Executive Director, Global In-Line Brands & Global Commercial Execution jobs in United States
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Amgen · 5 hours ago

Executive Director, Global In-Line Brands & Global Commercial Execution

Amgen is a leading biotechnology company dedicated to serving patients with serious illnesses. The Executive Director, Global In-Line Brands & Global Commercial Execution will provide enterprise-level commercial leadership for a portfolio of in-line assets, focusing on maximizing lifecycle value and ensuring executional excellence across regions.

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Responsibilities

Provides commercial leadership across a portfolio of global in-line brands (e.g., Otezla, Prolia, Kyprolis, Nplate, Xgeva, Vectibix) through the full lifecycle
Maximizes asset value by guiding brand strategy, prioritization, and investment decisions, including any remaining Patient Impact Expansion (PIE) opportunities
Ensures clear global brand positioning and strategic coherence across therapeutic areas and markets
Oversees and optimizes the global-with-local commercial execution model, ensuring strong connectivity between global strategy and local execution
Partners closely with key markets to co-create brand strategies, balancing global consistency with local market needs
Drives focus on the highest-value opportunities and ensure resources are deployed against clear commercial priorities
Leads and influences cross-functional partners across Global Commercial Operations, regions, and therapeutic areas to deliver aligned commercial plans
Serves as a key commercial voice in global governance forums, ensuring timely, high-quality commercial input to decision-making
Champions best practices, continuous improvement, and disciplined execution across global commercial activities
Leads and develops a high-impact global team, including: In-Line Global Marketing Directors, accountable for global brand strategy and planning; Global Commercial Execution Leads (GCELs) aligned by therapeutic area, accountable for market pull-through and executional excellence
Sets clear expectations, fosters collaboration, and builds strong succession and capability pipelines
Partners with Global Marketing Therapeutic Area VPs to continuously evolve ways of working and strengthen global-local collaboration
Builds strong relationships across functions and geographies, influencing without authority in a complex matrix environment
Acts as a role model for Amgen leadership behaviors and values

Qualification

Global commercial leadershipBrand strategy developmentLifecycle value optimizationCross-functional collaborationBiopharmaceutical industry experienceGlobal-with-local executionInfluencing senior stakeholdersTherapeutic area knowledgeBusiness judgmentExecutive presencePrioritization skillsMBAAdvanced trainingTeam leadership

Required

Doctorate degree and 6 years of global commercial or marketing experience OR
Master's degree and 10 years of global commercial or marketing experience OR
Bachelor's degree and 12 years of global commercial or marketing experience AND
6+ years of managerial experience leading people, teams, programs, or enterprise initiatives

Preferred

Experience leading global commercial or marketing teams in the biopharmaceutical industry
Success managing mature, in-line brands and optimizing lifecycle value
Understanding of global-with-local operating models and executional governance
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across regions and functions
Experience working across multiple therapeutic areas and competitive markets
Brings business judgment, prioritization skills, and executive presence
MBA or equivalent advanced business training preferred

Benefits

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

Company

Amgen is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures human therapeutics for various illnesses and diseases.

H1B Sponsorship

Amgen has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (429)
2024 (485)
2023 (485)
2022 (540)
2021 (460)
2020 (444)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$28.5B
2022-12-12Post Ipo Debt· $28.5B
1983-06-17IPO

Leadership Team

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Robert Bradway
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Jay Bradner
Executive Vice President of R&D, and Chief Scientific Officer
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