines, and deliverables; maintain accurate documentation and escalate risks or changes promptly.
- Lead post event closeout with partners and vendors, capturing execution learnings and resolving outstanding items.
Measure and Improve Congress Engagement
- Define and track program measures with Insights and Analytics, including participation, engagement, customer feedback, execution quality, and approved content follow through.
- Develop concise post congress readouts that summarize performance, customer and partner feedback, key learnings, and recommendations for future planning.
- Use congress insights and changing customer needs to improve future peer to peer plans, opinion leader coordination, and operating processes.
What We Expect Of You
Basic Qualifications:
- Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing/sales experience OR
- Master’s degree and 4 years of marketing/sales experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of marketing/sales experience OR
- Associate’s degree and 10 years of marketing/sales experience OR
- High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing/sales experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or another regulated environment.
- Familiarity with Medical, Legal, and Regulatory review processes and congress operating requirements.
- Experience developing measures and readouts that connect event execution with customer engagement and business objectives.
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.
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