Dir Observational Research

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

5d

About The Position

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients. 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.

Amgen is searching for a Director of Observational Research, who will lead an asset in the Oncology therapeutic area. A CfOR director is recognized as a strong scientific contributor and is a first or contributing author for papers in peer-reviewed journals or for internal reports that enhance the company’s mission. Working with the cross-functional teams, the Director will be responsible for establishing strategic direction, and providing technical and managerial leadership. The growing demand for real-world evidence (RWE) from regulatory and reimbursement authorities makes observational research a key component of drug development and commercialization. Amgen's Center for Observational Research (CfOR) is a global organization with an industry-leading analytical capability that generates RWE to support business needs across a product’s lifecycle. CfOR scientists partner with internal collaborators and industry experts to craft, conduct, interpret, and publish observational research that advises decision-making from the early development of a molecule to the design of clinical trials and the safety and efficacy of Amgen medicines. CfOR studies include but are not limited to evidence generation regarding the frequency and distribution of disease, the clinical burden of disease, the natural history or clinical course of the disease, the design of clinical trials, treatment cost, and utilization patterns, and the safety and efficiency of therapeutic interventions.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of scientific experience OR Master's degree and 7 years of scientific experience OR Bachelor's Degree and 9 years of scientific experience OR Associate’s degree and 10 years of scientific experience OR High school diploma / GED & 12 years of scientific experience

Nice To Haves

• Doctorate in Epidemiology or other subject with high observational research content
• Experience in the design, execution, and analysis of observational research studies within Pharmaceutical or Public Health setting
• Experience in research to support drug development
• Experience in observational research project planning and management
• Excellent verbal and writing communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• Designing and executing studies to support evidence generation such as identifying appropriate patient populations, assessing disease burden and resource utilization, obtaining product registrations and label-expansions, meeting post-marketing requirements/commitments and product differentiation.
• Finding opportunities to substitute for and/or complement interventional studies to reduce time and cost of drug development.
• Influencing cross-functional stakeholders in the utilization and timing of non-interventional research to answer high-priority strategic business questions.
• Leveraging real-world data and CfOR analytic approaches to inform high-value business decisions for multiple partners.
• Tracking business and functional priorities and aligning resources for those priorities.
• Contributing to the mission of the CfOR including progressing innovative epidemiological methods and analytical capabilities to support the CfOR’s leadership role within Amgen and the industry.
• Effectively leading, developing and mentoring staff and teams.
• Participating in initiatives to improve capabilities within the CfOR and providing input.
• Supporting the development of product and CfOR strategies.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with organizational leaders.

Benefits

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models where possible.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed