Director, Scientific and Operations Intelligence, Obesity

BioSpace; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Stock-based incentives

Flexible time-off plans

Job summary

Amgen seeks a Director of Scientific and Operations Intelligence for Obesity to lead the non-commercial insights and analytics agenda across R&D, Medical, Clinical Development, and Operations. The role partners with senior leaders to prioritize, frame problems, and mobilize data and experts to deliver actionable recommendations.

Initial capability build runs across agile, cross-functional needs. Long-term team and operating model development are central to sustained value delivery in a global

Qualifications

• PhD/MD/MPH or equivalent with the required years of experience as stated in basic qualifications.
• Ten+ years in biopharma, biotechnology, healthcare, or life sciences consulting with cross-functional expertise.
• Proven ability to frame ambiguous, high-stakes questions and translate evidence into actionable recommendations.
• Experience in obesity, cardiometabolic disease, or similar rapidly evolving therapeutic areas preferred.
• Exceptional executive communication, judgment, and ability to influence at the highest levels.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across R&D, Medical, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Supply, and related functions.
• Serve as agile problem-solving leader across the scientific and operations remit.
• Lead end-to-end priority work: define decision and hypotheses; determine analytical approach; mobilize data and experts; synthesize findings; recommend action; track impact.
• Integrate scientific and operational information into decision-ready views of options, dependencies, uncertainties, and trade-offs.
• Build reusable analytical capabilities, including scenario models, evidence maps, risk dashboards, and leading indicators; apply AI where it improves outcomes.
• Develop the long-term team, operating model, and governance across global capabilities and analytics teams.
• Foster a culture of intellectual honesty, analytical rigor, and accountability with strong standards for integrity and data governance.

Skills

Executive communication

Influence

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Advanced degree in life sciences or related field

Job description

Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like youre part of something bigger, its because you are. Our shared missionto serve patients living with serious illnessesdrives all that we do.

Since 1980, weve 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, youll 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, youll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Director, Scientific and Operations Intelligence, Obesity

This role owns the non-commercial Obesity Insights & Analytics agenda across scientific domains, including R&D, Medical, and Clinical Development, and operations domains, including Clinical Operations, Supply, and related Operations functions. As the trusted Insights & Analytics partner to senior leaders across these functions, the Director connects priorities, surfaces cross-functional dependencies, frames the questions with the greatest potential to improve decisions and outcomes, and mobilizes the right data and expertise to deliver clear recommendations for Obesity and Related Conditions leadership.

During the initial capability build, the Director will operate as an agile enterprise problem solver, flexing across the highest-priority functional and cross-functional needs. In parallel, the Director will build the long-term team, operating model, and recurring portfolio required to create sustained value.

The Director is accountable for prioritization, problem framing, analytical strategy and delivery, executive synthesis, and decision-impact measurement, partnering with the India-based Scientific and Operations Intelligence capability and other experts to scale delivery. Commercial Insights & Analytics and Competitive Intelligence are outside the remit. Success is measured by decisions improved, risks anticipated, and value created.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and sustain trusted relationships with senior leaders across R&D, Medical, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Supply, and related Operations functions to understand evolving priorities, connect interdependencies, and shape the Insights & Analytics agenda. Anchor each priority to a clear question, decision date, decision owner, and value at stake, and ensure insights translate into decisions and action.
• Serve as an agile problem-solving leader across the scientific and operations remit, rapidly deploying to the most consequential functional and cross-functional priorities rather than operating through fixed workstreams.
• Lead priority work end to end: define the decision and hypotheses; determine the analytical approach; mobilize the right data, capabilities, and experts; synthesize findings; recommend a course of action; and track impact.
• Integrate scientific and operational information into decision-ready views of options, dependencies, uncertainties, and trade-offs, including research prioritization, development choices, evidence generation, trial execution, supply capacity, and readiness.
• Build reusable decision products and analytical capabilities, including scenario models, evidence maps, risk dashboards, decision trees, and leading indicators. Apply advanced analytics and AI where they materially improve quality, speed, or scale.
• Build the long-term team and operating model, including intake and prioritization, stakeholder engagement, work-product standards, governance, and an effective delivery model across the India-based Scientific and Operations Intelligence capability, functional analytics teams, and subject-matter experts.
• Create a high-performing culture of intellectual honesty, constructive challenge, analytical rigor, and action, with strong standards for scientific integrity, compliance, privacy, data governance, and reproducibility.

What We Expect Of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is someone with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of relevant experience OR
• Masters degree and 7 years of relevant experience OR
• Bachelors degree and 9 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, public health, epidemiology, data science, engineering, operations research, business, or a related field.
• Ten or more years of experience in biopharma, biotechnology, healthcare, or life sciences consulting, with deep expertise in at least one relevant scientific or operations domain, meaningful experience in another, and demonstrated ability to integrate across functions.
• Demonstrated success framing ambiguous, high-stakes questions and translating complex evidence into recommendations that changed or accelerated a senior leadership decision.
• Proven ability to deliver near-term impact while building a new capability, operating model, or team across a complex global organization.
• Strong understanding of drug discovery and development, medical evidence, clinical trial design and execution, and biopharmaceutical supply operations, with fluency in relevant data, scenario modeling, visualization, and responsible applications of AI.
• Experience in obesity, cardiometabolic disease, or another complex and rapidly evolving therapeutic area is strongly preferred.
• Exceptional executive communication, judgment, and ability to influence, challenge constructively, and create alignment in a global matrix.

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, 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.

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.

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