Therapy Area Head - Cardiometabolic

Amgen; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen Inc. (IR) in the United Kingdom seeks a Therapy Area Head for Cardiometabolic to lead medical activities, drivers of strategy, and lifecycle management. You will shape scientific engagement with clinicians, regulators, and the broader medical community, while guiding a team of medical professionals across the portfolio.

You will collaborate with UK&I affiliates and Global TA teams, driving evidence generation and cross-functional execution in a dynamic, matrixed environment.

Qualifications

• Medical degree with full GMC registration is required.
• Experience leading medical strategy across product lifecycles, including launches.
• Strong leadership and ability to inspire high-performing teams.
• Deep understanding of evidence generation, reimbursement, and UK healthcare landscape.
• Proven ABPI Medical Signatory experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead medical activities for the Cardiometabolic Therapeutic Area.
• Develop and execute TA medical strategies, annual planning, launch prep, lifecycle management.
• Provide strategic oversight of lifecycle management across the portfolio.
• Set strategy for scientific engagement with stakeholders and KOLs.
• Line manage medical advisors, scientists, or MSLs; be a BU leadership team member.
• Represent the UK at Global TA meetings and collaborate cross-functionally.

Skills

Strategic medical leadership

Cross-functional leadership

External scientific engagement

Medical signatory experience

Education

Medical degree with GMC registration

Job description

THERAPY AREA HEAD - Cardiometabolic Live

What you will do In this vital role, you will lead all medical activities for the Therapeutic Area (TA), inspire the medical team, and drive the development and execution of medical strategies for in-line and pipeline products. 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.

WIN

What we expect of you We are all different, but each of us brings unique strengths to serve patients. For this experienced professional role, we are looking for the following qualifications and skills:

• 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.

THRIVE

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being. 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. . Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential. For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen