Clinical Scientist Director - Late Development, Inflammation

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Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, the Clinical Scientist Director will support late-phase clinical development by translating scientific and clinical strategy into actionable execution across clinical trials. The Clinical Scientist serves as a key clinical development team member, providing hands‑on oversight of protocol execution, medical data review, and clinical data quality to enable high‑quality, decision‑ready data.

The Clinical Scientist works collaboratively within cross‑functional teams to ensure clinical trials are executed in alignment with protocol intent, regulatory expectations, and Amgen quality standards.

• Serve as a clinical and scientific subject‑matter expert for the assigned therapeutic area and disease indication, with a strong focus on protocol execution and data integrity.
• Work cross‑functionally to ensure clinical strategy is translated into the development of the study concept document, study protocol, and related documents.
• Provide guidance and assistance in the identification and management of collaborators, consultants, and/or Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) in completion of key projects.
• Provide clinical input into & implementation of clinical trial(s), delivery, clinical data review, and interpretation of results.
• Review and analyze clinical trial data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and adherence to protocol and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure integrity of protocols and/or components of clinical plans and for the delivery of final protocol and its governance approval.
• Contribute to medical monitoring activities and support ongoing assessment of subject‑level clinical data to identify trends, risks, and emerging issues.
• Conduct thorough data quality assessments in the context of a data monitoring plan to maintain high standards of data accuracy and integrity throughout the trial lifecycle.
• Present information internally and externally, anticipating and actively managing problems across a broad spectrum of cross‑functional teams.

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

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of life sciences/healthcare experience
• Master’s degree and 7 years of life sciences/healthcare experience
• Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of life sciences/healthcare experience

• 5 years of pharmaceutical clinical drug development experience
• Strong preference for individuals with proven track record of clinical trial process improvement
• Industry or academic experience in late‑phase drug development for Inflammation Development Therapeutic Area.
• Strong communication & presentation skills in English to clearly communicate scientific concepts /data to leadership committees both internally or externally (both written and oral)
• Experience with designing, monitoring, and implementing clinical trials for the Inflammation Development Therapeutic Area and interpreting test results in compliance with Good Clinical Practice standards and regulatory requirements
• Understanding of conducting study data readout activities, including data cleaning, data base lock, data extract, producing outputs of data
• Experience…