Executive Director, Global Marketing Lead UPLIZNA

Career Category

Marketing

Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you are a 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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity-related conditions. 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.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Executive Director, Global Marketing Lead (GML) for UPLIZNA, is a critical commercial leadership role within Amgen’s Global Marketing organization, responsible for shaping and executing the global commercial strategy across the product lifecycle. As the global brand steward, the GML provides a unified “ONE Commercial Voice” across indications, markets, and functions to maximize asset value and enable consistent, disciplined execution worldwide.Operating within Amgen’s Global-with-Local model, the GML translates enterprise product strategy into clear global commercial direction, integrating global strategy with local insights to advance global expansion efforts and patient impact. The GML leads a highly matrixed organization across UPLIZNA’s three approved indications, ensuring cohesive brand strategy with appropriate differentiation by indication and will be responsible for future lifecycle strategies.The GML partners closely with the Global Product Team Lead (GPTL) to ensure tight alignment between product strategy, governance decisions, and commercial execution, while retaining clear ownership of global brand and market strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

Global Brand & Indication Leadership

• Own and lead development and execution of the Global Brand Plan (GBP) across all approved indications

• Define global patient segmentation, positioning, messaging, value propositions, and brand architecture

• Lead global launch readiness and in-line brand optimization, ensuring strong differentiation and scalability

• Drive alignment across three approved indications, ensuring consistency where required and intentional differentiation where warranted

• Serve as the global commercial decision-maker for brand strategy choices, within the context of enterprise product strategy

Integrated Brand Team (IBT) & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Lead the Integrated Brand Team (IBT) and Brand Working Group (BWG), setting clear commercial priorities and executional focus

• Serve as the primary global marketing interface with key markets lead and business unit directors for the top 8 markets, enabling strong collaboration, trust, and transparency

• Represent commercial in key alliance partnerships

• Build and sustain strong cross-functional partnerships with Medical, Value & Access, Regulatory, Analytics, and Insights

• Provide clear commercial perspectives and recommendations into Product Team discussions and governance forums, in partnership with the GPTL

Commercial Strategy Development & Execution

• Orchestrate development of the GBP by integrating market insights, analytics, forecasting, and cross-functional inputs

• Communicate a clear global commercial vision and ensure disciplined execution across regions and markets

• Lead global market research strategy, forecasting, and brand investment optimization

• Translate enterprise product decisions into actionable commercial implications for markets and regions

• Deliver commercial recommendations and implications to governance bodies, aligned with GPTL-led product decisions

Global–Local Integration

• Drive a “ONE Commercial Voice,” integrating country perspectives into a cohesive global strategy

• Ensure strong global consistency while enabling thoughtful local customization

• Enable best-practice sharing, capability building, and commercial excellence across markets

• Partner with regional and country leaders to ensure global strategy is executable and scaled effectively

External Engagement & Brand Representation

• Engage with key external stakeholders, including key opinion leaders (KOLs), patient advocacy organizations, and strategic partners, to strengthen brand credibility and impact

• Represent the UPLIZNA brand and Amgen at key industry forums, congresses, and external engagements, shaping the external narrative and enhancing visibility

Team Leadership & Impact

• Lead and develop a high-performing, matrixed global marketing organization across indications

• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and innovation across functions and geographies

• Coach and develop talent, building strong succession and future-ready leadership capability

• Drive execution excellence to maximize brand performance and patient impact

Leadership & Enterprise Impact

• Acts as the global commercial leader and brand steward for UPLIZNA

• Orchestrates cross-functional and multi-country commercial efforts to deliver results

• Partners with the GPTL to ensure seamless connection between enterprise product strategy and commercial execution

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 6 years of Global Marketing experience OR

• Master’s degree and 10 years of Global Marketing experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of Global Marketing experience AND

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

What you can expect of us

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.The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is $288,619 to $390,485. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• 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 where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease. Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position. Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

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Salary Range

288,619.20USD -390,484.80 USD