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Our shared mission-to serve patients living with serious illnesses-drives all that we do.\nSince 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. 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.\nOur award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lie within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.\nWhat you will do\nLet’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role the Manager, Field Effectiveness plays a critical hands-on role in supporting the effectiveness of the sales force through high-quality data analysis, reporting, and operational execution. This role sits at the intersection of data analytics, commercial operations, and field strategy, with a focus on enabling actionable insights and operational excellence.\nThis position reports to the Sr Manager, Field Effectiveness and will be responsible for the following\nResponsibilities\nIncentive Plan Design and Modeling\nDesign, develop, and implement field incentive compensation (IC) plans that align with brand strategies and sales goals.\nBuild financial models to simulate plan performance under various scenarios using real and projected data.\nConduct historical analysis and “what-if” simulations to evaluate plan effectiveness, fairness, and alignment.\nPrepare IC plan documents, FAQs, and communication decks to support field understanding and adoption.\nContest Design\nCreate and manage short-term incentive contests (SPIFs) and tactical bonus programs to support product launches or boost performance.\nAnalyze data to define contest eligibility, metrics, goals, and payout curves.\nDevelop rules documents and communication materials for field engagement.\nTrack contest performance and manage end-to-end execution from concept through payout.\nHealth Check Analytics and Plan Monitoring\nDevelop and run regular health checks to monitor plan effectiveness, payout distribution, and motivational integrity.\nIdentify anomalies, outliers, or gaming behaviors and recommend corrective actions.\nProvide monthly/quarterly dashboards and insights to Sales Leadership on IC plan performance.\nMonitor alignment between incentive outcomes and commercial KPIs such as sales performance and call activity.\nData Management and Processing\nExtract, transform, and validate large datasets (e.g., sales, territory alignments, performance metrics).\nPerform data quality checks to ensure accuracy and completeness.\nCompliance, Governance, and Documentation\nMaintain documentation of IC plan rules, calculations, exceptions, and approvals for audit readiness.\nTrack IC plan change requests and rationale over time.\nWhat We Expect Of You\nWe are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Incentive Compensation professional we seek has these qualifications.\nBasic Qualifications\nMaster / bachelor's degree & 6 to 9 years of experience in Incentive Compensation Design.\nPreferred Qualifications\nRelevant Bio/Pharmaceutical industry and/or consulting experience.\nExecution-Focused Delivery: Own and execute day-to-day analytics tasks, reporting development, and field data operations with speed, accuracy, and minimal oversight.\nAnalytical and Problem-Solving Abilities: Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret large, complex datasets. Demonstrated ability to translate business rules into data logic and calculations. Proven track record of identifying errors, troubleshooting data, and resolving issues efficiently.\nAttention to Detail and Accountability: High degree of accuracy and attention to detail, especially in preparing payment files and reports. Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Proven ability to maintain confidentiality and ensure data integrity.\nCritical Thinking: Strong analytical skills to diagnose business issues and incorporate into development or adjustment of strategies, plans and tactics to achieve business objectives\nCommunication: Effective communication is key, both in writing and verbally. 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