Innovation and Patient Centric Solutions Senior

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 read over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Currently, we are looking for an Innovation and Patient Centric Solutions Senior Manager. This role will report to the Value, Access & Policy director.

**Innovation and Patient Centric Solutions Senior Manager**

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**What you will do**

Let’s do this Let’s change the world In this vital role, you will lead the digital transformation in healthcare, developing innovative solutions that improve the patient experience and optimize the work of healthcare professionals (HCPs) across the healthcare ecosystem. The goal will be to address key challenges such as patient identification, diagnosis, medical decision support, treatment adherence and side effect management, always through innovative solutions.

You will focus on creating value for the healthcare system beyond traditional pharmacological treatment, generating a sustainable impact on the entire patient journey.

**Key responsibilities**:
1. Lead Digital Health Innovation:
To develop innovative strategic digital solutions that enhance healthcare and hospital procedures by incorporating the patient's journey and feedback. This involves identifying needs, trends, and collaborations across therapeutic areas and leveraging digital advancements to improve diagnosis and patient care, ultimately providing value for all stakeholders within the healthcare system.

2. Engagement with Key Healthcare System Stakeholders:
Engage proactively with various healthcare stakeholders in Spain, including clinicians, patient associations, hospital managers, and pharmacists. This collaborative strategy is crucial for spotting synergies, trends, and opportunities to enhance patient care. To develop innovative strategic solutions aimed at all strategic stakeholders involved in the drug value chain.

3. Lead Patient-Centric strategy:
Develop and manage the patient advocacy strategy, introducing new perspectives and innovative ideas on how Amgen can effectively and distinctively stand out from other pharmaceutical firms in interactions with patient groups and more broadly within the healthcare environment.
- Maintain and continue building valuable relationships with patient associations
- Involve them in the early engagement plan of our drugs to better understand their needs. Maximize access through patient participation
- Take advantage of synergies with Global to strengthen Patient Advocacy

**Other responsibilities**:
4. Support Early Access and Portfolio Optimization:
Discover emerging innovation trends and patient needs, then share insights with the local cross-functional team to develop the optimal strategy for company assets. Be an active and critical cross functional team member developing and executing external engagement strategy in collaboration with Access, Marketing, Government Affairs, Communications and Medical teams.

5. Intra-entrepreneurial Capacity and Innovation Leadership:
Cultivate a continuous innovation mindset and spearhead change within the organization. Align the innovation strategy with department heads by implementing programs that enhance capabilities and introduce groundbreaking solutions.

Build strong, cooperative relationships with both existing and new stakeholders in the healthcare system to ensure that developed solutions align with Spain's actual healthcare needs and are successfully adopted by healthcare professionals and patients. Explore opportunities for partnerships with various entities and seek potential private-public collaborations.

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**What we expect of you**

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. What we seek in you as an experienced professional are these qualifications and skills:

- Academic education or experience from similar positions (life science, communication science).
- Ideally 5 years working experience in an international pharmaceutical company (digital strategy, patient engagement, healthcare marketing).
- Leading digital patient engagement programs or initiatives, preferably within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry. Experience with digital tools, platforms, and technologies relevant to pharmaceutical industry.
- Proven experience in managing intricate projects and working with cross-functional teams. Skilled in handling projects involving public-private partnerships and/or those funded by EU.
- Experience in working with patient advocacy groups to create innovative patient-centric solutions. Demonstrated proficiency working directly with leadership, including the ability to advise, influence, and coach on advoca