Medical Science Liaison, NMOSD & gMG-Rare Disease - New York City and New Jersey
Amgen
Full-time
Remote friendly (New York, NY)
United States
Medical Affairs
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Role Summary
Medical Science Liaison, NMOSD & gMG-Rare Disease - New York City and New Jersey. Territory to include New York City and New Jersey.
Responsibilities
- Network and partner with external customers, including medical thought leaders, academic institutions, large group practices, medical directors, managed care decision makers, and pharmacy directors in alignment with applicable compliance, legal, and regulatory guidelines.
- Understand, integrate and effectively communicate scientific/medical information and the commercial value of products to the medical community and other key internal and external audiences.
- Prioritize and work effectively in a self-directed manner in a constantly changing environment, including ability to obtain, integrate, and communicate customer feedback.
- Pair customers’ unmet needs with available internal resources.
- Collaborate effectively with all functional areas to identify opportunities and needs that can be addressed via communication of scientific, medical, and health economic information.
- Identify potential new speakers and train on scientific content for sponsored external speaker programs.
- Participate in national and regional conferences, meetings, and other scientific venues as appropriate to support the Medical/Clinical strategy and to obtain new competitive information, keep abreast of clinical trends, and support and maintain relationships with key investigators and scientific research.
- Work with medical affairs and clinical development teams to evaluate external clinical research collaboration opportunities and facilitate the conduct of external clinical investigator-initiated trials (IITs) and company-sponsored trials.
- Monitor the competitive environment for advances and trends in our therapeutic areas, including new treatment management and new therapies, as well as competitive products and features, and provide feedback to senior leadership on specific initiatives of competitors.
Qualifications
- Required: Doctorate degree
- OR Master’s degree and 3 years of Medical Affairs experience
- OR Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of Medical Affairs experience
- Preferred: Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D. or D.O. (other doctoral degrees considered)
- Two years of proven experience in scientific or medical affairs at a biotech or pharmaceutical company
- Exceptional oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to travel up to 60% for territory management, attendance at regional and national conferences/workshops, and attendance at company meetings
- There may be a need to work up to 15-hour days due to travel
- Ability to learn to use new business applications across hardware tools (e.g., PC, iPad)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Professional, proactive demeanor
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Skills
- Scientific/medical information communication
- Relationship building with medical professionals and stakeholders
- Strategic collaboration across functions
- Speaker program development and training
- Clinical research evaluation and IITs/company-sponsored trials
- Competitive landscape analysis
Education
- As specified in qualifications: Doctorate, or Master’s with relevant experience, or Bachelor’s with relevant experience