Senior Medical Advisor, Cardiovascular

Jobtailor; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen seeks a medical leader to provide expert medical leadership across its cardiovascular portfolio in the UK. You will co-lead brand strategy with cross-functional partners, adapt global strategies to local priorities, and shape evidence generation and stakeholder engagement plans.

Engage external experts and contribute to UK & Ireland affiliate planning. You will lead and develop team members, deliver medical training, and provide medical review for promotional materials, supporting patient

Qualifications

• Degree educated in life sciences or medicine.
• Medical affairs experience in pharma/biotech.
• People management experience desirable but not essential.
• A genuine interest in people leadership is essential.
• Proven experience as a final ABPI signatory.
• Strategic thinking and cross-functional partnerships.
• Cardiovascular knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership across the cardiovascular portfolio.
• Co-lead brand strategy with cross-functional partners.
• Adapt global/region strategy to local priorities and plans.
• Shape evidence generation and stakeholder engagement plans.
• Engage external experts and key stakeholders.
• Partner with Marketing, Value & Access on lifecycle planning and patient access.
• Contribute to UK & Ireland affiliate strategy and planning.
• Support evidence generation planning and studies.
• Lead site/investigator identification with clinical operations.
• Lead and develop assigned team members through coaching and development.
• Deliver therapy area and product-specific medical training.
• Provide medical review/approval support for materials.

Skills

Medical Affairs

ABPI Signatory

People Leadership

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Cardiovascular Knowledge

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or equivalent

Tools

Evidence Generation Planning

Clinical Operations Collaboration

Medical Review & Approval

Lifecycle Planning

Therapeutic Area Knowledge

Job description

Provide medical leadership across Amgen's Cardiovascular portfolio as the local medical expert.
Co-lead brand strategy with cross-functional partners for designated products.
Adapt global and regional strategy to local priorities and plans.
Shape evidence generation and stakeholder engagement plans.
Engage external experts, professional organisations, and key stakeholders.
Partner with Marketing, Value & Access, and internal stakeholders on lifecycle planning and patient access initiatives.
Contribute to UK and Ireland affiliate strategy and tactical planning.
Support evidence generation planning, company-sponsored studies, and investigator-sponsored study proposal reviews.
Work with clinical operations to identify sites and investigators for future research.
Lead and develop assigned team members through line management, coaching, performance development, capability building, and resource planning.
Deliver therapy area and product-specific medical training.
Provide medical review and approval support for promotional and non-promotional materials.

Requirements

• 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.
• Strategic thinking, commercial acumen, agility, and effective communication.
• Product/therapeutic area knowledge within cardiovascular experience is preferred.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in medical leadership within the cardiovascular portfolio, with a strong focus on evidence generation, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration. Proven ability to manage teams and contribute to strategic planning in a pharmaceutical or biotechnology context.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Medical Affairs Experience
• Final ABPI Signatory
• People Management
• Cross-Functional Partnership
• Cardiovascular Product Knowledge

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Evidence Generation Planning
• Clinical Operations Collaboration
• Medical Review and Approval
• Lifecycle Planning
• Therapeutic Area Knowledge

Soft Skills

• Strategic Thinking
• Effective Communication
• Agility
• Commercial Acumen
• People Leadership

Industry Keywords

• Pharmaceutical
• Biotechnology
• Stakeholder Engagement
• UK and Ireland Affiliate Strategy
• Coaching and Performance Development