Director Global Site & Study Operations

Career Category Clinical Development Job Description

At Amgen, every challenge is an opportunity. And every opportunity brings the potential to change lives. Our shared mission—to serve patients—has driven our status as one of the world’s preeminent biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Leverage your high-level expertise to lead and forge partnerships that advance the biotechnical and biopharmaceutical science that can turn the tide of serious, life-interrupting illnesses.

In this vital role, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for study and site execution across an assigned country or hub-and-spoke geography, ensuring delivery of Amgen’s clinical portfolio in alignment with global strategies, regulatory requirements, and quality standards.

You will serve as a key advisor on feasibility and study placement, lead and develop impactful teams, and ensure the right capabilities and resources are in place to deliver reliable, compliant trial outcomes.

• Owning end-to-end study and site execution, including start-up, enrollment, retention, data quality, and patient safety.
• Advising on country commitments, feasibility, site selection, and study placement aligned with portfolio priorities.
• Leading, developing, and resourcing country or hub teams to meet current and future portfolio needs.
• Driving strong investigator and site engagement through a differentiated Amgen site experience.
• Managing country-level budgets, forecasting, and vendor performance to ensure efficient use of resources.
• Leading country governance and risk management, including chairing the Country Management Team and representing the country in senior forums.
• Ensuring regulatory compliance, inspection readiness, and continuous improvement, promoting best‑practice sharing, audit readiness, and adherence to ICH‑GCP, SOPs.

• Degree educated.
• Clinical trial execution experience and previous people leadership managing teams, projects, or resources.
• Previous experience in life sciences or a related field, including biopharmaceutical clinical research.
• Experience working with or overseeing clinical research vendors (e.g., CROs, central labs, imaging).
• Strong experience leading clinical operations across a country or region, with knowledge of local regulatory requirements.

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.

• Clear and disciplined strategic vision for the future that leverages superior-quality products, operational excellence and top‑shelf‑talent
• 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 fully remote, or, if situated near an office, the option to work flexibly from home with occasional office presence at our Cambridge or Uxbridge next‑generation workspace.

What we do is hard. It should be. We are working with each other against the challenges of today for the promise of tomorrow. Lead the way.