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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.
At Amgen, the Marketing Associate Director at Amgen leads the development and implementation of strategic marketing plans and activities. They coordinate with other departments, analyze market trends and consumer behavior, and align marketing efforts with the overall company goals.
What you will do
The TEZSPIRE Associate Director of Marketing will serve as the strategic engine behind Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) excellence, collaborating with our co-promote partners at AstraZeneca in leading end-to-end campaign activation, driving launch readiness, and translating performance into measurable business impact. This leader will operate at the intersection of strategy, creativity, analytics, and execution to ensure every campaign not only launches successfully-but performs powerfully.
Specific Responsibilities:
Strategic DTC Leadership
Shape and champion the DTC vision, ensuring strategy is clearly articulated, seamlessly executed, and fully aligned to brand and franchise priorities.
Anticipate evolving brand needs and build campaigns that are differentiated, insight-driven, and tailored to maximize impact across channels.
Serve as the central DTC connector and strategic lead across Amgen and AZ, ensuring alignment, clarity, and momentum.
Cross-Functional & Media Leadership
Partner across functions and with AZ counterparts to elevate creative quality, media precision, and performance rigor.
Drive best-in-class media strategy, execution, measurement frameworks, and KPI governance.
Proactively identify risks, remove barriers, and course-correct in real time to maximize impact and ROI.
Performance Storytelling & Executive Influence
Translate complex analytics into clear, compelling narratives.
Deliver executive-ready insights that inform decisions, inspire confidence, and drive strategic alignment.
Elevate performance reporting from data recaps to forward-looking business recommendations.
Patient Access & Impact Acceleration
Act as the quarterback for patient access integration, ensuring access strategies are embedded early and amplified through DTC efforts.
Identify innovative opportunities to enhance access visibility and drive meaningful patient impact.
Win
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a candidate with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree and 3 years of Marketing experience
OR
Master's degree and 5 years of Marketing experience
OR
Bachelor's degree and 7 years of Marketing experience
OR
Associate's degree and 12 years of Marketing experience
OR
High school diploma / GED and 14 years of Marketing experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior marketing and/or agency experience in healthcare
Experience creating marketing materials and taking them through internal review
Knowledge of the market research process and principles
Expertise working across multiple projects and managing multiple external vendors
Strong planning, project management, communication, and organization skills
Team-oriented attitude and excellent collaboration skills
Experienced in managing tactics through the regulatory approval process
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Professional, proactive demeanor
Strong interpersonal skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Requires approximately 15-20% travel
Thrive
What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates'
professional and personal growth and well-being. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising 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 including:
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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible
Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.
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