Manager - Contract Development

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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.

Manager - Contract Development

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The US Value & Access team is searching for a Manager - Contract Development to join the group. This Manager is integral to Amgen’s financial performance and will work with Market Access, Payer Contracting, Legal, and Contract Pricing Execution teams to validate payer formularies for discounts. This role reports to the Contract Development Senior Manager.

In this vital role you will work with internal business partners to manage formulary validation efforts to ensure discounts are appropriately earned by customers. There may also be opportunities for this individual to own and/or lead all aspects of contracting responsibilities for a specific Payer and/or Provider, from pre-contracting through discount payment. Lastly, this individual may partner with cross-functional teams to support product-specific pricing strategies, value-based contracts, contract performance, and contract execution needs.

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the payer and provider landscape with respect to Amgen’s current and future products
• Support post-deal contract operations team including contracting interpretation for payment processing, dispute resolution, formulary validation, and other activities as needed
• Provide project management and subject matter expertise for formulary validation across multiple payers – facilitate multiple account formulary validation teams that include Payer Contracting, Market Access, Legal, and Contract Pricing Execution
• Support ad-hoc requests by senior leadership related to reporting around formulary validation and disputes
• Identify, lead, and project manage process improvements with the Formulary Validation team and its internal business partners
• May …