Patient Advocacy Specialist

**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. Due to an internal promotion, a rare opportunity has arisen in our Value Access and Policy team to propel patient advocacy. In this vital role, you will ensure that the patients we serve have a strong and meaningful voice within Amgen. Core to this role is fostering relationships and strategic opportunities with patient advocacy and relevant health care organisations to promote improvement in patient experience and outcomes. The role is a permanent, full-time role based in **Sydney** and reports to the Head of Government Affairs, Policy and Advocacy.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Develop, foster and manage relationships with key patient advocacy organisations and drive forward strategic partnerships in Amgen's Therapeutic Areas
- Be an active and critical cross functional team member developing and executing external engagement strategy in collaboration with Policy, Government Affairs, Communications and Medical teams
- Foster a culture of 'external-in' to bring external insights into Amgen from the patient advocacy community. Ensure the patient voice and preferences are brought into Amgen's strategies, programs and capabilities
- Nurture relationships with Amgen Regional and Global Amgen Advocacy Relations colleagues to safeguard appropriate optimal alignment and to leverage global strategy
- Bring new insights and ideas into how Amgen can successfully and valuably differentiate from other pharmaceutical companies in engagements with patient groups and more broadly across the health landscape

**Win - What we expect of you**:
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The strategic and creative thinker we seek has the following combination of qualifications and experience:

- Minimum 5 years of Pharmaceutical Industry experience
- Relevant tertiary qualifications or experience from similar positions
- Demonstrated experience working with leadership and diverse groups internally and externally
- Understanding of the Australian Pharmaceutical industry in terms of reimbursement an advantage
- Experience in relevant therapeutic area(s) (Oncology, Bone, Cardiovascular) highly regarded
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills - ability to assimilate complex medical knowledge and communicate simple, compelling, and relevant messages to non-medical audiences
- Residency and permission to work in Sydney, Australia is essential

**Thrive - Some of the vast rewards of working here**:
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.
- 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

At Amgen we are committed to doing everything we can to deliver for patients, to keep our staff and their families safe, and to help the communities where we live and work reduce the number of people exposed to COVID-19. As a science-based company, we strongly believe that it is our role to lead the way and therefore it is a requirement that all Amgen Australia employees must be fully vaccinated (certain exemptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis).

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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If you're seeking a career where you can truly make a difference in the lives of others, a career where you can work at the absolute forefront of biotechnology with the top minds in the field, you'll find it at Amgen.

Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, commi