Executive Director, Clinical Development, General Medicine
Amgen
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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, Obesity 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.
Executive Director, Clinical Development, General Medicine
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role as an Executive Director, you will play an important role in scientific strategy and planning and execution for all aspects of clinical drug development across Amgen’s clinical programs.
This Executive Director within Clinical Development will be involved with the full scope of the General Medicine disease clinical drug development activities from the design and execution of Phase 2 through Phase 4 studies.
They will serve as the principal representative for global development within the General Medicine therapeutic area to a range of audiences, including executive leadership, development partners, and global regulatory agencies.
The General Medicine portfolio encompasses a broad array of therapeutic areas that include cardiovascular disease and prevention, renal disease, neurological, endocrine disease including bone diseases, among others. It does not include oncology and inflammatory diseases.
This role will include global development leadership of one or more assets within the portfolio and require people management activities. The position will work closely with all members of the cross-functional product team to apply full clinical knowledge to successfully advance clinical programs, as well as the overall product strategy.
The Executive Director will report into the Vice President, Global Clinical Development General Medicine.
Responsibilities
Serve as the global development leader for a product team with an enterprise mindset
Develop the clinical strategy for the product including indications and sequencing
Partner with clinical operations to deliver the studies
Manage clinical development medical and/or scientific directors working on various clinical trials for the product
Provide adequate oversight and mentoring of R&D personnel to design clinical development plans and protocols spanning all phases of development per indication in collaboration with product team members, key opinion leaders (KOLs) and CROs that are aligned with the target product profile
Provide adequate oversight into the development of the primary and secondary endpoints for efficacy and safety as well as contribute to the biostatistics analysis plan, and clinical study reports (CSRs) along with biostatistics and other R&D colleagues
Drive clinical development components in the writing and data interpretation of CSRs and oversee filing and registration activities
Review, interpret and present clinical data to internal and external stakeholders
Provide adequate oversight and mentoring of clinical development colleagues in co-authoring and reviewing clinical sections of regulatory documents
Lead the evidence generation strategy as well as contribute to content of individual publications, abstracts, and presentations
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of scientific and clinical published literature
Interact with KOLs to assure implementation of latest clinical thinking and guidelines into the integrated product development plan
Serve as medical and technical resource for clinical issues raised by internal and external collaborators, investigators, and consultants
Provide input/review study start up documentation, e.g., CRF design
Attend and provide clinical support for investigator and steering committee meetings
Participate in due diligence and business development activities as needed
Always operate within Compliance Guidelines
Provide medical monitoring oversight for clinical trials as required
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Executive Director we seek is an experienced leader with the following qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
MD or DO from an accredited medical school AND
Five (5) years of industry or academic research AND
Six (6) years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources
Preferred Qualifications:
PhD, or MBBS plus accredited residency in relevant sub-specialty, board certified or equivalent
Ten (10) or more years in biopharmaceutical sponsored clinical research is desirable
Biopharmaceutical experience as a medical monitor and clinical lead across therapeutic areas is desirable
Solid understanding of relevant areas such as biostatistics, regulatory, clinical pharmacology, pre-clinical toxicology approaches
Knowledge of Good Clinical Practices (GCP), FDA regulations and guidelines, and applicable international regulatory requirements
Ability to effectively present ideas and document complex medical/clinical concepts in both written and oral communication
Ability to analyze and interpret complex datasets
Exercises initiative in meeting goals and drives innovation in projects
They will also embody the Amgen leadership attributes which are:
Inspire: Create a connected, inclusive, and inspiring work environment that empowers talent to thrive
Accelerate: Enable speed that matches the urgency of patient needs by encouraging progress over perfection
Integrate: Connect the dots to amplify the collective power of Amgen to drive results for patients, staff, and shareholders
Adapt: Lead through change by adapting to an ever-changing environment and defining a clear course of action to deliver results
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 $361,379 - $414,638
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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible
As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.
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