Job Summary

• The Sr 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 maximize Amgen's value proposition in alignment with product strategies.
• Contribute to cross functional stakeholder teams in shaping the healthcare ecosystem by enabling access to medicines through evidence generation, communication and education of medical value.
• 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.

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Skills & Requirements

Key Requirements

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) ≥ 3 years
• PharmD, or PhD with ≥ 5 years of medical affairs or clinical development experience
• education in relevant therapeutic area
• experience in oncology therapeutic area
• demonstrated ability as a medical expert
• pharmaceutical product development, product lifecycle and commercialization process knowledge
• experience in regional/local medical practice and healthcare ecosystems
• skilled at engagement, scientific exchange with external medical community
• in-depth understanding of the scientific method and clinical applications
• familiarity with concepts of clinical research and clinical trial design
• sound scientific and clinical judgement
• knowledge of Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
• familiarity of local pharmaceutical industry and legal/health system environment
• proven ability to lead, manage, and motivate others
• skilled at effectively presenting ideas and documenting complex medical/clinical concepts
• history of solving problems while exhibiting superior judgment
• network of medical, clinical contacts in product/therapeutic area
• understanding of external landscape impacting Amgen products
• deep knowledge of relevant Amgen assets, disease state, and medical specialties
• medical affairs expert
• deep and broad understanding of evidence generation process
• knowledge of compliance, safety and regulatory within locale
• advanced understanding of other functions
• strong analytical skills
• deep understanding of reimbursement/access/payer environment
• deep awareness of objectives, goals, challenges and financial constraints
• strategic thinking
• take appropriate risks
• understanding of global context and ability to translate across geographies
• deep understanding of brand strategy
• management skills, planning, prioritization, decision making, objective setting, meeting management and plan execution
• skilled at leveraging medical content
• establish an enabling environment as a role model
• enable engagement and self-motivation of others
• build, manage and lead high performing teams/individuals
• provides support for career path/career development
• empowers appropriate risk taking/decision making
• recruit, retain, coach, mentor, motivate and develop talent
• ability to effectively lead through change
• embrace change, ambiguity
• foster a culture of innovative thinking
• lead and support innovation
• demonstrate judgment informed by experience
• foster appropriate risk tolerance
• forecast and pivot
• strong commitment to on-going learning and professional capability enhancement
• shape vision and strategy
• focus with 360 perspective
• ensure representation of the patient perspective/”voice of patient”
• optimize leadership styles
• build and cultivate relationships
• excellent communication and presentation skills
• strong cross-functional negotiation skills
• ability to skillfully navigate the executive matrix

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