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Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re 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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline and portfolio of medicines to treat heart disease, obesity and obesity-related conditions, rare diseases, inflammatory conditions, and cancer. 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. In this vital role you will lead Amgen’s Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) marketing strategy. Through deep understanding of customers and treatment paradigms, alongside a diverse cross-functional team, you will build a brand strategy and craft experiences to maximize impact at launch. The ED Global Marketing Lead (GML) for Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) will report to the T2D Indication Team Lead and will be responsible for developing successful global brands as well as developing and implementing global launch strategies and optimizing the impact of marketing budgets.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the execution of launch and commercialization activities, focusing on global and priority markets
- Build a comprehensive global brand strategy, ensuring strong alignment across cross-functional teams
- Establish the target patient profile, utilizing deep market insights to bring the patient journey to life and inform brand positioning
- Drive the development of the global launch campaign, ensuring it is culturally relevant, distinctive, and enduring
- Lead the insight-driven development of branding, messaging, and market activation strategies to maximize launch impact and sustain commercial success
- Represent commercial interests in the Indication Team, working closely with R&D, medical, and regulatory functions to ensure alignment
- Partner with Market Access & Pricing teams to optimize pricing and reimbursement strategies to support global market entry.
- Foster ongoing insights development by collaborating internally and externally, ensuring data-driven decision-making for the brand.
- Monitor and analyze market trends, competitive landscape, and industry developments to inform brand strategy adjustments.
- Represent the company at industry conferences and build relationships with key opinion leaders and stakeholders.
- Manage the global marketing budget, ensuring optimal resource allocation to maximize brand impact.
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The candidatewe seek is an experienced leader with the following qualifications. They will also embody the Amgen leadership attributes which are:
- Inspire: Create a connected, inclusive, and inspiring work environment that empowers talent to thrive
- Accelerate: Enable speed that matches the urgency of patient needs by encouraging progress over perfection
- Integrate: Connect the dots to amplify the collective power of Amgen to drive results for patients, staff, and shareholders
- Adapt: Lead through change by adapting to an ever-changing environment and defining a clear course of action to deliver results
Basic Qualifications:
- Doctorate degree & 6 years of marketing experience OR
- Master’s degree & 10 years of marketing experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree & 12 years of 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
Preferred Qualifications:
- Global brand launch experience
- Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrix environment, managing global projects involving multiple functions and shared accountabilities
- Experience in strategic marketing roles up to Head of Marketing / Portfolio leadership level in Global or US roles
- Understanding of broad, global market dynamics and cultural awareness and sensitivity to form relationships and collaborate effectively with colleagues around the world
- Experience in a tactical, “line” commercial role, implementing marketing strategies in local markets
- Understanding of global market access, pricing, and reimbursement issues
- Ability to leverage customer knowledge to enable decision-making and prioritization of investment
- Experience within Type 2 Diabetes, obesity and/or cardiometabolic disease
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 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. We make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities, consistent with legal requirements. Please contact us to request accommodation. In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. 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.
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re 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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline and portfolio of medicines to treat heart disease, obesity and obesity-related conditions, rare diseases, inflammatory conditions, and cancer. 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. In this vital role you will lead Amgen’s Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) marketing strategy. Through deep understanding of customers and treatment paradigms, alongside a diverse cross-functional team, you will build a brand strategy and craft experiences to maximize impact at launch. The ED Global Marketing Lead (GML) for Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) will report to the T2D Indication Team Lead and will be responsible for developing successful global brands as well as developing and implementing global launch strategies and optimizing the impact of marketing budgets.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the execution of launch and commercialization activities, focusing on global and priority markets
- Build a comprehensive global brand strategy, ensuring strong alignment across cross-functional teams
- Establish the target patient profile, utilizing deep market insights to bring the patient journey to life and inform brand positioning
- Drive the development of the global launch campaign, ensuring it is culturally relevant, distinctive, and enduring
- Lead the insight-driven development of branding, messaging, and market activation strategies to maximize launch impact and sustain commercial success
- Represent commercial interests in the Indication Team, working closely with R&D, medical, and regulatory functions to ensure alignment
- Partner with Market Access & Pricing teams to optimize pricing and reimbursement strategies to support global market entry.
- Foster ongoing insights development by collaborating internally and externally, ensuring data-driven decision-making for the brand.
- Monitor and analyze market trends, competitive landscape, and industry developments to inform brand strategy adjustments.
- Represent the company at industry conferences and build relationships with key opinion leaders and stakeholders.
- Manage the global marketing budget, ensuring optimal resource allocation to maximize brand impact.
