Medical Science Liaison - Thyroid Eye Disease

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 also 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 Science Liaison – Thyroid Eye Disease in Hong Kong.

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What you will do

The Medical Scientific Liaison is a point of medical contact for their allocated product(s). The Medical Scientific Liaison leads adaptation of global/regional strategy to reflect local/regional priorities for their product(s) and/or supports execution of those strategies to improve 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 planning and goal setting, launch support and lifecycle management, in collaboration with Hong Kong Medical Lead and/or appropriate cross-functional teams and governance

• Foster and enhance collaboration and coordination across Medical

• 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

• May develop and manage medical product budget

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

• 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

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

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

Internally

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• Facilitates Investigator Sponsored Studies through Amgen governance and manage study lifecycle (including communicating with investigators, as appropriate and ensuring accurate reporting of key milestone data)

Externally

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

• Synthesize and integrate insights to deliver medical inputs into relevant cross-regional/functional strategies, including relevant brand strategy and translate into tactics including medical communication in all forms to external collaborators

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What we expect of you

Minimum Requirements

• Doctorate degree & 3 years of directly related experience

• Bachelor’s degree & 5 years of directly related experience 

Preferred Requirements

• 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 presenting 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

Apply now 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.