Therapy Area Head - Cardiometabolic

Amgen; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen in the UK/Ireland affiliate Cambridge is seeking a Therapy Area Head for Cardiometabolic to lead medical strategy across the General Medicine TA, coordinating with Commercial and Value & Access colleagues and representing the UK at Global TA meetings.

You will shape lifecycle strategies, manage medical advisors and MSLs, build external partnerships with clinicians, and guide evidence generation to support product value.

Qualifications

• Medical degree with GMC registration.
• Extensive Medical Affairs leadership experience.
• Proven leadership to build and develop high-performing teams.
• Experience leading medical strategy across product lifecycle including launches.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytics and UK healthcare knowledge.
• Experience in cardiovascular disease, diabetes or obesity in the NHS.
• Ability to navigate complexity in a fast-paced matrix organisation.
• Translate evidence into impactful medical strategies.
• Strong external engagement with healthcare professionals and systems.
• Proven ABPI Medical Signatory.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute TA medical strategies with cross-functional teams.
• Provide lifecycle management oversight across the portfolio.
• Set strategy for scientific engagement with stakeholders.
• Ensure medical insights inform evidence generation and strategy.
• Line manage medical advisors, scientists or MSLs.
• Be a senior member of the BU leadership team, shaping TA priorities.
• Foster a positive workplace culture and cross-functional collaboration.
• Own key KOL relationships.
• Act as country brand ambassador to Global TA teams.
• Strengthen Amgen’s reputation as science-based and patient-focused.

Skills

Strategic medical leadership

Medical affairs leadership

Lifecycle management

Evidence generation

External engagement

KOL management

ABPI Medical Signatory

Education

Medical degree (GMC registered)

Job description

Career Category

Medical Affairs

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.

Therapy Area Head – Cardiometabolic

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What you will do

• Develop and execute TA medical strategies, including annual strategic planning, goal setting, launch preparation and lifecycle management, in collaboration with appropriate cross-functional teams.
• Provide strategic oversight of lifecycle management across the portfolio, ensuring effective cross-functional collaboration.
• Set the strategy for scientific engagement with a broad range of stakeholders, strengthening external understanding of unmet need and the value of relevant products and assets.
• Ensure medical insights across the TA inform evidence generation, product development, and brand or franchise strategy deliverables.
• Line manage medical advisors, scientific communications colleagues, or MSLs within the therapy area.
• Serve as a senior member of the BU leadership team, shaping TA strategy and priorities.
• Build a positive, motivating workplace culture and promote effective cross-functional working across the TA and BU.
• Own key KOL relationships.
• Act as the country brand ambassador to Global TA teams.
• Strengthen Amgen’s reputation as a science-based, innovative, patient-focused and reliable partner.

Be part of our team

You will work within our UK and Ireland affiliate, leading the General Medicine TA and partnering with Commercial and Value & Access colleagues across the affiliate, while representing the UK at Global TA meetings.

What we expect of you

• Medical degree with full GMC registration.
• Extensive and progressive experience in Medical Affairs, with a strong track record of strategic medical leadership.
• Proven leadership experience, with the ability to build, inspire and develop high-performing teams across multiple products and indications.
• Demonstrated experience leading medical strategy across the product lifecycle, including successful launch preparation and execution.
• Strong strategic thinking, advanced analytical capabilities and sound business acumen, with a deep understanding of brand strategy, the reimbursement and access environment, and the evolving UK healthcare landscape.
• Experience in cardiovascular disease, diabetes and/or obesity within the NHS environment would be a strong advantage.
• High learning agility, adaptability and sound judgement, with the ability to navigate complexity, ambiguity and competing priorities within a fast-paced, cross-functional matrix organisation.
• Deep and broad understanding of evidence generation, including the ability to identify evidence gaps and translate scientific and clinical evidence into impactful medical strategies.
• Strong external engagement capabilities, with demonstrated credibility in scientific exchange and partnership with healthcare professionals, experts, healthcare systems and the wider medical community.
• Proven experience as a final ABPI Medical Signatory.

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.

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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.

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