Medical Director

Career Category

Medical Affairs

Job Description:

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

At Amgen, every challenge is an opportunity. And every opportunity brings the potential to change lives.

Our shared mission—to serve patients—has driven our status as one of the world's preeminent biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide.

Leverage your high-level expertise to lead and forge partnerships that advance the biotechnical and biopharmaceutical science that can turn the tide of serious, life-interrupting illnesses.

We are currently seeking a Medical Director to join our Swiss Affiliate located in Rotkreuz, Switzerland.

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What you will do

In this vital role you will provide medical and scientific leadership to regional and country leadership team in order to shape and implement strategy.

Further responsibilities will be the following:

• Lead affiliate as a member of the Affiliate Management Team
• Responsible for the medical and scientific input into cross functional strategy, within the country Management Team
• Handle and allocate Medical budget and resources
• Provide scientific/medical input into local regulatory/reimbursement/policy related documents and interactions
• Support the commercialization process together with Regional Medical Leads, to ensure a flow of insights and needs to the Regional and Global level
• Provide local oversight (according to Humanforschungsgesetz (HFG) and Humanforschungsverordnung (HFV)) of clinical trial conduct in support of global Evidence Generation Plan
• Swiss' sponsor representative for correspondence with Swissmedic related to Amgen sponsored studies
• Lead the local evidence generation strategy and delivery, including Investigator Sponsored Studies and expanded access
• Lead medical advocacy and interactions with key external partners as a senior medical representative of Amgen
• Leverage local medical insights to best inform cross functional strategy-
• Support local risk management/minimization in collaboration with GRAAS.

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our outstanding contributions to serve patients.

What we seek in you as an expert professional, are these qualifications and skills:

• You possess a Medical Degree
• 8+ years of medical affairs experience or clinical development experience with deep understanding of medical affairs, 5 years of which should be from a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company
• Track record of leadership
• International and/or global experience
• 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 area
• Knowledge of Swiss pharmaceutical industry and legal/health system environment (e.g. Pharmakodex, Arzneimittelwerbeverordnung, Humanforschungsgesetz, Heilmittelgesetz)
• Finance/budgeting and resource management experience

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates' professional and personal growth and well-being.

- Clear and disciplined strategic vision for the future that leverages superior-quality products, operational excellence and top-shelf-talent- 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

for a career that defies imagination

What we do is hard. It should be. We are working with each other against the challenges of today for the promise of tomorrow. Lead the way.

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