Medical Science Liaison, Rare Disease - San Diego and Arizona

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

6d • Remote

About The Position

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. This is a field-based position within the U.S. Medical team reporting to the Director, East Medical Science Liaison Team, Severe Active GPA/MPA & Sjogren’s Disease.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree & 3 years of Medical Affairs experience OR Bachelor’s degree & 5 years of Medical Affairs experience

Nice To Haves

• Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D. or D.O. (other doctoral degrees considered)
• 2 years of proven experience in scientific or medical affairs at a biotech or pharmaceutical company
• Exceptional oral and written communication and interpersonal skills (including strong demonstration of ability to network) required.
• Ability to travel up to 60% for territory management, attendance at regional and national conferences/workshops, and attendance at company meetings.
• There may be a need to work up to 15-hour days due to travel
• Experience in Rare Disease, Nephrology, Rheumatology

Responsibilities

• Acts as the primary scientific/clinical resource to Opinion Leaders (OLs), Population Heath Decision Makers (PHDMs) and other health care providers.
• Responsible for executing Amgen Medical function and product strategy as led by MSL Leadership, with the goal of giving accurate information to OLs, community healthcare providers and PHDMS to improve patient outcomes.
• Engage with healthcare partners to educate and communicate clinical and scientific data to advance the scientific platform as aligned with Amgen’s company goals and objectives.
• Educate and communicate clinical value, outcomes, and economic data to payers, providers, key partners, advocacy, and access enablers.
• Respond to unsolicited inquiries consistent with the MSL compliance standards.
• Provide and/or present field observations and insights to internal collaborators.
• Implement a scientific engagement plan according to annual MSL goals and metrics.
• Develop and implement local OL plans in line with the scientific engagement plan.
• Support speaker training as requested and ensure the speakers are updated on new data.
• Support Amgen-sponsored research and may serve as a study lead.
• Liaise with potential investigators in non-sponsored clinical research.
• Lead and/or participate on project teams that support MSL strategies and tactics as delegated by MSL leadership.
• Advance the MSL value proposition, identify gaps, achieve results, and set an example for others to follow by consistently demonstrating Amgen's values and leadership attributes.
• Demonstrate tact and integrity when communicating and interacting with others.
• Lead and support congress activities as aligned with strategy.
• Compliantly collaborate with cross-functional colleagues.
• May serve as the main point of contact.
• Maintain clinical acuity and expertise and ensure timely completion of assigned training.
• May serve as a training lead, New Hire Mentor, and/or International MSL mentor or trainer.

Benefits

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior