Medical Value and Access Liaison - Southeast US

Role Summary

Medical Value and Access Liaison - Southeast US. Territory Coverage: Southeast (KY, VA, TN, NC, SC, GA, AL, FL, PR).

Responsibilities

• Provide Payer and Formulary Support through value and medical presentations that focus on therapeutic as well as economic outcomes and utilization aspects of products, and in clinical policy discussions such as evidence-based medicine, clinical guidelines and prior authorization in areas where Amgen has therapeutic expertise.
• Identify, develop, and maintain collaborative relationships with current and future Payer, Policy, IDN, and Health Economic and Outcomes Research opinion leaders through identifying speaker opportunities and concepts and letters of intent for investigator supported economics, humanistic outcome, and non-registration clinical studies to support Amgen’s product messages within scope.
• Interact with key internal stakeholders to provide feedback on customer trends in interpreting and using value evidence, reimbursement and payer policy.
• Provide complex value-based technical information inclusive of medical education, health outcomes and Pharmacoeconomics information and models and research protocol opportunities to appropriate audiences.
• Represent Amgen Scientific Affairs to designated payer & select IDN accounts.
• Represent Amgen to designated thought leaders in health economics and outcomes research for Amgen Global Health Economics (GHE) and Amgen Center for Observational Research (CfOR).
• Foster scientific information exchange as it relates to reimbursement and coverage policy between the medical community and Amgen.
• Collect and report competitive intelligence within Amgen’s competitive intelligence guidelines.
• Effectively manage internal relationships, budgets, and T and E within guidelines.
• Conduct all assigned duties within Amgen compliance guidelines.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Doctorate degree & 2 years of Medical Affairs experience OR Master’s degree & 6 years of Medical Affairs experience OR Bachelor’s degree & 8 years of Medical Affairs experience
• Preferred Qualifications: Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D. or D.O.; Five years Biotech industry experience working directly with US Payer Accounts; therapeutic area expertise in CV, Metabolic, Inflammation, Bone, Neuro Oncology; deep knowledge of managed markets, US Reimbursement Landscape, Pharmacoeconomics, Population Health, and other broad healthcare trends; experience in Patient Access in US and/or global markets; project management experience; strong advocacy, communication and team cohesion skills; critical thinking, analytical and project management skills; ability to lead and manage projects from concept to completion; strong interpersonal, negotiation, active listening, and relationship management skills; ability to influence others and navigate in a matrix/ambiguous environment; strong verbal and written communication skills.

Skills

• Relationship building with payer networks, policy makers, IDNs
• Health economics, pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research
• Strategic communication and medical education
• Project management and cross-functional collaboration
• Market access and reimbursement strategy

Education

• Doctorate, Master’s, or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (as per Basic Qualifications)