Field Director, Cardiovascular Metabolic MSLs - West - Las Vegas, NV
About The Position
This field-based Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Field Director role is in the Cardiovascular Metabolic therapeutic area within the U.S. Medical Affairs Organization. The position manages, develops, and coaches a regional team of MSL direct reports and ensures compliant execution of field medical plans, strategies, and activities aligned with Amgen’s corporate goals and objectives. The role reports to the National Director Cardiovascular Metabolic MSLs. The posting identifies the territory as Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, South Dakota, and North Dakota. The header also refers to the West and Las Vegas, Nevada, while the internal role title refers to the Central Plains Region. The Field Director leads regional medical strategy and field activity execution, develops team performance and talent, partners with internal stakeholders, and supports local, regional, and national congresses. The role contributes to field medical strategy, tactical goals, Scientific Engagement Plans, resource allocation, and change initiatives while fostering an inclusive, psychologically safe, and compliant team culture. The position requires a doctorate and four years of Medical Affairs experience, or a master’s degree and eight years, or a bachelor’s degree and ten years, plus four years of managerial or team leadership experience. Preferred qualifications include a clinical or research background, substantial biotech or pharmaceutical Scientific/Medical Affairs experience, MSL experience, and additional management experience. The stated U.S. annual salary range is $223,527.05 to $302,418.95. Amgen describes a Total Rewards Plan that may include health and welfare plans, retirement and savings plans, career development opportunities, and other benefits, subject to eligibility.
Requirements
- Doctorate degree and at least 4 years of Medical Affairs experience; or master’s degree and at least 8 years of Medical Affairs experience; or bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of Medical Affairs experience.
- At least 4 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, or programs, or directing resource allocation.
- Leadership competencies include planning and organizing work, building relationships and influencing others, achieving high performance, maintaining industry and technical acumen, leveraging clinical and therapeutic expertise, problem-solving and decision-making, developing capabilities, communicating effectively, emotional intelligence and resiliency, individual leadership and professionalism, and modeling Amgen leadership values.
Nice To Haves
- Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D., or D.O.; other doctoral degrees will be considered.
- Seven years of industry experience in Scientific/Medical Affairs at a biotechnology or pharmaceutical company.
- At least three years in a Medical Science Liaison role.
- Seven or more years focused on clinical practice, clinical research, or medical research.
- Experience in a medically related field, including postdoctoral training such as residencies or fellowships.
- Three years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or experience leading teams, projects, or programs, or directing resource allocation.
- Therapeutic-area expertise.
Responsibilities
- Lead a regional MSL team in executing field medical activities by communicating expectations and guiding medical strategy, prioritization, and performance.
- Ensure the team conducts compliant and clinically meaningful scientific engagements and activities with healthcare decision makers, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, industry codes, and Amgen’s Code of Conduct.
- Accompany direct reports in stakeholder meetings to assess proficiency and provide timely, candid, and constructive performance feedback.
- Use discussions and guided activities to help direct reports identify growth and leadership opportunities and take an active role in career development.
- Manage and coordinate MSL team meetings to support team building, sharing best practices, development, retention of top talent, and execution of field medical objectives.
- Build positive relationships and collaborate across Global Medical, Field Sales, Value and Access, and Marketing; support One-Amgen customer-facing engagement strategies and champion the value of the MSL team. May lead critical cross-functional initiatives.
- Identify, interview, hire, and onboard new MSLs to build a diverse and inclusive team.
- Assess new-hire field readiness by supporting therapeutic-area, disease-state, and product training and post-training competency assessments in partnership with Global Learning and Performance.
- Provide input on annual budget and resource allocation for the therapeutic area and ensure appropriate regional use of financial resources.
- Assist medical leadership with field medical strategy, tactical goals and objectives, and Scientific Engagement Plans.
- Support planning and field medical execution for local, regional, and national congresses; may serve as Field Director lead for a congress.
- Lead and manage change initiatives as needed to achieve medical objectives.
- Foster an inclusive and psychologically safe team culture that reflects Amgen’s core values.
- Advance cross-functional understanding of the MSL value proposition, identify gaps, achieve results, and model Amgen values and leadership attributes.
- Foster compliant cross-functional collaboration and communication with commercial and value/access field management.
Benefits
- Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions
- Group medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Discretionary annual bonus program, or a sales-based incentive plan for field sales representatives
- Stock-based long-term incentives
- Award-winning time-off plans
- Career development opportunities
- Work/life balance plans
- Flexible work models where possible
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
