Precision Medicine Global Biomarker Lead (GBL)

Amgen•Thousand Oaks, CA

About The Position

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. Precision Medicine Global Biomarker Lead (GBL) What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will within the Precision Medicine Unit, the Global Biomarker Lead will serve as a key member of Amgen’s cross-functional product teams, driving biomarker strategies that align with Precision Medicine goals. We are seeking a highly motivated scientist with expertise in biomarker research and drug development in cardiovascular diseases to develop and execute biomarker plans that measure pharmacodynamics, target engagement, efficacy, and patient stratification. The successful candidate will oversee assay readiness, vendor management, and biomarker data generation, while partnering closely with clinical development, discovery biomarker, and research colleagues. This role also includes authorship and review of essential clinical and regulatory documents to support decision-making across the portfolio.

Requirements

Doctorate degree and 2 years of Clinical experience OR Master’s degree and 4 years of Clinical experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Clinical experience OR Associate’s degree and 10 years of Clinical experience OR High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Clinical experience

Nice To Haves

PhD in a relevant field; PharmD, MD, or equivalent considered.
3+ years of relevant experience, ideally in industry.
Strong expertise in cardiovascular disease and biomarker research.
Experience leading and integrating cross functional and technical teams.
Experience overseeing vendors/CROs for biomarker assays and sample operations.
Demonstrated proficiency in solving complex problems and driving successful implementation of team objectives.

Responsibilities

Lead development and execution of comprehensive clinical biomarker strategies for pharmacodynamics, target engagement, and patient stratification for cardiovascular disease programs across the drug development pipeline from Phase 1 to Phase 3 trials.
Collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external partners to enable biomarker strategy alignment and delivery of high-quality biomarker datasets.
Lead and partner with biomarker technical & operation sub-teams for clinical biomarker strategy implementation including specialty vendor evaluations, biomarker budget and contract planning, biomarker sample operations, biomarker data analysis plans, and cross-functional data sharing.
Contribute to the drafting and review of clinical study documents, including study protocols, informed consent forms, clinical study reports, scientific reports, and manuscripts.

Benefits

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being.
From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.
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.

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