**HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?**

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.

**Medical Director,** **Global Medical Affairs Lead, Diabetes and Metabolism - US, Remote**

**Live**

**What you will do**

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role the Medical Director is the single point of Medical accountability for their allocated product in the relevant indications. The Medical Director drives the development and execution of product Medical strategies to maximize Amgen's value proposition in alignment with product strategies across relevant geographies.

**Responsibilities:**

**Strategy Development and Implementation:**

+ Contribute to the development and execution of the global medical affairs strategy for Diabetes related products.

+ Serve as the Medical Affairs Representative on various global strategic teams.

+ Support the development of the integrated evidence generation plan for Diabetes and related conditions.

+ Capture clinical/scientific insights across all key markets and translate them into concrete strategies.

+ Facilitate scientific engagements across a broad range of partners (e.g. KOLs, Professional Organizations, Payers, Regulators)

+ Align and implement strategy for medical communications and related activities.

+ Develop medical strategic plans and ensure consistent execution of outputs through Medical Affairs Teams.

+ Provide strategic direction for study design and execution for medical affairs and other global studies.

+ Enable access to medicines through clear understanding and education of treatment value.

+ Facilitate and continue to build Amgen’s role as a science-based, patient-focused partner.

+ Provide input to Value Dossiers.

+ Determine resource and budget allocation necessary to deliver on medical strategies.

**Evidence Generation and Communication:**

+ Provide insights to Amgen's Safety and Benefit/Risk profile of the molecule.

+ Support evidence generation that shapes the therapeutic area and informs the practice of medicine.

+ Synthesize and integrate insights to deliver medical inputs into cross-regional/functional strategies.

+ Review, approve, and ensure dissemination of medical communications and related activities.

+ Lead or support advisory boards and other meetings.

**Collaboration and Coordination:**

+ Cultivate and improve collaboration and coordination across medical functions.

+ Lead/support relationships with the external healthcare community.

+ Serve as a medical representative in leadership, governance, and cross-functional teams.

**Compliance and Performance:**

+ Ensure conduct of medical activities in full compliance with all laws, regulations, and SOPs.

+ Use global infrastructure for tracking, measuring, and evaluating performance and ensuring continuous performance improvement.

**Win**

**What we expect of you**

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The ideal candidate we seek is a team player that can adapt easily to a fast-changing environment and possesses the following qualifications:

**Basic Qualifications:**

Doctorate degree and 4 years’ experience in a leadership role in clinical research and/or medical affairs

Master’s degree and 8 years’ experience in a leadership role in clinical research and/or medical affairs

Bachelor’s degree and 10 years’ experience in a leadership role in clinical research and/or medical affairs

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have at least 4 years’ experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ MD plus accredited fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetology, Obesity, Internal Medicine or related medical field. Board-certified or board eligible

+ PAs, NPs, RDs, PhDs or PharmDs will be considered based on individuals’ profile

+ Clinical experience and disease knowledge base in diabetes and metabolic conditions.

+ MD plus accredited fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetology, Obesity, Internal Medicine or related medical field. Board-certified or board eligible

+ 3 years of clinical research and/or medical affairs experience in a leadership role

+ 5 years of Medical Affairs experience in industry (biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO)

+ Experience in building Integrated Evidence Generation Plans

+ Ability to establish interactions and engagements with partners (e.g., Opinion Leaders, advocacy groups, patients, payers, vendors)

+ Familiarity with global regulatory organizations, guidelines, and practices

+ Knowledge of Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and global regulations and guidelines

+ Knowledge of pharmaceutical product development, product lifecycle, and commercialization processes, including but not limited to, clinical operations, commercial, regulatory, and medical affairs

+ History of solving problems while exhibiting sound scientific/medical judgment and a balanced, realistic understanding of issues

+ Good understanding of healthcare systems around the world (e.g. US, EU, Asia)

+ Track record of success working with matrixed cross-functional teams

**Thrive**

**What you can expect of us**

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is $240,179. to $288,484. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:

+ 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns

+ Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

**Apply now**

**for a career that defies imagination**

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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**Application deadline**

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

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