Medical Senior Director – Early Clinical Development

Role Summary

Medical Senior Director – Early Clinical Development, Inflammation. Provide scientific and medical direction for pre-clinical and early clinical programs within Amgen’s Inflammation/General Medicine Early Development pipeline. Lead strategy for early phase clinical development from first-in-human studies through proof of concept and translational projects, collaborating across Research, Global Development, and Precision Medicine to ensure alignment and advancement of early assets. Mentor and develop Early Development leaders and Medical Directors to promote rigorous study design and execution.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and biological insights into the strategy for Inflammation/General Medicine programs and how to best support that strategy within Early Development studies
• Mentor Medical Directors/Early Development Leaders to ensure best practices for study design and execution in support of overarching strategy for early assets
• Partner with colleagues in Research, Precision Medicine, Global Development as well as other functions across the organization to ensure alignment of goals and effective advancement of early programs
• Participate in evaluation of business development opportunities

Qualifications

• Required: MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school
• Required: 5 years of clinical research and/or basic science research experience
• Required: 5 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources
• Preferred: MD, PhD with clinical training/expertise in a relevant clinical subspecialty
• Preferred: 5 years of clinical trial /drug development experience in Inflammation/General medicine areas with the majority of that experience within an industry setting
• Preferred: Strong understanding of the biology of the relevant diseases

Education

• MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school