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The candidatewe seek is an experienced leader with the following qualifications. They will also embody the Amgen leadership attributes which are:
- Inspire: Create a connected, inclusive, and inspiring work environment that empowers talent to thrive
- Accelerate: Enable speed that matches the urgency of patient needs by encouraging progress over perfection
- Integrate: Connect the dots to amplify the collective power of Amgen to drive results for patients, staff, and shareholders
- Adapt: Lead through change by adapting to an ever-changing environment and defining a clear course of action to deliver results
Basic Qualifications:
- Doctorate degree & 6 years of marketing experience OR
- Master’s degree & 10 years of marketing experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree & 12 years of 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
Preferred Qualifications:
- Global brand launch experience
- Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrix environment, managing global projects involving multiple functions and shared accountabilities
- Experience in strategic marketing roles up to Head of Marketing / Portfolio leadership level in Global or US roles
- Understanding of broad, global market dynamics and cultural awareness and sensitivity to form relationships and collaborate effectively with colleagues around the world
- Experience in a tactical, “line” commercial role, implementing marketing strategies in local markets
- Understanding of global market access, pricing, and reimbursement issues
- Ability to leverage customer knowledge to enable decision-making and prioritization of investment
- Experience within Type 2 Diabetes, obesity and/or cardiometabolic disease
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 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. We make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities, consistent with legal requirements. Please contact us to request accommodation. In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. 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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Who's Hiring
- Revolution Medicines60
- Alvarez & Marsal35
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals24
- AbbVie18
Top Industries Hiring
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals52
- Technology & Software20
- Manufacturing9
- Consulting & Professional Services8
- Electronics & Hardware6
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in global sales director jobs.
- 10 or more years of progressive B2B sales experience with at least 5 in a leadership role
- Demonstrated success managing international or cross-regional sales teams and quotas
- Experience building and executing go-to-market strategies across multiple geographies
- Proficiency with CRM platforms and sales performance management tools
- Strong executive presence with the ability to present to C-suite and board-level stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field, MBA preferred
Tips for Your Global Sales Director Job Search
Quantify your revenue impact clearly
Global sales director resumes live or die on numbers. Replace phrases like 'grew the team' with the specific deal sizes, quota attainment percentages, and market expansion outcomes you owned, so hiring managers can benchmark you against their target.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists global sales director openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target companies at the right growth stage
A series-C SaaS company and a Fortune 500 manufacturer need fundamentally different global sales leadership. Match your search to the stage where your experience is strongest, whether that's building a team from scratch or scaling an established motion.
Prepare a territory design case study
Interviewers at this level routinely ask you to redesign a territory or quota model on a whiteboard. Walk in with a real example from your past where you restructured coverage, explain the tradeoffs you weighed, and show the revenue outcome.
Negotiate total compensation, not just base
At the global sales director level, equity, accelerators above quota, and signing bonuses often exceed the base salary difference between two offers. Know your on-target earnings floor before the first compensation conversation and counter on the full package.
Follow up with a 30-60-90 day plan
After a final-round interview, send a concise 30-60-90 day plan tailored to the company's stated sales challenges. It signals strategic thinking and separates you from candidates who send only a thank-you note.
Global Sales Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most global sales directors?
The companies hiring the most global sales directors right now include Revolution Medicines, Alvarez & Marsal, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Massachusetts, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Technology, life sciences, and enterprise software companies consistently represent the highest concentration of openings at this level.
How many global sales director jobs are remote?
About 80% of global sales director openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though fully on-site roles remain common for companies that prioritize executive presence at headquarters. Strategic and overlay roles focused on enterprise accounts or channel partnerships tend to offer the most location flexibility, while field-heavy regional leadership roles are more likely to require proximity to a key market.
How do you become a global sales director?
Most global sales directors progress from quota-carrying individual contributor roles into front-line management, then regional or national director positions before stepping into a global remit. Building cross-functional credibility with marketing, finance, and product teams accelerates that path. Gaining exposure to international markets, either through managing distributed teams or owning a multinational territory, is the most common differentiator between candidates considered for a global versus a domestic director role.
Can you get hired as a global sales director without prior director experience?
It's possible if you've functionally led at that scope without holding the title. Candidates promoted from a senior regional director or head-of-sales role at a smaller company often compete successfully for global director positions at larger ones. The key is demonstrating that you've owned a full sales cycle across multiple markets, managed a team of managers, and influenced revenue strategy at the executive level, even if your title didn't reflect it.
What does the global sales director interview process look like?
The process typically runs four to six rounds and involves an initial screen with a recruiter, a hiring manager conversation focused on your sales philosophy, a panel with cross-functional partners such as marketing and finance, and a final presentation to senior leadership or the C-suite. That final presentation usually requires you to build a go-to-market plan or revenue model for a hypothetical scenario. Reference checks at this level are substantive and often include back-channel calls.
Where can I find and apply to global sales director jobs?
You can find and apply to global sales director jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your experience and target industry, and apply directly to each listing that fits your background.
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