Clinical Senior Medical Advisor

Career Category

Scientific

Job Description

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. We have proudly achieved certifications as Great Place to Work and Equidad MX. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Clinical Senior Medical Advisor

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be pivotal in driving clinical excellence within the Obesity Therapeutic Area. This position emphasizes scientific and medical leadership, focusing on accelerating clinical trials recruitment, ensuring subject retention, engaging with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), and supporting the strategic execution of medical programs. This role demands a high level of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and collaboration to drive clinical excellence and support the successful execution of clinical trials, medical strategies including pre-launch preparation.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Trial Support:

• Collaborate with clinical teams and ensure efficient trial start-up, subject enrollment, retention and execution, particularly in new therapy areas.
• Identify, map and implement local scientific engagement plan, identify and map KOLs, clinical leaders, investigators, and research centers in relevant therapy areas, and engage them in clinical trial activities. (in collaboration with External Engagement and/or local Medical team)
• Provide scientific and medical expertise during site selection, initiation visits, and throughout the trial phases, including study close-out activities.
• Lead discussions with clinical experts to guide trial execution and ensure site staff are thoroughly trained on the scientific background of the trials.
• Resolve medical challenges and support CRAs on specific operational issues during
• clinical trial execution.

Scientific Engagement:

• Engage in peer-to-peer scientific exchange with KOLs, healthcare providers, and Population Health Decision Makers (PHDMs) to advance the company's scientific platform, implementation science-related projects aiming to improve patient outcomes.
• Collect, analyze and share early scientific insights by discussing development data with external experts and engaging with medical societies and patient advocacy groups.
• Act as a therapeutic area expert and provide leadership in the scientific community through advisory boards, scientific meetings, interactions with medical society stakeholders and engagement with HCP associations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Partner with clinical operations, regional teams, and cross-functional teams within the local affiliate to align on medical and scientific objectives.
• Engage with local functions, including Access and Medical, to support local OLs and investigators in discussions on access planning and pre-launch preparations.
• Contribute scientific, clinical, and medical perspectives to national product strategy within a collaboratively optimized cross-functional team
• Collaborate across all field roles to create a coordinated and consistent "One Amgen"experience for healthcare providers.

Medical Training and Guidance:

• Provide timely and expert medical guidance to clinical staff, including the creation and delivery of training programs.
• Mentor other colleagues as appropriate, providing leadership in scientific exchange and strategic execution.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The vital attribute professional we seek is a type of person with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of experience within the biopharmaceutical industry managing clinical trials, particularly in study start-up and recruitment phases.
• Master’s degree and 4 years of experience within the biopharmaceutical industry managing clinical trials, particularly in study start-up and recruitment phases.
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of experience within the biopharmaceutical industry managing clinical trials, particularly in study start-up and recruitment phases.
• Proven ability to engage with KOLs and drive scientific discussions that impact clinical trial execution and then launch preparation.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in both Spanish and English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in managing clinical trials from a medical perspective, with a strong understanding of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and local regulations.
• Strong scientific acumen and the ability to communicate complex medical information effectively to diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with KOLs, investigators, and other key stakeholders.
• High level of initiative, innovation, and independence in performing tasks and prioritizing activities.
• Proven track record of running pre-launch activities to effectively introduce new molecules to the market.

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.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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

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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.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in 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 accommodation.

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