Director, Disease Area Strategy Lead – General Medicine
Core
Shape the future of Amgen's General Medicine portfolio by integrating scientific, clinical, patient, competitive, and commercial perspectives into therapeutic area, portfolio, and early asset decisions.
Role type
Director, Disease Area Strategy Lead (General Medicine)
Builds
Therapeutic area strategy, portfolio investment decisions, and early pipeline commercial assessments for cardiovascular disease and bone health.
Domain
Biopharmaceuticals / General Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease, Bone Health)
Required skills
Strategic judgment, scientific curiosity, commercial acumen, cross-functional partnership building, complex problem structuring, tradeoff analysis, market and competitive assessment, patient segmentation, forecasting, new product planning, evidence integration (scientific/clinical/customer/KOL/competitive intelligence/epidemiology/RWE/analytics), decision influence without formal authority.
Preferred skills
Advanced degree (MBA, PhD, PharmD, MD, MPH), biopharmaceutical industry experience, life sciences strategy consulting experience, New Product Planning experience, pipeline commercial strategy experience, portfolio strategy experience, commercial development experience, strategy consulting experience, forecasting experience, market research experience, analytics experience, business development experience, early-stage asset evaluation experience, cardiovascular disease or bone health therapeutic area experience, scientific and clinical learning agility.
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Lead development and evolution of General Medicine therapeutic area strategy; translate TA ambitions into disease and franchise priorities; maintain forward-looking view of science and competitive dynamics; assess investment opportunities and tradeoffs; partner with Business Development on external innovation; serve as commercial strategic lead for early pipeline projects; define patient populations and unmet needs; identify critical strategic questions; assess commercial attractiveness of scientific success; lead creation of target product profiles; drive cross-functional opportunity assessments including forecasting and eNPVs.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership & cross-functional influence