Senior Director, Clinical Development Medical Director- Obesity and Related Conditions

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.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will support Clinical Development in Chronic Weight Management.

Responsibilities

Supporting the development, execution and communication of the global scientific/medical evidence plan

Supporting cross-functional and global collaborations to integrate broad medical, scientific, and commercial input into the development program

Supporting the development of key scientific external relationships with opinion leaders

Participating and providing clinical input into safety and regulatory interactions

Provide clinical/scientific input during the development and execution of clinical trials

Author CSRs, publications and regulatory submissions

Develop key opinion leaders and make scientific presentation at advisory boards, key scientific meetings and external committee meetings as delegated by Global Development Leader

Identify new clinical research opportunities

Support in-licensing and out-licensing activities and partner relationships

Support product lifecycle management for new indications as directed by Global Development Leader

Materials to be used in Scientific Affairs

Materials to be used by the Commercial Organization

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The clinical development professional we seek has these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school

AND

5 years of clinical research and/or basic science research experience

AND

5 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of clinical research experience and/or basic science research combined with clinical teaching and patient care activities, particularly in obesity, chronic weight management, sleep apnea
• Clinical research experience in the biopharmaceutical industry (biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company)
• In-depth understanding of the scientific method and clinical applications based on medical, scientific and practical rationale