Associate Director Study

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.

Join us.

In this vital role you will lead world-class study start-up planning and execution across a global portfolio, enabling clinical trials to launch with speed, quality, and efficiency.

• Lead and develop a team of Study Start-up Managers to deliver high-quality, compliant start-up activities across programs and therapeutic areas.
• Drive end-to-end global and local study start-up planning and execution, meeting timelines, budget, and regulatory (ICH-GCP) requirements.
• Provide portfolio-level oversight of performance, resourcing, and metrics, proactively identifying risks and recommending solutions.
• Build team capability through coaching, mentoring, and performance management, embedding best practices and continuous improvement.
• Partner with functional and hub leaders to strengthen start-up capabilities, processes, and operational readiness.
• Own and embed study start-up processes and contribute to the evolution of the Study Start-up Hub model, fostering collaboration, innovation, and knowledge sharing.

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. What we seek in you as an experienced professional, are these qualifications and skills:

• Degree educated

• Clinical trial execution experience and previous experience leading and managing global teams across multiple clinical functions as well as project management experience
• Previous experience in life sciences focusing on clinical trials, including biopharmaceutical clinical research.
• Previous management experience of direct reports and/or global teams across multiple clinical functions

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

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

LOCATION:

Ability to work flexibly from home with regular office work either from our Cambridge or Uxbridge next generation workspace.

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a 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 an accommodation.