Horizon Therapeutics Services LLC Posted July 30, 2026

Sr. Medical Science Liaison - Uncontrolled Gout - Rare Disease - AR, LA, MS

New Orleans, United States Full time
Medical Affairs Rare Disease Senior

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About this opportunity

Career Category

Medical Affairs

Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission, to serve patients living with serious illnesses, drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Sr. Medical Science Liaison - Uncontrolled Gout - Rare Disease - AR, LA, MS

Territory to include Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will serve as a scientific liaison to the medical/scientific community and will be responsible for establishing, developing and maintaining relationships with prominent experts and clinicians throughout the US.

Network and partner with important external customers, including medical thought leaders, academic institutions, large group practices, medical directors, managed care decision makers, and pharmacy directors in alignment with applicable compliance, legal, and regulatory guidelines.

Understand, integrate and effectively communicate scientific/medical information and commercial value of products to the medical community and other key internal and external audiences.

Prioritize and work effectively in a self-directed manner in a constantly changing environment, including ability to obtain, integrate, and communicate customer feedback.

Pair customers’ unmet needs with available internal resources.

Collaborate effectively with all functional areas to identify opportunities and needs that can be addressed via communication of scientific, medical, and health economic information.

Identify potential new speakers and train on scientific content for sponsored external speaker programs.

Participate in national and regional conferences, meetings, and other scientific venues as appropriate to support the Medical/Clinical strategy and to obtain new competitive information, keep abreast of clinical trends, and support and maintain relationships with key investigators and scientific research.

Working in conjunction with the medical affairs and clinical development teams, evaluate potential external clinical research collaboration opportunities and facilitate the conduct of external clinical investigator-initiated trials (IITs) and company-sponsored trials.

Monitor the competitive environment for advances and trends in our therapeutic areas, including new treatment management and new therapies, as well as competitive products and features and provide feedback to the senior leadership team on specific initiatives of competitors.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a self starter with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree & 2 years of Medical Affairs experience

OR

Master’s degree & 6 years of Medical Affairs experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree & 8 years of Medical Affairs experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D. or D.O. (other doctoral degrees considered)

2 + years in a medical science liaison role in a biotech or pharmaceutical company

Exceptional oral and written communication and interpersonal skills (including strong demonstration of ability to network) required.

Ability to travel up to 60% for territory management, attendance at regional and national conferences/workshops, and attendance at company meetings.

There may be a need to work up to 15-hour days due to travel

Must have ability to learn to use new business applications across hardware tools (e.g., PC, iPad).

Proficient in Microsoft Office.

Professional, proactive demeanor.

Strong interpersonal skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts

A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan

Stock-based long-term incentives

Award-winning time-off plans

Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

Apply now

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Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided 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 accommodation.

. Salary Range

172,344.30USD -233,171.70 USD

Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Rare Disease
Location
New Orleans, United States
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 140 comparable Senior Medical Affairs roles across 43 biopharma companies.

140Comparable roles tracked
119Currently active
43Companies hiring similar roles
18Countries represented

Salary context

37 of 140 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Senior Medical Writer - Vaccine · Sanofi Vaccines US Inc. $122,250/yr – $176,583/yr
Peer group range $149,417 – $258,000 (median $181,500)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 140 comparable roles

United States74
India12
China11
Taiwan10
Japan8
South Korea5

+ 12 more countries

Seniority mix

140 of 140 peers have a known seniority level

Senior96
Associate Director39
Principal5

Therapeutic area mix

60 of 140 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology25
Neuroscience7
Rare Disease6
Dermatology & Aesthetics6
Vaccines & Infectious Disease6
Cardiovascular / CVRM5
Immunology3
Respiratory1
Ophthalmology1

Similar opportunities

The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

100%similar
Amgen Inc. Baltimore, United States Senior
Same function Same therapeutic area Same seniority Same country
100%similar
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Same function Same therapeutic area Same seniority Same country
100%similar
Amgen Inc. San Francisco, United States Senior
Same function Same therapeutic area Same seniority Same country
90%similar
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Same function Same therapeutic area Adjacent seniority Same country
85%similar
Amgen Limited Cambridge, United Kingdom Senior
Same function Same therapeutic area Same seniority
85%similar
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Same function Same therapeutic area Same seniority

How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

100%
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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.