Medical Director, Gulf

Career Category

Medical Affairs

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? 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. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

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What you will do

As the medical authority for the country (as LOC Chief Medical Officer), maximize Amgen‘s value proposition of in-line and pipeline products through leadership and delivery of all medical and scientific activities across TA‘s:

Responsibilities

• Provide medical and scientific leadership to regional and country leadership team in order to shape and execute strategy

  • Lead affiliate as a member of the Affiliate Management Team

  • Provide scientific/medical input into cross functional strategy, within the country Management Team.

  • Develop and lead execution of medical strategy.

  • Manage and allocate Medical budget and resources.

  • In partnership with Country General Manager, ensure informed budget trade-offs.

  • Recruit, manage, develop, and retain industry-best Medical and Scientific talent within the country.

  • Provide scientific/medical input into local regulatory/reimbursement/policy related documents and interactions.

  • Support the Global and Regional commercialization process, in partnership with Regional Medical Leads, to ensure an active flow of local medical insights and needs to the Regional and Global level.

• Lead evidence generation

  • Lead the local evidence generation strategy and execution, including RWE, Investigator Sponsored Studies and expanded access.

• Develop and execute local scientific communication and engagement strategy

  • Facilitate the build-up of Amgen‘s reputation as a science-based and patient-focused reliable partner.

  • Lead interactions with key external stakeholders as a senior medical representative of Amgen.

  • Lead medical advocacy.

  • Understand the expectations of key external stakeholders to support appropriate access to Amgen therapies.

  • Leverage local medical insights to best inform cross functional strategy.

Authority

• Departmental resource allocation/talent management decisions

• Scientific/medical approval of materials used internally/externally

• Medical governance (e.g. Signs off on promotional material)

• External engagement strategy and external stakeholder management

• Scientific communication strategy

• Evidence Generation proposals

Outputs

• Country Medical Strategy, Goals, Objectives, performance metrics

• Scientific/medical input for regulatory/reimbursement documents and interactions

• Scientific communication plan

• External engagement plan

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The ambitious and medical science passionate professional we seek is a Medical Director with these qualifications.

Qualifications

• Medical education (Medical Doctor)

Experience (minimum for all Affiliate MD’s)

• > 8 years of medical affairs experience

• Broad and formal leadership experience

Knowledge 

• Pharmaceutical product development, product lifecycle and commercialization process knowledge with advanced understanding of other functions; including, but not limited to, Clinical Operations, Commercial, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs

• Therapeutic areas knowledge

• Network of customer contacts in therapeutic areas

• Knowledge of local pharmaceutical industry and legal/health system environment

• Finance/budgeting and resource management experience

• Track record of leadership

Competency

Scientific and Technical Expertise

• Understanding of external landscape impacting Amgen products

• Deep knowledge of relevant Amgen products and Therapeutic Areas

• Medical Affairs expert

• Deep and broad understanding of clinical trials

• Knowledge of Compliance, Safety and Regulatory

Business and Commercial Acumen

• Deep awareness of objectives, goals, challenges and financial constraints

• Full-spectrum understanding of the business

• Ability to form and convey strategic insights

• Analyze problems and make decisions

• Take intelligent risks

• Deep understanding of global context and ability to translate into local strategy

• Deep understanding of Brand strategy

Creating a Collaborative and Enabling Climate

• Establish an enabling environment as a role model of Amgen’s Values, Leadership Attributes and Operating Model behaviors

• Enable engagement and self-motivation of others

• Build, manage and lead high performing teams/individuals

• Provides support for career path/career development

• Empowers appropriate risk taking/decision making

Agility and Learning

• Embrace change

• Lead and support innovation

• Demonstrate judgment informed by experience

• Risk Tolerance

• Forecast and pivot

Influencing, Integrating and Facilitating

• Shape vision and strategy

• Focus with 360 perspective, including internal and external stakeholders

• Ensure representation of the patient perspective/”voice of patient”

• Optimize leadership styles

• Build and leverage relationships

• Communicate effectively

• Navigate the organization

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.

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

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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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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