Global Medical Affairs, Medical Director- Chronic Weight Management

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Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions.

As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, you will support the development and delivery of the Global medical affairs strategy in Chronic Weight Management (including evidence generation, medical communication, and external engagement). You will provide scientific and strategic support to the Global Medical Asset Lead (GMAL) across Chronic Weight Management, and product lifecycle management, spanning pre-launch, launch, and post-launch activities and.

This role is ideal for an MD/DO, PhD, or PharmD professional with strong scientific communication skills who wants to help shape the medical narrative for a high-visibility, high-growth therapeutic area.

• Partner with the Global Medical Asset Lead (GMAL) to develop and execute global medical affairs strategy for Chronic Weight Management assets across pre-launch, launch, and post-launch phases of the product lifecycle.

• Drive medical input into product lifecycle management, including launch readiness, data generation, evidence dissemination, and long-term asset strategy.

• Identify scientific evidence gaps and contribute to the development and execution of global evidence generation plans, including real-world evidence (RWE), investigator-sponsored research, and publication strategies.

• Lead the interpretation, communication, and application of clinical and scientific data to inform medical, regulatory, and cross-functional decision-making.

• Represent Medical Affairs on key cross-functional teams, including Clinical Development, Regulatory, HEOR/RWE, Commercial, Market Access, and Scientific Communications.

• Generate actionable medical insights from healthcare professionals, external experts, and scientific exchange activities and translate them into strategic recommendations.

• Develop and maintain relationships with key external stakeholders, including thought leaders, investigators, professional societies, advocacy groups, and payer stakeholders.

• Contribute to global publication planning and scientific communications, including congress strategy, abstracts, manuscripts, scientific platforms, and medical education initiatives.

• Support clinical development programs through study design input, protocol review, data interpretation, and communication of study results.

• Provide medical leadership for advisory boards, expert panels, investigator meetings, and other scientific engagement activities.

• Collaborate with Global Regulatory Affairs and Safety to support product benefit-risk assessments, labeling activities, and risk management initiatives.

• Review and provide medical oversight for promotional and non-promotional materials through appropriate governance processes.

• Serve as a subject matter expert in obesity and related cardiometabolic diseases, maintaining deep knowledge of the scientific, clinical, and competitive landscape.

• Lead matrix teams and influence cross-functional stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives in a complex global environment.

• Ensure all medical…