Medical Senior Director – Early Clinical Development – Inflammation

Role Summary

Medical Senior Director – Early Clinical Development is a scientific leadership role responsible for providing medical direction for pre-clinical/early clinical programs in Amgen’s Inflammation/General Medicine Early Development pipeline, developing strategy for early phase clinical development from first-in-man studies through proof of concept and translational projects as part of the initial drug development strategy.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and biological insights into the strategy for Inflammation/General Medicine programs and specifically 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