Digital Medicine, Director

Career Category

Medical Services

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. 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.

Digitial Medicine, Director

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will lead and drive innovative research methods across portfolio by utilizing decentralized, pragmatic trial strategies, and digital health initiatives. This person will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) and strategic partner to product and study teams, providing thought leadership and operational guidance for integrating digital and innovative solutions across the product development lifecycle. This role may also assume direct study-level responsibility when needed, ensuring seamless execution and alignment with program goals.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership:

• Define and execute the digital medicine strategy aligned with post marketing, clinical development, product, and portfolio needs.

• Represent the Digital Medicine function across cross-functional and governance meetings, influencing strategic decisions.

Study & Product Team Support:

• Serve as SME to product and clinical study teams to identify opportunities for innovative research integration, including DCT elements, DHT and pragmatic study designs for efficiency and cost management of studies.

• Advise on the selection, validation, and implementation of digital tools, wearables, remote monitoring technologies, and digital endpoints.

Decentralized and Pragmatic Trial Expertise:

• Provide leadership in the design, planning, and execution of decentralized and pragmatic trials.

Innovation & Technology Enablement:

• Stay current with emerging digital health trends, technologies, regulatory guidance, and industry standard processes.

• Identify and establish strategic partnerships with external innovators, startups, technology providers, and academic institutions

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Act as the central point of contact for Digital Medicine internally and externally, including interactions with vendors, investigators, and functions conducting the studies.

• Collaborate with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Safety, Strategic Sourcing and related teams to ensure successful execution of trials with innovative methods.

Operational Oversight:

• Oversee the operational aspects of digital solution deployment in clinical trials, including vendor management, budget planning, and risk mitigation.

• Define and monitor key performance indicators (e.g., study time reduction, patient retention, enrollment, cost).

• Change Management

• Lead change management to drive cultural and organizational adoption of innovative research methods

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 Director with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of relevant experience OR

• Master’s degree and 7 years of relevant experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, public health, or related field (PhD, MD, PharmD, or MSc preferred).

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in clinical development, digital health, or related field, including leadership in DCTs and pragmatic trials. Preferably in cardiovascular, rare diseases, oncology, and/or inflammation.

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