District Sales Manager - Oncology - Sapphire - Chicago, IL

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.

Let's do this. Let's change the world. In this vital role you will be the liaison to our customers by providing clinical knowledge of our products to medical professionals.

Amgen's medicines treat serious illnesses and our research address diseases with a limited number of treatment options. With a robust and differentiated pipeline, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives. As a values-based organization with a powerful sense of shared purpose toward our mission: to serve patients, we are actively searching for a District Sales Manager to deliver on this commitment to patients.

Amgen supports and encourages our team members to have long term, fulfilling and meaningful careers through challenging assignments, career development, and valuable opportunities such as this opportunity to craft a long-term career with Amgen.

This position will require strong ability to collaborate cross-functionally with other Amgen business units including District Sales Mangers, Regional Sales Directors and Corporate Account Managers.

- Provide feedback to district teams on the marketing, allocating, monitoring, and leveraging of internal and external resources (e.g., discretionary spend)

- Manage district teams to maximize their performance and help achieve/exceed sales and budget targets

- Demonstrate the appropriate coaching and counseling to prepare individuals for future development

- Conduct annual and on-going performance reviews and competency assessments

- Communicate and coordinate with both district and cross-functional teams (e.g., Marketing, Finance, other Business Units)

- Develop local Opinion Leader relationships to achieve aligned objectives

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The sales professional we seek is a go-getter with these qualifications.

Bachelor's degree or and 8 years of Sales/Marketing experience

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Sales/Marketing experience

2 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources.

- Ability to consistently and objectively recognize and promote success behaviors, as well as diagnose and change unsatisfactory behaviors through effective coaching

- Ability to leverage market & customer knowledge to strategically target messages, resources, and activities within the territory

- Ability to understand and articulate clinical concepts, data, and conclusions

- Demonstrated ability to utilize clinical information to effectively address customer questions and objections

- Ability to recruit candidates that meet the minimum job criteria

- Interviews and hires sales representatives that are capable and committed to fulfilling the job requirements

- Strong sense of responsibility and demonstrated self-discipline

- Setting appropriate short term and long term objectives; demonstrated success in communicating & collaborating with sales staff, peers, business unit counterparts in an effective and timely manner.

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.

- 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

- Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.