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If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. 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. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.

Director Medical Science Liaisons

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will report to the Executive Director of General Medicine MSLs. The primary responsibility of the field director is the management, performance, and coaching of a region of MSL direct reports and ensure compliant execution of field medical plans, strategy, and activities within US Medical Affairs, as aligned with Amgen's goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead a regional team of MSLs towards execution of field medical activities by communicating expectations and guiding the team to optimize medical strategy, prioritization, and performance in support of medical objectives.

• Ensure team achieves compliant and clinically meaningful scientific engagements & activities with health care decision makers, payers, and other health care partners in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, industry codes, and Amgen Code of Conduct

• Accompany team in meetings with health care decision makers and other health care collaborators to assess proficiency and provide timely and constructive performance feedback.

• Apply interactive aligned discussions and guided activities to assist team in identifying opportunities for growth and leadership within and beyond the MSL role, inspiring them to take an active role in career development and improve their personal and professional potential.

• Lead and coordinate MSL team meetings to support team building, best practice sharing, development, retaining top talent, and execution of field medical objectives.

• Forge positive relationships and cross-functional collaboration with key internal collaborators in Global Medical, Field Sales, Value and Access, and Marketing teams to facilitate One-Amgen customer facing engagement strategies and champion the value of the MSL team. May serve as lead for critical cross-functional initiatives.

• Identify, interview, hire and onboard new MSLs to create a diverse and inclusive team.

• Assess new hire field readiness by assisting Global Learning and Performance in therapeutic area, disease state, and product training, including assistance with post-training proficiency assessment.

• Provide input on annual budget and resource allocation for the therapeutic area and ensure appropriate utilization of financial resources regionally.

• Assist medical leadership in development of field medical strategy, tactical goals and objectives, and Scientific Engagement Plans (SEPs).

• Support planning and field medical execution of local, regional, and national congresses. May serve as FD lead for a congress.

• Lead and manage change initiatives as needed to drive achievement of medical objectives.

• Foster an inclusive and psychologically safe team culture that reflects core Amgen values

• Advance cross-functional understanding of the MSL value proposition, identify gaps, achieve results, and set an example for others to follow by consistently demonstrating Amgen values and leadership attributes.

• Foster compliant cross-functional collaboration and communication with commercial and value/access field management

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Director Medical Science Liaisons we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree

AND

4 years in Regional Medical Liaison experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Seven years of industry experience in Scientific/Medical Affairs at a biotech or pharmaceutical company

• At least five years in a MSL role

• Managed market/payer/IDN engagement experience

• Possess a deep understanding of the regional therapeutic landscape and key healthcare decision makers

• Seven or more years focused on clinical practice, clinical research, or medical research. Experience in a medically related field can include post-doctoral training (i.e., residencies and/or fellowships)

• Therapeutic area expertise in bone health

Thrive

What you can expect of us

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.

The annual base salary range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $219,002- $249,691. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising 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 including:

• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns

• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

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