Lab Operations Manager

## Lab Operations Manager Apply:
Remote:
United States - Remote:
Full time:
Posted 8 Days Ago:
R-253743##
** Career Category
** Clinical## ##
** 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.
** Lab Operations Manager**##
** What you will do
** Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will support Amgen sponsored clinical trials, focusing on the laboratory category. In this key role, you will help us deliver on priority initiatives as well as provide strategic support to our study teams and key partners to optimize clinical trial implementation with our suppliers. The highest quality will be achieved by partnering effectively with our suppliers and providing robust supplier oversight with a fit for purpose governance program.

Our scope is global and supports our clinical trials around the world. Come join an exceptional team that delivers for our study teams and our patients! Potentially up to 20% travel domestic and/or international.
* Provide guidance and input on technical and operational aspects of study design and execution
* Provide support and guidance during study startup and conduct with suppliers including activities such as sourcing, budget review, supplier selection, and scope of work development
* Develop strong global relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers
* Drive and facilitate the governance of laboratory suppliers
* Lead evaluation and qualification process of suppliers and advise partners on their selection
* Support the development and implementation of standards and processes for evaluation, qualification, selection, management, and monitoring of labs
* Provide oversight of technical and operational performance of laboratory suppliers across studies and manage escalated issues to resolution
* Support clinical trials and cross functional alignment with stakeholders, suppliers and partners for companion diagnostics development
* Participate on key initiatives and task forces with Therapeutic Areas, Early Development and Research
* Share expertise in emerging technologies through company interactions, literature, and industry conferences
* Contribute to the continuous improvement of Supplier Governance and the wider GDO organization and support the integration activities for Amgen acquisitions, as appropriate##
** What we expect of you
** We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a person with these qualifications.
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* Basic Qualifications:

*** Doctorate degree    OR
* Master’s degree and 2 years of lab and clinical trials experience    OR
* Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of lab and clinical trials experience    OR
* Associate’s…