Senior Principal Imaging Scientist

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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.

Senior Principal Imaging Scientist

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will help coordinate and lead the application of different imaging strategies to support our portfolio of innovative oncology drug candidates. You will be expected to work with cross functional teams to design, execute and analyze imaging studies.

There will be a significant emphasis on our Oncology portfolio, though imaging strategies are used in all our therapeutic areas.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, design and implement multi-modality imaging measures as endpoints for oncology therapeutic clinical studies.
• Support several fast track and advanced clinical programs throughout the different development stages including FIH, registrational and life cycle management to allow a deep understanding of team/therapeutic needs.
• Work closely with imaging, clinical development and clinical operation leads to formulate appropriate imaging biomarker strategies.
• Support central review and adjudication strategies led by Imaging CRO
• Serve as a SME while supporting imaging-focused strategic sourcing and vendor management teams in vendor capability/quality evaluations.
• Provide subject matter expertise with regards to response criteria (RECIST, PCWG3, Lugano, RANO etc.), their incorporation in different clinical settings and troubleshooting site issues which may impact them.
• Provide leadership in translation/utilization of novel imaging modalities (PET) in early clinical oncology studies.
• Work with clinical teams and Precision Medicine to support utilization of AI-driven image analysis tools (Radiomics) in clinical oncology studies.
• Provide consultation to non-clinical imaging teams to plan studies to help inform on clinical study design.
• Develop and deliver training to study teams on imaging response criteria.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a subject matter expert with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree PhD OR PharmD OR MD [and relevant post-doc where applicable] and 3 years of pharmaceutical and/or diagnostics experience

Or

Master’s degree and 6 years of pharmaceutical and/or diagnostics experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of pharmaceutical and/or diagnostics experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Three (3) or more years of experience in clinical research working within an imaging CRO or within a pharmaceutical company.
• Expert knowledge of imaging modalities including CT, MRI and PET
• Experience with development of clinical protocols, imaging study manuals and procedures, SOPs and other documentation involved with the execution of clinical imaging studies and utilization of response criteria.
• Experience with presentation of results and reporting to clinical teams which rely on the information for clinical decision making.
• Excellent communication skills allowing to break down complex imaging concepts and work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to present scientific content to diverse audiences is required.

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising 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 including:

• 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 fie