Sr Medical Science Liaison, Uncontrolled Gout - Rare Disease - South FL/Puerto Rico
About The Position
Amgen is hiring a Senior Medical Science Liaison for its Uncontrolled Gout rare disease work in the South Florida/Puerto Rico territory, including Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Puerto Rico. The role serves as a scientific liaison to the medical and scientific community and establishes, develops, and maintains relationships with prominent experts and clinicians. The MSL works with external customers and internal teams to communicate scientific, medical, and health economic information in accordance with applicable compliance, legal, and regulatory guidelines. The position involves gathering and communicating customer feedback, connecting customers’ unmet needs with internal resources, supporting speaker programs, and attending scientific conferences and meetings. In collaboration with medical affairs and clinical development teams, the MSL evaluates potential clinical research collaborations and facilitates investigator-initiated and company-sponsored trials. The role also monitors therapeutic-area developments and competitors and provides feedback to senior leadership. The role may require travel up to 60% and workdays of up to 15 hours due to travel. Amgen describes its benefits and rewards as including health and welfare coverage, financial and retirement plans, career development, and work/life balance. The stated U.S. salary range excludes Puerto Rico.
Requirements
- Doctorate degree; or master’s degree and 3 years of Medical Affairs experience; or bachelor’s degree and 5 years of Medical Affairs experience.
- Ability to travel up to 60% for territory management, conferences, workshops, and company meetings.
- Ability to learn new business applications across hardware tools such as a PC and iPad.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Professional, proactive demeanor.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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.
- 2 or more years of experience in a Medical Science Liaison role.
- Exceptional oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, including demonstrated networking ability.
Responsibilities
- Establish, develop, and maintain relationships with prominent medical and scientific experts and clinicians.
- Network and partner with medical thought leaders, academic institutions, large group practices, medical directors, managed care decision makers, and pharmacy directors while following compliance, legal, and regulatory guidelines.
- Understand, integrate, and communicate scientific and medical information and the commercial value of products to medical and other key audiences.
- Work independently in a changing environment and obtain, integrate, and communicate customer feedback.
- Pair customers’ unmet needs with available internal resources.
- Collaborate across functional areas to identify needs and opportunities addressed through scientific, medical, and health economic information.
- Identify potential speakers and train them on scientific content for sponsored external speaker programs.
- Participate in conferences, meetings, and scientific venues to support medical and clinical strategy, obtain competitive information, follow clinical trends, and support relationships with investigators and scientific research.
- Work with medical affairs and clinical development teams to evaluate external clinical research collaborations and facilitate investigator-initiated and company-sponsored trials.
- Monitor therapeutic-area developments, treatment management, therapies, and competitive products, and report competitor initiatives to senior leadership.
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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
