Senior Medical Advisor (Cardiovascular)

Amgen; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen in Cambridge, UK, seeks a Senior Medical Advisor – Cardiovascular to provide medical leadership and co-lead brand strategy across the cardiovascular portfolio. You will adapt global strategy to local priorities, engage key external experts, and support lifecycle planning with cross-functional teams in a flexible hybrid setup.

Responsibilities include leading evidence plans, collaborating with marketing and access teams, and mentoring staff while ensuring compliant medical review of

Qualifications

• Degree educated and medical affairs experience.
• Leadership of teams or projects desirable.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional partnerships.
• ABPI signatory status or experience preferred.
• Strategic thinking with commercial acumen.
• Cardiovascular therapeutic area knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead cross-functional brand strategy for cardiovascular products.
• Provide medical leadership to translate global strategy to local plans.
• Engage external experts and professional bodies to inform strategy.
• Collaborate with marketing and access teams on lifecycle planning.
• Contribute to UK&I affiliate strategy and planning.
• Support evidence generation and investigator-sponsored studies.
• Identify sites and investigators for future studies.
• Lead and develop team members through coaching and planning.
• Deliver medical training to internal stakeholders.
• Provide medical review for promotional materials.

Skills

Medical affairs

Leadership

Cross-functional

ABPI signatory

Strategic thinking

Cardiovascular knowledge

Education

Medical degree

Job description

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

SENIOR MEDICAL ADVISOR – CARDIOVASCULAR

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What You Will Do

In this senior role, you will provide medical leadership across Amgen’s Cardiovascular portfolio, acting as the local medical expert and co-leading brand strategy with cross-functional partners.

You will 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 Cardiovascular portfolio.
• Provide medical leadership to ensure global and regional strategy is translated effectively into local priorities and plans.
• 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.

Be part of our team

You will be part of the UK and Ireland affiliate, working in a matrix environment with local Marketing and Value & Access teams, and regional and global partners.

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What We Expect Of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. What we seek in you as an experienced Pharmaceutical Physician, are these qualifications and skills:

• Degree educated.
• Medical affairs experience, gained within 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 cardiovascular experience is preferred.

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What You Can Expect Of Us

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• 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

LOCATION:

Ability to work flexibly from home with regular office work either from our Cambridge or Uxbridge next generation workspace.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.