Associate Director Global Clinical Program Management

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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. 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.

Associate Director Global Clinical Program Management

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will lead the operational delivery of complex clinical programs, enabling execution with quality and speed at the forefront, bringing innovative medicines to patients who need them most

• Lead the operational planning and delivery of multiple clinical studies or programs, ensuring timelines, budget, quality, and strategy are met.
• Proactively identify delivery risks and guide course-correction to keep studies on track.
• Drive consistent, high-quality operational practices across all assigned studies and programs.
• Line-manage and develop Study Delivery Leads, setting clear objectives and fostering high performance.
• Oversee program-level issues, risks, and escalation, ensuring timely and effective resolution.
• Partner cross-functionally and with local execution teams to align priorities, resources, and delivery plans.
• Provide strategic input on study design, country selection, enrolment, diversity, and patient-centric approaches.
• Manage program-level budgets, vendors, and forecasting while embedding lessons learned and continuous improvement.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The candidate we seek is an individual with the following qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 3 years of clinical execution experience OR
• Master’s degree and 7 years of clinical execution experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of clinical execution experience OR
• Associate’s degree and 12 years of clinical execution experience OR
• High school diploma / GED and 14 years of clinical execution experience
• In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources.  Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8 years’ work experience in life sciences or medically related field, including 6 years of biopharmaceutical clinical research experience obtained working on clinical trials at a biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company
• Experience managing multiple teams / direct reports across multiple geographies
• Experience at or oversight of outside clinical research vendors (CRO’s, central labs, imaging vendors, etc.)

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 annual base salary range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $182,145-212,860

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:

• 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