Associate Director - Information Systems

BioSpace; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen is hiring an Associate Director for the Clinical Data Hub (CDH) product team within the CDA-DTI organization. You will set the CDH vision and roadmap, enable scalable clinical data foundations, and drive data access, governance, and reuse across studies to accelerate development.

The role requires leadership of a cross-functional team, strong product management experience in enterprise data, and a track record delivering measurable business outcomes in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Doctorate/Masters/Bachelors/Associates with 4+ years of managerial experience.
• Experience leading enterprise data, analytics, or platform products with measurable outcomes.
• Ability to communicate strategy and decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of clinical development data, governance, and regulated environments.
• Experience with Agile product delivery and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Define CDH product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap.
• Lead cross-functional product team and manage backlog and budget.
• Collaborate across Clinical Development, Data Management, Biostatistics, and DTI.
• Ensure data standards, governance, and security across studies.
• Represent CDH in senior leadership forums and align on investments.

Skills

Domain knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Agile product delivery

Strategic thinking

Communication

Product ownership

Education

Doctorate degree in Information Systems/CS/Biology

Masters degree in Information Systems/CS/Biology

Bachelors degree in Information Systems/CS/Biology

Tools

AWS

Databricks

Apache technologies

Python

R

SQL

Docker

GitLab

Job description

Mission of Serving Patients

Join Amgen, if you feel 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 worlds 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 lie 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 - Information Systems - Clinical Data Hub

What you will do

Lets do this. Lets change the world. In this vital role, you will serve as the Associate Director and product leader for the Clinical Data Hub (CDH) product team within the Clinical Design and Analysis (CDA) - Digital, Technology & Innovation (DTI) organization. You will set the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for CDH as a trusted, scalable clinical data foundation that enables discovery, integration, governance, and reuse of clinical development data. This role is critical to accelerating study onboarding, improving data availability and quality, enabling analytics and AI-ready data, and increasing the speed and probability of successful product development and commercialization.

What Youll Be Doing

• Establish and maintain senior partnerships across Clinical Development, Data Management, Biostatistics, Clinical Operations, Safety, Regulatory, Precision Medicine, and DTI to define and execute the CDH strategic roadmap.
• Own and communicate the CDH product vision, multi‑year roadmap, investment priorities, and measurable outcomes in alignment with clinical development and enterprise data strategy.
• Champion scalable data products, common data standards, metadata, governance, security, discoverability, and interoperability capabilities that simplify data access and reuse across studies and functions.
• Lead product portfolio planning, manage and prioritize the product backlog and budget, and make transparent trade‑off decisions across platform reliability, regulatory compliance, technical debt, and delivery of new capabilities.
• Provide strategic and people leadership for a cross‑functional product team; develop product, technical, and delivery capabilities while creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and execute workforce, capability, and resource strategies, including talent development, succession planning, vendor/partner management, and effective use of internal and external resources to support the CDH strategy.
• Collaborate closely with data, analytics, platform, infrastructure, architecture, security, validation, DevOps/RunOps, and other product teams to deliver end‑to‑end value and dependable operations.
• Establish effective product governance and performance management practices, using business outcomes, adoption, operational health, cost, quality, and stakeholder feedback to guide investment and strategic decisions.
• Represent CDH in senior leadership forums, communicate strategy, progress, risks, dependencies, and investment needs, and build alignment on decisions that impact the broader clinical data ecosystem.
• Anticipate emerging business and technology needs and translate trends in clinical data, analytics, AI, and digital capabilities into opportunities to evolve the CDH product strategy and long‑term roadmap.

What we expect of you

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Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of Information Systems and/or Computer Science and/or Biology experience
• Or Masters degree and 8 years of Information Systems and/or Computer Science and/or Biology experience
• Or Bachelors degree and 10 years of Information Systems and/or Computer Science and/or Biology experience
• Or Associates degree and 12 years of Information Systems and/or Computer Science and/or Biology experience
• Or High school diploma / GED and 14 years of Information Systems and/or Computer Science and/or Biology experience
• In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have a minimum of 4 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, products, programs, or directing the allocation of resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above.

Preferred Qualifications

• Domain knowledge of Clinical Development data and processes, including clinical data management, study execution, data standards, governance, and regulated environments.
• Product Management or Product Owner experience leading enterprise data, analytics, or platform products, with a demonstrated track record of delivering measurable business outcomes, adoption, resilience, and compliance.
• Strong strategic thinking, learning agility, and technical leadership, with the ability to translate complex business, data, and technology challenges into strategy, investment priorities, and actionable plans.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross‑functional teams and senior stakeholders across Clinical Development and DTI, align priorities, resolve complex issues, and drive decisions and outcomes.
• Experience with product strategy, multi‑year roadmaps, portfolio prioritization, resource planning, and Agile product delivery, including discovery, backlog management, release planning, and Scrum or scaled Agile practices.
• Strong understanding of modern data architecture and engineering, including cloud, data lakes/lakehouses, APIs, metadata, data quality and lineage, security, DevOps, and analytics/AI.
• Experience with AWS, Databricks, Apache technologies, Python, R, SQL, Docker, and GitLab is preferred.
• Strong communication and relationship‑building skills. Able to communicate strategy, business value, risks, and decisions to diverse audiences. Skilled at delivering impactful presentations and building trusted partnerships across functions, geographies, and organizational levels.

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 well support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

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

• 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. Refer to the work location type in the job posting to see if this applies.

Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

Equal Opportunity

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.

Accommodation

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.

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