Medical Science Liaison, Rare Disease - San Diego and Arizona
Amgen
- Location
- US - California - San Diego
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- H-1B history
- 137 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- Aug 24, 2026
About this role
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. Medical Science Liaison, Rare Disease Territory to include San Diego and Arizona What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will (MSL) acts as the primary scientific/clinical resource to Opinion Leaders (OLs), Population Heath Decision Makers (PHDMs) and other health care providers and be responsible for executing Amgen Medical function and product strategy as led by MSL Leadership, with the goal of giving accurate information to OLs, community healthcare providers and PHDMS to improve patient outcomes. The Rare Disease – Severe Active MPA/GPA & Sjogren’s Disease MSL, is a field-based position within the U.S. Medical team reporting to the Director, East Medical Science Liaison Team, Severe Active GPA/MPA & Sjogren’s Disease. Engage with healthcare partners to educate and communicate clinical and scientific data to advance the scientific platform as aligned with Amgen’s company goals and objectives Educate and communicate clinical value, outcomes, and economic data to payers, providers, key partners, advocacy, and access enablers Respond to unsolicited inquiries consistent with the MSL compliance standards Provide and/or present field observations and insights to internal collaborators Implement a scientific engagement plan according to annual MSL goals and metrics Develop and implement local OL plans in line with the scientific engagement plan Support speaker training as requested and ensure the speakers are updated on new data Support Amgen-sponsored research and may serve as a study lead Liaise with potential investigators in non-sponsored clinical research Lead and/or participate on project teams that support MSL strategies and tactics as delegated by MSL leadership Advance the MSL value proposition, identify gaps, achieve results, and set an example for others to follow by consistently demonstrating Amgen's values and leadership attributes. Demonstrate tact and integrity when communicating and interacting with others. Lead and support congress activities as aligned with strategy Compliantly collaborate with cross-functional colleagues. May serve as the main point of contact Maintain clinical acuity and expertise and ensure timely completion of assigned training. May serve as a training lead, New Hire Mentor, and/or International MSL mentor or trainer What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our outstanding contributions to serve patients. The confident professional we seek is a consistent performer with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications
Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree & 3 years of Medical Affairs experience OR Bachelor’s degree & 5 years of Medical Affairs experience Preferred Qualifications: Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D. or D.O. (other doctoral degrees considered) 2 years of proven