Senior Medical Scientist – Genitourinary Oncology – Global Medical Affairs

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.

Senior Medical Scientist – Genitourinary Oncology – Global Medical Affairs

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world.

In this vital role, the Senior Medical Scientist (SMS) supports the Genitourinary Global Medical Affairs Team. The SMS contributes to the program’s overall strategy through deep understanding of the genitourinary oncology landscape, focusing on prostate cancer.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of the global medical affairs strategy, including medical insight generation and translation into actionable strategic activities across genitourinary oncology.

• Lead the implementation of scientific advisory boards and Executive Advisory Councils to inform clinical development strategy, shape the Target Product Profile (TPP), and guide global launch planning for genitourinary oncology assets.

• Support the development and execution of the global medical evidence generation strategy (AUEG) to shape clinical practice, demonstrate product value, and enable patient access in genitourinary cancers.

• Contribute to the development of an integrated medical communication framework that defines the clinical narrative, scientific platform, and core scientific content, and informs global medical education initiatives.

• Partner cross-functionally with Clinical Development, HEOR, Market Access, Commercial, and Regional Medical teams to ensure alignment on evidence generation and scientific engagement priorities.

• Develop robust external stakeholder engagement plans through collaboration with genitourinary oncology opinion leaders, cooperative groups, advocacy organizations, professional societies, and payer stakeholders.

• Monitor and assess emerging scientific data, treatment paradigms, biomarkers, and competitive developments within the genitourinary oncology landscape to identify opportunities and risks.

• Enhance Amgen’s reputation as a science-based and patient-focused company through high-quality scientific exchange and external partnerships.

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 collaborator with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree from an accredited academic institution (PhD, MD/DO, or PharmD) and 2+ years of Medical Affairs experience in the biopharmaceutical industry (biotech, pharmaceutical, or CRO)

OR

Master’s degree and 4 years of Medical Affairs experience in the biopharmaceutical industry (biotech, pharmaceutical, or CRO)

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Medical Affairs experience in the biopharmaceutical industry (biotech, pharmaceutical, or CRO)

OR
Associate’s degree and 10 years of Medical Affairs experience in the biopharmaceutical industry (biotech, pharmaceutical, or CRO)
OR
High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Medical Affairs experience in the biopharmaceutical industry (biotech, pharmaceutical, or CRO)

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate degree from an accredited academic institution (PhD, MD/DO, or PharmD)

• 2+ years of clinical and/or basic science research experience, combined with clinical practice and/or biomedical teaching in oncology, ideally within genitourinary oncology

• Experience with genitourinary malignancies, including prostate cancers, immuno-oncology and targeted therapies.  

• Experience with stakeholder engagement and scientific interactions (e.g., key opinion lead