General Medicine Medical Advisor

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Medical Advisor

Hong Kong

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What you will do

Amgen is one of the worlds leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a Medical Advisor in Hong Kong.

Accountabilities

The Medical Advisor is a point of medical contact for their allocated product(s). The Medical Advisor leads adaptation of global/regional strategy to reflect local/regional priorities for their product(s) and/or supports execution of those strategies to maximize Amgens value proposition of inline and pipeline products in alignment with product strategies.

Responsibilities

• Support development and execution of patient-focused medical strategies that maximize the value proposition of Amgens therapies including annual strategic planning and goal setting launch support and lifecycle management in collaboration with Regional Medical TA Head and local TA medical scientific liaison appropriate cross-functional teams and governance
• Contribute to cross functional stakeholder teams in shaping the healthcare ecosystem by enabling access to medicines through evidence generation communication and education of medical and economic value
• Synthesize and integrate insights to deliver medical inputs into relevant cross-regional/functional strategies including relevant brand strategy
• Contribute to strategy development for scientific engagement across a broad range of stakeholders to strengthen external understanding of the unmet need and value of the product
• Lead/support relationships with external healthcare community including interactions with opinion leaders payers and societies for scientific exchange where appropriate
• Develop/support and lead/support execution of the strategy for medical evidence generation that shapes our products and informs the practice of medicine ensuring key needs are met in alignment with global product medical and relevant brand strategy
• Foster Amgens reputation as a science-based innovative and patient-focused reliable partner
• Develop and/or contribute to execution of advocacy plans and strategies in partnership with internal stakeholders and lead relationships as appropriate
• Partner with/support Global Regulatory Affairs and Safety (GRAAS) in risk management/minimization activities and ensure communication of the implications to internal/external stakeholders
• Member and Medical representative of relevant leadership governance and cross functional teams
• May develop and manage medical product budget
• Ensure conduct of medical activities in full compliance of all laws regulations and SOPs
• Ensure product/disease state/pipeline specific medical training where appropriate may deliver training to others
• Ensure appropriate clinical trial conduct as a key medical interface in close partnership with Global Development Operations (eg Site Management)
• Provide strategic input into labels/regulatory/reimbursement/policy/promotional used to support internal/external interactions
• Determine scientific/medical subject matter appropriateness of labels/regulatory/reimbursement/policy/promotional and medical deliverables (eg slide decks publications educational activities) used to support internal/external interactions via appropriate review process
• Contribute to strategy development for review approve and ensure dissemination of medical communications and related activities (eg product narrative scientific platform core content publications including FPR/FLR medical education and congresses)
• Provide support and leadership of advisory boards and other relevant meetings (eg investigator meetings and/or expert panels)
• Lead/support the development of data interpretation analysis and communication for medical executed studies
• Provide decision on IME Donations medical grants and sponsorships where appropriate
• Utilize global infrastructure for tracking measuring and evaluating performance and ensure continuous performance improvement
• Understand the expectations of key external stakeholders to support appropriate access to Amgen therapies.
• In partnership with cross-functional team ensure informed budget/resource trade-offs as appropriate
• Facilitates Investigator Sponsored Studies through Amgen governance and manage study lifecycle (including communicating with investigators as appropriate and ensuring accurate reporting of key milestone data)
• Contribute to lifecycle management plan

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What we expect of you

Minimum Requirements

• Doctorate degree & 3 years of directly related experience
• Bachelors degree & 5 years of directly related experience

Preferred Requirements

• Demonstrated ability as a medical expert in a complex matrix environment
• Pharmaceutical product development product lifecycle and commercialization process knowledge with understanding of other functions; including but not limited to Clinical Operations Commercial Safety Regulatory Value & Access and Medical Affairs
• Product/therapeutic area knowledge
• Experience in regional/local medical practice and healthcare ecosystems
• Skilled at engagement scientific exchange with external medical community
• Clinical research experience
• In-depth understanding of the scientific method and clinical applications based on medical scientific and practical rationale
• Familiarity with concepts of clinical research and clinical trial design including biostatistics
• Sound scientific and clinical judgement
• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practices (GCP) region regulations and guidelines and applicable international regulatory requirements
• Familiarity of local pharmaceutical industry and legal/health system environment
• Skilled at effectively presenting ideas and documenting complex medical/clinical concepts in both written and oral communication
• History of solving problems while exhibiting superior judgment and a balanced realistic understanding of issues
• Network of medical clinical contacts in product/therapeutic area

Thrive

What you can expect of us:

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

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization

• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

• Total Rewards Plan comprising health finance and wealth work/life balance and career benefits

Apply now for a career that defies imagination.

In our quest to serve patientsabove all else Amgen is the first to imagine and the last to doubt. Join us.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your racecolor religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation toparticipatein the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.