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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 mission is to serve patients living with serious illnesses.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With focus on Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease, we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of Amgen, you’ll help make a lasting impact on patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller lives.

Our culture is collaborative, innovative, and science-based. If you have a passion for challenges, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform lives while transforming your career.

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will drive world-class study start-up planning and execution across a global portfolio, ensuring clinical trials launch with quality, efficiency, and speed.

• Lead and manage a team of Study Start-up Managers, ensuring high-quality, compliant study start-up delivery across multiple programs and therapeutic areas.
• Drive end-to-end study start-up planning and execution from global to local, delivering milestones on time, within budget, and in line with ICH-GCP and regulatory requirements.
• Provide portfolio-level oversight of study start-up performance, resourcing, and delivery metrics, escalating risks with solution-focused recommendations.
• Build team capability through coaching, mentoring, performance management, and role modelling of best practices in study start-up delivery.
• Partner with functional and hub leaders to strengthen study start-up capabilities, ways of working, and operational readiness across the organisation.
• Own and embed study start-up business processes, ensuring consistent application through training, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Foster a collaborative, high-engagement culture that encourages innovation, learning, and the sharing of knowledge and best practice.
• Contribute to the evolution of the Study Start-up Hub model, shaping future ways of working through feedback, insights, and continuous improvement initiatives.

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The candidate we seek is an individual with the following qualifications.

• Pharma Expertise: Requires pharma and clinical trial processes and operations expertise; no relevant therapeutic knowledge required.
• Management Experience: Requires experience leading and managing global teams and project management experience.
• Tech Skills: No prior Veeva experience required.
• Degree requirements: Doctorate with 3 years of clinical execution experience OR Master’s with 7 years OR Bachelor’s with 9 years OR Associate’s with 12 years OR High school diploma / GED with 14 years of clinical execution experience. In addition, at least 3 years of direct people management or leadership experience is required, which may run concurrently with the technical experience.

• 7 years of work experience in life sciences, focusing on clinical trials, including 5 years of biopharmaceutical clinical research experience obtained at a biotech or pharmaceutical company.
• Experience managing multiple teams / direct reports across multiple clinical functions.

We support your professional and personal growth and well-being. From competitive benefits to a 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 $182,145 - $212,860. In addition to base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan including health and welfare plans, retirement savings, work-life balance, and career development opportunities, which may include:

• Comprehensive benefits package including a Retirement and Savings Plan with company contributions, medical/dental/vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• Discretionary annual bonus program or sales-based incentive plan for field roles.
• Stock-based long-term incentives.
• Award-winning time-off plans and company-wide shutdowns.
• Flexible work models, including remote work where possible.

Apply now for a career that defies imagination. Careers.amgen.com

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer. We will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities where needed. Please contact us to request accommodation.