Associate Director Global Clinical Program

Amgen; Thousand Oaks (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen is seeking an Associate Director Clinical Program Manager to lead the operational planning and delivery of multiple clinical studies, ensuring timelines, budget, quality, and strategy are met. The role requires strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration across study teams.

You will identify delivery risks, drive course-corrections, and oversee budgets, vendors, and forecasting while mentoring Study Delivery Leads to achieve high performance.

Qualifications

• Doctorate, Master’s, Bachelor’s, Associate’s, or High School with extensive clinical execution leadership experience.
• Minimum 3 years’ direct people management and/or leadership of teams, projects, or resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and delivery of multiple clinical studies/programs with timelines, budget, quality, and strategy.
• Identify risks and guide course-corrections to keep studies on track.
• Drive high-quality operational practices across studies and programs.
• Line-manage Study Delivery Leads and set clear objectives for performance.
• Oversee program-level issues, risks, and escalation with timely resolutions.
• Partner with cross-functional and local teams to align priorities and resources.
• Provide strategic input on study design, country selection, enrolment, diversity, and patient-centric approaches.
• Manage program budgets, vendor relationships, and forecasting with continuous improvement.

Skills

Clinical program management

People leadership

Budget oversight

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Study design input

Education

Doctorate degree (clinical execution)

Master’s degree (clinical execution)

Bachelor’s degree (clinical execution)

Associate’s degree (clinical execution)

High school diploma / GED (clinical execution)

Tools

CTMS

EDC systems

Budgeting tools

Job description

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. 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.

Associate Director Clinical Program Manager

What you will do

• 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

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The candidate we seek is an individual with the following qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 3 years of clinical execution experience OR
• Master’s degree and 7 years of clinical execution experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of clinical execution experience OR
• Associate’s degree and 12 years of clinical execution experience OR
• High school diploma / GED and 14 years of clinical execution experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have a minimum of 3 years’ 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8 years’ work experience in life sciences or medically related field, including 6 years of biopharmaceutical clinical research experience obtained working on clinical trials at a biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company
• 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

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.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided 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 accommodation.