Sr Medical Science Liaison, Uncontrolled Gout - Rare Disease - South FL/Puerto Rico

Amgen•Jacksonville, FL

About The Position

Amgen is hiring a Senior Medical Science Liaison for its Uncontrolled Gout rare disease program, covering South Florida and Puerto Rico, including Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Puerto Rico. The role serves as a scientific liaison to the medical and scientific community and develops and maintains relationships with prominent experts and clinicians. The MSL communicates scientific, medical, and health-economic information, gathers and shares customer feedback, and collaborates with internal teams to address unmet needs and support medical and clinical strategies. The position also supports external speaker programs, scientific meetings, clinical research collaborations, investigator-initiated trials, and company-sponsored trials. The role monitors developments and competition in the therapeutic area and provides relevant feedback to senior leadership.

Requirements

Doctorate degree, or a master’s degree and 3 years of Medical Affairs experience, or a bachelor’s degree and 5 years of Medical Affairs experience.
Exceptional oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, including demonstrated ability to network.
Ability to travel up to 60% for territory management, regional and national conferences or workshops, and company meetings.
Ability to work days of up to 15 hours when travel requires it.
Ability to learn new business applications across hardware tools such as a PC and iPad.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Professional and proactive demeanor.
Strong interpersonal skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D., or D.O.; other doctoral degrees will be considered.
2 years of proven scientific or medical affairs experience at a biotech or pharmaceutical company.
At least 2 years of experience in a Medical Science Liaison role.

Responsibilities

Establish, develop, and maintain relationships with prominent experts and clinicians throughout the United States.
Network and partner with external customers, including medical thought leaders, academic institutions, large group practices, medical directors, managed-care decision makers, and pharmacy directors, in accordance with compliance, legal, and regulatory guidelines.
Understand, integrate, and communicate scientific and medical information and the commercial value of products to medical-community audiences and other internal and external stakeholders.
Work independently in a changing environment, obtain and integrate customer feedback, and communicate that feedback effectively.
Connect customers’ unmet needs with available internal resources.
Collaborate across functional areas to identify opportunities and needs that can be addressed through scientific, medical, and health-economic information.
Identify potential new speakers and train them on scientific content for sponsored external speaker programs.
Participate in national and regional conferences, meetings, and other scientific venues to support medical and clinical strategy, obtain competitive information, keep abreast of clinical trends, and support relationships with investigators and scientific research.
Work with medical affairs and clinical development teams to evaluate external clinical research collaboration opportunities and facilitate investigator-initiated trials and company-sponsored trials.
Monitor therapeutic-area developments and competitive trends, including treatment management, new therapies, and competitive products and features, and provide feedback to senior leadership on competitor initiatives.

Benefits

Health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents.
Retirement and Savings Plan with company contributions.
Group medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Life and 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.
Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid arrangements where possible.
Career development opportunities.