Senior Medical Scientist, Global Medical Affairs- Rare Disease

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Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Senior Medical Scientist, Global Medical Affairs

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this role, you will contribute to late-stage development, medical strategy, and launch readiness within Global Medical Affairs, Rare Disease. You will bring scientific expertise, strategic thinking, and strong external engagement capabilities to advance evidence generation, scientific exchange, and patient-focused medical initiatives in a dynamic global environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Global Medical Affairs Lead (GMAL) and internal cross-functional partners to support the development and execution of global medical strategy.

• Translate emerging scientific, clinical, and external stakeholder insights into actionable medical strategies and priorities that address important unmet medical needs and inform the global medical plan.

• Lead or support the planning and execution of medical advisory boards, scientific congress activities, symposia, and other scientific engagement initiatives.

• Establish and maintain strong scientific relationships with key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals, patient advocacy organizations, professional societies, and other relevant external stakeholders.

• Lead or support global evidence-generation activities, including real-world evidence and other medical-led evidence-generation initiatives, to address evidence gaps

• Contribute to global product lifecycle management, including launch readiness and post-launch medical initiatives.

• Provide strategic medical input to clinical development programs, including interpretation of emerging data and identification of evidence gaps.

• Contribute to the high-quality dissemination of clinical and scientific data through peer-reviewed publications, congress presentations, and other medical communication channels.

• Provide medical input to support value dossiers and health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) activities.

• Collaborate with commercial teams to provide scientific input into promotional materials, marketing campaigns, and training programs, ensuring compliance with regulatory and ethical standards.

• Ensure all medical affairs activities adhere to relevant laws, industry regulations, and internal company policies.

• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives aimed at improving patient outcomes and shaping the healthcare ecosystem through evidence generation, scientific exchange, medical education, and collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

• Champion a culture of ethical conduct, scientific rigor, and integrity within the organization.

• Serve as the global medical affairs representative on cross-functional teams, providing strategic insights and support to the GMAL.

• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of medical affairs activities through global tracking systems.

• Foster Amgen’s reputation as a science-driven, innovative, and patient-centered organization.

• Willingness to travel (approximately 30% of travel may be required).

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Medical Affairs professional we seek is grounded with scientific excellence and has these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of Medical Affairs experience

OR

Master’s degree and 4 years of Medical Affairs experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Medical Affairs experience

OR

Associate’s degree and 10 years of Medical Affairs experience

OR

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Medical Affairs experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• PharmD, PhD, MD, or DO

• Experience in Medical Affairs within rare disease, immunology, rheumatology, or autoimmune disease.

• Experience with advisory boards, congresses, external expert engagement, evidence generation, and scientific communications.

• Strategic launch experience and familiarity with product lifecycle management

• Demonstrated strength in project management, scientific communication, and the ability to thrive in dynamic and evolving environments

• Ability to foster strong cross functional partnerships with Commercial, Clinical Development and other relevant partners

• Ability to work effectively and influence within a global matrixed organization.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. 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, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:

• A 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
• Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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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.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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