Access to Medicines Program Director

**Career Category**:Medical Affairs
**Job Description**:**HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?**
If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

**Live**:**What you will do**
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you report to the Access to Medicines (ATM) Lead and is focused on implementing traditional and unique access mechanisms for patients in LMICs. The role is focused on establishing foundational capabilities in LMIC access with responsibility and management of all day to day initiatives.

**Key responsibilities include:**:**Strategic Development**:

- Execute on ATM program vision, scope, and direction
- Design implementation plans for new endeavors and initiatives
- Engage with leaders for Health Equity, Corporate Philanthropy and other ESG programs to ensure appropriate alignment and collaboration
- Manage steady state of initiatives on a day to day basis and triage problems when they arise
- Provide analysis, updates, and synthesis of stories from initiatives for the ATM lead

**Design and Execution**:

- Support proactive engagement with external partners (NGOs, organizations etc )
- Drive setup and design of the new healthcare system strengthening initiatives (healthcare provider capabilities strengthening)
- Drive setup and design of the Produce-to Give initiatives with cross functional experts (compliance, supply chain, tax, legal etc )
- Manage relationships with third party partners (City Cancer Challenge, Direct Relief)and others in partnership with Corporate Philanthropy
- Support management of in flight initiatives ( Blincyto Hum. Access Program)
- Research areas of opportunity to expand initiatives to new countries, populations, and patients

**Win**
**What we expect of you**
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The finance professional we seek is a collaborative leader with these qualifications.

**Basic Qualifications:**:Master’s degree and 8 years of global access related and/or medical affairs experience

**Or**:Bachelor’s degree and 10 years ofglobal access related and/or medical affairs experience

**And**:**- **Cross functional experience in implementing access programs in LMICs, humanitarian product donations, medical professionals collaborations, health agency/government collaborations, and NGO/non-profits partnerships**:**- **Experience partnering and working closely with external vendors and organizations to execute access programs in LMIC**:**Preferred Qualifications**:

- 8+ years of experience within the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and lead cross-functional teams, consistently deliver on-time, and high-quality results.
- Experience working and collaborating with physician groups and medical societies
- Experience with UN agencies and alternative access mechanism developments
- Experience working with and networking with NGOs and other access related organizations
- Knowledge of commercialization and regulatory policies of LMICs in Asia and Africa

**Thrive**:**What you can expect of us**
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.
- Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
- Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
- Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits
***for a career that defies imagination**
In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.
**.**: