Senior Medical Advisor - Rare Disease & Inflammatory Disease in Newtown

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership across Amgen’s rare disease and inflammatory disease portfolio, acting as the local medical expert and co‑leading brand strategy with cross‑functional partners.
• Adapt global and regional strategy to local priorities, shape evidence generation and stakeholder engagement plans, and support high‑quality execution across both inline and pipeline assets.
• Co‑lead cross‑functional brand strategy for designated products across the rare disease and inflammatory disease portfolio.
• Engage external experts, professional organisations, and other key stakeholders to inform strategy and strengthen scientific partnership.
• Partner with marketing, value and access, and other internal stakeholders to support lifecycle planning and patient access initiatives.
• Contribute to UK and Ireland affiliate strategy and tactical planning in close collaboration with regional and global colleagues.
• Support evidence generation planning, including collaboration on company‑sponsored studies and review of investigator‑sponsored study proposals.
• Work with clinical operations to identify appropriate sites and investigators for future company‑sponsored research.
• Lead and develop assigned team members through effective line management, including coaching, performance development, capability building, and oversight of resource planning.
• Deliver therapy area and product‑specific medical training to internal stakeholders as required.
• Provide medical review and approval support for promotional and non‑promotional materials in line with applicable standards and governance.
• Report directly to the Medical Development Director – General Medicine.

Qualifications

• Degree educated.
• Medical affairs experience, gained within a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company.
• Previous people‑management and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programmes, or resources is desirable but not essential.
• A genuine interest in people leadership is essential.
• Proven experience as a final ABPI signatory.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while building strong cross‑functional partnerships, leveraging strategic thinking, commercial acumen, agility, and effective communication to adapt quickly and deliver business objectives in a dynamic environment.
• Product/therapeutic area knowledge within rare diseases and/or inflammation experience is preferred, but not mandatory.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package covering health, financial wellbeing, work‑life balance, and career support.
• The role is based in either the Cambridge or Uxbridge office, with flexibility for home working in line with business needs.
• It is part of the UK and Ireland affiliate, working in a matrix environment with local Marketing and Value & Access teams and regional and global partners.