Job description
Career Category Medical Affairs Job Description Job Purpose
- To maximize Amgen's value propositions through first-class medical and scientific projects, services, and expertise with key scientific customers.
- To implement scientific programs in local territories in collaboration with external/internal customers.
- To lead medical projects including evidence-generation activities, large medical events, and publications to contribute to the Amgen business.
- To be a key member of the brand team and develop product strategy with the local commercial team.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify, develop, and maintain collaborative relationships with current and future scientific experts, cooperative study groups.
- Discuss scientific value messages, clinical outcomes, and patient benefits with scientific experts and opinion leaders.
- Work with Medical and relevant internal colleagues to create engagement plans for external experts.
- Provide insights from field activity and contribute to local medical and brand strategy activities in accordance with internal and external regulations.
- Identify new research opportunities and provide support for Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS) and Amgen Sponsored Trials as necessary.
- Ensure society engagement: MSL support of international and regional congresses.
- Implement and disseminate high-quality medical and scientific educational programs and manage medical events, not only providing logistics but also medical leadership.
- Support local operations of clinical trials in collaboration with cross-functional development teams.
- Communicate with medical and other relevant organizations of alliance partners to maximize the value of collaboration.
- Participate in/conduct Local Advisory Board Meetings, Investigator Meetings, and/or Expert Panels.
- Provide therapeutic area and product training for internal stakeholders.
Basic Qualifications
(Minimum Requirements)
- Education history in life-science or relevant area.
- Minimum of 2 years in pharmaceutical industry or proven industry collaboration in academia.
- Experience in Medical Affairs or Clinical Development, or relevant field.
- Knowledge in immunology/inflammation, dermatology or related therapeutic areas.
- Good communication/negotiation skills with scientific experts and internal stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degrees (Master, PhD, MD, or PharmD) strongly preferred.
- Experience in companies with immunology, inflammation, dermatology, or rheumatology products.
- Experience with medical/scientific study management or conduct.
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical product development, product lifecycle, and commercialization processes with an advanced understanding of functions including but not limited to Clinical Operations, Commercial, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs.
- Knowledge of clinical research and messaging (study design, evaluation, medical writing, expert panel conduct, symposium/workshop management, KOL management).
- Network of customer contacts in immunology/inflammation, dermatology, or rheumatology.
- Capability in office work and project management. Competency
- Medical/scientific expertise and business acumen with strong customer orientation.
- Native level Japanese and business-level English.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Continuously expanding medical and scientific knowledge as well as market knowledge in immunology/inflammation.
- Ability to work in a cross-functional team (Commercial, Clinical Development, EU teams, HE, Regulatory, Safety, etc.).
- Role model for others in line with Amgen Values. .