Job Description

Career Category Medical Services

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. 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, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role.
Medical Advisor or Sr. Medical Advisor, Inflammation
Job title will be dependent on candidate's experience level.
Location: Mississauga- Flexible Commuter
Reports to: Medical Director, Inflammation and General Medicine
Internal candidates must discuss intent to apply with current manager.
Live
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will develop and implement the TA Medical Strategy and Medical activities for assigned product(s) in accordance to regulations.
Other responsibilities include:

• 
  Providing innovative medical insight into specific molecules to Local, Regional, and Global teams and serve as point of contact.
• 
  Product lifecycle management and support for pipeline molecules/products
• 
  Collaborating with the Senior Marketing Director/Product Manager in the development of Local product brand plans.
• 
  Under mentorship of Medical Director, develops study protocol concepts and data analysis plans for Local Amgen Sponsored Trials (ASTs)
• 
  Work with Development Clinical Study Manager and Statistician to finalize protocols, prepare, implement, and complete Local AST’s
• 
  Form relationships with KOL’s and study groups for strategic discussions and protocol development in areas assigned by Medical Director
• 
  Reviews Local Investigator Sponsored Study (ISS) proposals prior to approval and work to get proposals through company review processes
• 
  Supporting Development Operations for global/local studies in assessing feasibility and site selection; ensuring recruitment targets are met
• 
  Supporting Local regulatory and ethics approvals for development protocols
• 
  Participating in developing Global/Regional medical strategies and tactics in close collaboration with the Medical Director and Regional Medical Leads
• 
  Supervising in-sourced/outsourced Medical programs and logistics
• 
  Reviewing of medical content and scientific messages during the Copy Review of both Medical and Commercial dockets to ensure consistency across various tools and materials
• 
  Participating/ conducting Local Advisory Board Meetings, Investigator Meetings, and/or Expert Panels.
• 
  Providing Medical expertise for Health Economic and reimbursement requests
• 
  Management of internal and external relationships within area of responsibility.
• 
  Member of Brand and Medical Affairs Teams as appropriate

Win
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The scientific professional we seek is a proactive with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications

• 
  Doctorate degree
• 
  OR
• 
  Master’s degree and 3 years of Medical Advisor experience
• 
  OR
• 
  Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of Medical Advisor experience
• 
  OR
• 
  Associate’s degree and 10 years of Medical Advisor experience
• 
  OR
• 
  High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Medical Advisor experience
• 
  Medical education or deep scientific expertise in relevant therapeutic area

Preferred Qualifications:
Education

• 
  MD, PhD, PharmD

Experience

• 
  3+ years in pharmaceutical industry or industry collaboration in academia
• 
  Experience in affiliate Medical Department or Clinical Development
• 
  Specialty training in Inflammation or related experience

Knowledge

• 
  Medical and scientific expertise/ therapeutic area knowledge
• 
  Knowledge of pharmaceutical product development, product lifecycle and commercialization process with understanding of other functions including Clinical Operations, Commercial, Regulatory, and Medical
• 
  Knowledge of the marketing and sales process, particularly marketing communications
• 
  Strong clinical research knowledge (study design, study evaluation, expert panel conduct, symposium and workshop management, OL considerations, HE understanding)
• 
  Ability to work in a cross-functional team (e.g., Commercial, Clinical Development, HE, Regulatory, Safety, Global/Local, etc.)
• 
  Leadership ability
• 
  Strong customer orientation with network of customer contacts in therapeutic area
• 
  Strong communication and presentation skills
• 
  Finance and budgeting experience
• 
  Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
• 
  Proficiency in French

Thrive
Some of the vast rewards of working here
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.

• 
  Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey
• 
  A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• 
  Generous Total Rewards Plan—comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor

Apply now
for a career that defies imagination
Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.
careers.amgen.com
.