Associate Director Global Clinical Program Management

Amgen Inc. (IR); Uxbridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen Inc. (IR) seeks an Associate Director to lead the operational delivery of complex clinical programs, ensuring quality, speed, and patient-centric approaches. You will manage budgets, vendors, and forecasting while guiding multiple studies across geographies.

The role requires experience leading teams and clinical research within biotech/pharma or CRO settings, with flexibility to work from home and regular office days in Cambridge or Uxbridge as part of a hybrid model.

Qualifications

• Degree educated.
• Experience leading programs and managing teams.
• Clinical research experience in biotech/pharma/CRO.
• Experience across geographies and coordinating vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the operational delivery of multiple clinical studies or programs.
• Identify delivery risks and guide course-corrections.
• Oversee program-level budgets, vendors and forecasting.
• Line-manage Study Delivery Leads and drive high performance.
• Partner with cross-functional and local execution teams.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Clinical trials

Vendor management

Cross-functional

People management

Education

Degree educated

Job description

Career Category Clinical Job Description If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - GLOBAL CLINICAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT LIVE

What you will do In this vital role you will lead the operational delivery of complex clinical programs, enabling execution with quality and speed at the forefront, bringing innovative medicines to patients who need them most.

• Lead the operational planning and delivery of multiple clinical studies or programs, ensuring timelines, budget, quality, and strategy are met.
• Proactively identify delivery risks and guide course-correction to keep studies on track.
• Drive consistent, high-quality operational practices across all assigned studies and programs.
• Line-manage and develop Study Delivery Leads, setting clear objectives and fostering high performance.
• Oversee program-level issues, risks, and escalation, ensuring timely and effective resolution.
• Partner cross-functionally and with local execution teams to align priorities, resources, and delivery plans.
• Provide strategic input on study design, country selection, enrolment, diversity, and patient-centric approaches.
• Manage program-level budgets, vendors, and forecasting while embedding lessons learned and continuous improvement.

What we expect of you

• Degree educated.
• Experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources.
• Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above.
• Previous experience in life sciences or medically related field, including biopharmaceutical clinical research experience obtained working on clinical trials at a biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company.
• Strong experience managing multiple teams / direct reports across multiple geographies.
• Experience at or oversight of outside clinical research vendors (CRO’s, central labs, imaging vendors, etc.).

What you can expect of us

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

Location

Ability to work flexibly from home with regular office work either from our Cambridge or Uxbridge next generation workspace.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential. For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen