US Field Medical Capabilities Leader: Shape Excellence

BioSpace; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Discretionary annual bonus

Stock-based long-term incentives

Award-winning time-off plans

Flexible work models

Job summary

Amgen, a global leader in biopharmaceuticals, seeks a US Field Medical Excellence Capabilities Lead to drive strategic capabilities, processes, and tools across US Field Medical leadership. You will partner with Medical Data & Analytics and Knowledge & Learning to evolve engagement practices, measure impact, and implement AI-enabled solutions that add value to scientific engagement.

You will lead cross-functional programs, manage budgets and timelines, and ensure compliance with policies and

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Medical Affairs, Field Medical, or other relevant experience
• Masters degree and 4 years of Medical Affairs, Field Medical, or other relevant experience
• Bachelors degree and 6 years of Medical Affairs, Field Medical, or other relevant experience
• Associates degree and 10 years of Medical Affairs, Field Medical, or other relevant experience
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Medical Affairs, Field Medical, or other relevant experience
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and executive-influencing skills

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary Field Medical Excellence capabilities partner for US Field Medical leadership, helping translate strategic priorities and evolving business needs into scalable capabilities, processes, tools, and solutions.
• Build strong partnerships across US therapeutic areas to understand field needs, identify common opportunities and challenges, and enable appropriate consistency in Field Medical practices while recognizing legitimate therapeutic-area differences.
• Lead and support the evolution of Field Medical engagement processes and ways of working, including stakeholder profiling, engagement planning, preparation, scientific exchange, documentation, follow-up, and insight generation.
• Partner with Field Medical leaders, Knowledge & Learning, and other capability partners to identify emerging development needs and strengthen the capabilities required for effective external scientific engagement.
• Lead US implementation, adoption, and continuous improvement of Field Medical technology and AI-enabled solutions, ensuring that new capabilities solve meaningful field needs and are integrated effectively into Field Medical workflows.
• Partner with Medical Data & Analytics and US Field Medical leadership to evolve measures of Field Medical performance and impact, with an emphasis on meaningful indicators of engagement quality, capability, adoption, and contribution to Medical objectives.
• Use field feedback, data, adoption measures, and other evidence to assess whether Field Medical solutions are delivering intended value and to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Facilitate cross-therapeutic-area forums, working sessions, pilots, and communities of practice that enable Field Medical colleagues and leaders to share experience, identify leading practices, and solve common challenges.
• Monitor emerging trends in Field Medical, Medical Affairs, scientific engagement, technology, AI, healthcare, and external stakeholder expectations and translate relevant developments into implications for US Field Medical strategy and capabilities.
• Collaborate with regional and global Field Medical Excellence colleagues to share US learnings, leverage practices developed in other markets, and contribute to globally scalable Field Medical solutions.
• Ensure Field Medical Excellence initiatives are designed and executed in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, regulatory requirements, and Medical governance expectations.
• Lead complex cross-functional projects and workstreams, including management of priorities, timelines, dependencies, risks, vendors, and associated budgets as appropriate.

Skills

Communication

Facilitation

Executive influencing

Strategy translation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Doctorate degree

Masters degree

Bachelors degree

Associates degree

High school diploma

Job description

Amgen, a global leader in biopharmaceuticals, seeks a US Field Medical Excellence Capabilities Lead to drive strategic capabilities, processes, and tools across US Field Medical leadership. You will partner with Medical Data & Analytics and Knowledge & Learning to evolve engagement practices, measure impact, and implement AI-enabled solutions that add value to scientific engagement.

You will lead cross-functional programs, manage budgets and timelines, and ensure compliance with policies and