Career Category
Medical Affairs
Job Description
Job purpose
- To maximize Amgen's value propositions through first-class medical and scientific projects, services and expertise, with key scientific customers within a therapeutic area
- To implement scientific programs in local territories in collaboration with external/internal customers
- To lead the medical projects including evidence generation activities, large medical events and publication, in order to contribute to the whole Amgen Bone business.
- To be the key member in the brand team and develop product strategy with local commercial team.
Key responsibility
- To identify, develop and maintain collaborative relationships with current and future scientific experts, cooperative study groups
- To discuss scientific value messages, clinical outcome and patient benefits with scientific experts and opinion leaders
- To work with Medical and relevant internal colleagues to create engagement plan for external experts
- To provide insights from field activity and contribute to local medical and brand strategy activities for the product(s) in accordance with internal and external regulations
- To identifies new research opportunities and provide support for Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS) and Amgen Sponsored Trials, when necessary
- To ensures society engagement: MSL support of international and regional congresses
- To implements and disseminates high quality medical and scientific educational programs as well as managing the medical events to achieve those objectives, not only providing logistic supports.
- To support local operation of clinical trials in collaboration with cross-functional development team.
- To communicate with medical and other relevant organizations of alliance partners and maximize the value of collaboration.
- Participates in/conducts Local Advisory Board Meetings, Investigator Meetings and/or Expert Panels
Basic Qualifications Selection Criteria (minimum Qualifications)
- Education history in life-science or relevant area
- Minimum of 2 years in pharmaceutical industry, or proven industry collaboration in academia
- Experience in Medical Department or Clinical Development, or relevant field
- Knowledge in osteoporosis, orthopedics, other metabolic bone diseases
- Good communication/negotiation skills with scientific experts and internal stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications Preferred Requirements
- Advanced degree (Master, PhD, MD or PharmD) is strongly preferred
- Experience in the field of orthopedics at a medical device company
- Experience with medical / scientific study management or conduct
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical product development, product lifecycle and commercialization process with advanced understanding of other functions; including, but not limited to, Clinical Operations, Commercial, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs
- Knowledge of clinical research and messaging (study design, study evaluation, medical writing skills, expert panel conduct, symposium and workshop management, KOL management)
- Network of customer contacts in therapeutic area
- Capability of office works and project managements
Competencies
- Medical/scientific expertise and business acumen, with strong customer-orientation
- Native level in Japanese, and business level in English
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Continuously expanding medical and scientific knowledge as well as market knowledge
- Ability to work in a cross-functional team (e.g., Commercial, Clin Development, EU teams, HE, Regulatory, Safety, etc.)
- Role model for others in line with Amgen Values
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