Hybrid District Sales Manager – Primary Care

at Amgen

• Job title: District Sales Manager – Primary Care
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $180,345 - $219,664 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Los Angeles, United States

About the role

• District Sales Manager overseeing specialty sales teams in California and Arizona. Managing performance and driving sales growth in the biotechnology sector.

Responsibilities

• Track the progress of marketing messages and programs
• 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
• Screen, interview, and hire candidates
• Ensure compliance with training
• 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)
• Share best practices with direct reports and peers
• Coordinate and/or participate in cluster teams
• Conduct district sales meetings to guide districts
• Develop local Opinion Leader relationships to achieve aligned objectives

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Sales/Marketing experience OR Master’s degree and 6 years of Sales/Marketing experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Sales/Marketing experience OR Associate’s degree and 10 years of Sales/Marketing experience OR High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Sales/Marketing experience AND 2 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources.
• Three + years of specialty sales experience (Nephrology, Rheumatology and/or Dermatology marketplace)
• Experience in biologics
• Buy and bill model experience
• 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
• Demonstrates knowledge of local payor coverage
• 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.

Benefits

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey
• A 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—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor