Sr Medical Advisor
About this opportunity
Career Category
Medical Affairs
Job Description
Job purpose
Lead and shape medical strategy and plan for product and therapeutic area.
Provide strategic medical input into brand strategy, lifecycle management, and portfolio discussions.
Represent the Japan medical perspective in global and regional discussions.
Lead evidence generation, publication, and key scientific activities.
Provide medical leadership across cross-functional teams and support capability development within Medical Affairs.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain strategic relationships with KOLs, scientific experts, and other relevant external stakeholders.
Lead the development and execution of medical strategy and medical activities.
Provide strategic medical input into launch and lifecycle management plans.
Identify evidence gaps and lead evidence generation and publication activities.
Lead advisory boards, scientific meetings, and other key medical programs.
Provide medical expertise for marketed products, pipeline assets, and value/access-related activities.
Synthesize scientific evidence and external insights to inform medical and cross-functional decision-making.
Lead cross-functional initiatives and influence relevant internal and external stakeholders.
Mentor and guide medical colleagues as appropriate.
Ensure all activities are conducted in accordance with Amgen policies, compliance, regulations, and ethical standards.
Basic Qualifications:
Advanced degree in life sciences or relevant area, or equivalent education and professional experience.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, or a related pharmaceutical function.
Strong scientific and medical expertise.
Demonstrated ability to lead medical strategy and cross-functional initiatives.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Proficiency in Japanese and English.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in Medical Affairs, clinical research, RWD/RWE, and evidence generation.
Expertise in rare disease or relevant therapeutic areas.
Experience in product lifecycle management and collaboration with global/regional teams.
Strong mentoring and coaching skills.
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Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 222 comparable Senior Medical Affairs roles across 69 biopharma companies.
Salary context
86 of 222 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.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 222 comparable roles
+ 18 more countries
Seniority mix
222 of 222 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
65 of 222 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
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.
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How we calculate "similar"
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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.
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.