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Medical Affairs

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics, but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a Medical Advisor – General Medicine & Inflammation in Thailand.

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What you will do

Accountabilities

• The Medical Advisor is a point of medical contact for their allocated product(s) and Therapeutic Areas (TAs). The Medical Advisor leads adaptation of global/regional strategy to reflect local/regional priorities for their product(s) and/or supports execution of those strategies to increase Amgen's value proposition of inline and pipeline products in alignment with product strategies.

Responsibilities

• Support development and execution of patient-focused medical strategies that improve the value proposition of Amgen's therapies including annual strategic planning and goal setting, launch support and lifecycle management, in collaboration with Medical Product Lead and/or Medical TA Head, appropriate cross-functional teams and governance

• Contribute to cross functional collaborator teams in shaping the healthcare ecosystem by enabling access to medicines through evidence generation, communication and education of medical and economic value

• Synthesize and integrate insights to deliver medical inputs into relevant cross-regional/functional strategies, including relevant brand strategy

• Cultivate and improve collaboration and coordination across Medical

• Contribute to strategy development for scientific engagement across a broad range of collaborators to strengthen external understanding of the unmet need and value of the product

• Lead/support relationships with external healthcare community, including interactions with opinion leaders, payers and societies for scientific exchange, where appropriate

• Develop/support and lead/support execution of the strategy for medical evidence generation that shapes our products and informs the practice of medicine ensuring key needs are met in alignment with global product medical and relevant brand strategy

• Cultivate Amgen‘s reputation as a science-based, innovative and patient-focused reliable partner

• Develop and/or contribute to execution of advocacy plans and strategies in partnership with internal collaborators and lead relationships as appropriate

• Partner with/support Global Regulatory Affairs and Safety (GRAAS) in risk management/minimization activities and ensure communication of the implications to internal/external collaborators

• Member and Medical representative of relevant leadership, governance and cross functional teams

• May develop and handle medical product budget

• Recruit, retain, coach, mentor, motivate and develop talent, as appropriate

• Ensure conduct of medical activities in full compliance of all laws, regulations and SOPs

• Ensure product/disease state/pipeline specific medical training where appropriate, may deliver training to others

• Ensure appropriate clinical trial conduct as a key medical interface in close partnership with Global Development Operations (eg Site Management)

• Provide strategic input into labels/regulatory/reimbursement/policy/promotional used to support internal/external interactions

• Determine scientific/medical subject matter appropriateness of labels/regulatory/reimbursement/policy/promotional and medical deliverables (eg, slide decks, publications, educational activities) used to support internal/external interactions via appropriate review process

• Contribute to strategy development for, review, approve and ensure dissemination of medical communications and related activities (eg, product narrative, scientific platform, core content, publications including FPR/FLR, medical education and congresses)

• Provide support and leadership of advisory boards and other relevant meetings (eg, investigator meetings, and/or expert panels)

• Lead/support the development of data interpretation, analysis and communication for medical-executed studies

• Provide decision on IME, Donations, medical grants and sponsorships, where appropriate

• Use global infrastructure for tracking, measuring and evaluating performance and ensure continuous performance improvement

• Understand the expectations of key external collaborators to support appropriate access to Amgen therapies.

• In partnership with cross-functional team, ensure informed budget/resource trade-offs, as appropriate

• Facilitates Investigator Sponsored Studies through Amgen governance and handle study lifecycle (including communicating with investigators and ensuring accurate reporting of key achievement data)

• Contribute to lifecycle management plan

What we expect of you

Qualifications

• Medical or scientific education or experience from similar positions

• Advanced degree (e.g. PhD, MD) preferred or strong demonstration of equivalent combination of relevant educational and professional training

Experience        

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in industry, or a related scientific field in academia

• Experience in affiliate Medical Department or Clinical Development

• Willingness to travel; possesses valid driver’s license

• Experience with clinical study management and conduct

• Medical / scientific research experience

• Network of customer contacts

Knowledge

• Scientific expertise in the therapeutic area, related products, disease state, and interested in latest discoveries

• Knowledge of value messages, clinical outcomes and patient benefits for the products

• Has solid understanding of their country local health care system and decision-making, stays on top of changes

• Demonstrates strong project management and presentation skills

• Knowledge of commercialization and business practices

• Good knowledge of clinical research, drug safety, legal and compliance environment

• Willingness to continuously expand medical, scientific, market, and industry knowledge

• Demonstrated ability as a medical expert in a complex matrix environment

• Pharmaceutical product development, product lifecycle and commercialization process knowledge with understanding of other functions; including, but not limited to, Clinical Operations, Commercial, Safety, Regulatory, Value & Access, and Medical Affairs

• Product/therapeutic area knowledge

• Experience in regional/local medical practice and healthcare ecosystems

• Skilled at engagement, scientific exchange with external medical community

• Clinical research experience

• In-depth understanding of the scientific method and clinical applications based on medical, scientific and practical rationale

• Familiarity with concepts of clinical research and clinical trial design, including biostatistics

• Sound scientific and clinical judgement

• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practices (GCP), region regulations and guidelines, and applicable international regulatory requirements

• Familiarity of local pharmaceutical industry and legal/health system environment

• Skilled at effectively communicating ideas and documenting complex medical/clinical concepts in both written and oral communication

• History of solving problems while exhibiting superior judgment and a balanced, realistic understanding of issues

• Network of medical, clinical contacts in product/therapeutic area

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization

• 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

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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Equal Opportunity Statement

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.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a 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 an accommodation.

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