Senior Director, Target Validation — Lead Discovery & AI/ML

BioSpace; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 265,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Senior Director, Global Research Target Discovery to build and lead a ~25-person multidisciplinary Target Validation unit within Research Biology. You will guide diverse experimental disciplines and set priorities to advance multiple therapeutic areas.

You will mentor scientists, drive collaboration with advisory forums, and enable cutting-edge discovery. The base salary range in the U.S. is $265,405 - $312,459, with a comprehensive rewards plan.

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree PhD in biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, computational biology, immunology, oncology, metabolism or a relevant discipline and 7 years of scientific leadership experience in biotech, pharma or equivalent research environments
• OR
• Masters degree in biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, computational biology, immunology, oncology, metabolism or a relevant discipline and 10 years of scientific leadership experience in biotech, pharma or equivalent research environments
• OR
• Bachelors degree in biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, computational biology, immunology, oncology, metabolism or a relevant disciplineand 12 years of scientific leadership experience in biotech, pharma or equivalent research environments

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary organization of ~25 scientists within Research Biology
• Integrate diverse experimental disciplines and workflows to ensure coordinated execution and efficient delivery of novel molecular insights
• Establish platform priorities, resource allocation, and capacity planning in alignment with Research Biology and Therapeutic Area priorities
• Define clear roles, responsibilities, and seamless handoffs across teams and partnering organizations
• Drive adoption of automated experimental workflows, and integration of AI/ML to enable efficient experimentation across programs
• Serve as a senior scientific partner to Target Discovery and Therapeutic Areas
• Set clear expectations and enable scientists with diverse skill sets to collaborate effectively and contribute to early research pipeline
• Serve as a core member of Target Discovery Advisory Forum, and play a key role in target discovery, validation and prioritization. Engage, influence, and align therapeutic area stakeholders.
• Guide team members in synthesizing and communicating complex scientific and data-driven insights to key stakeholders and advisory forum.
• Contribute to fostering a highly collaborative, creative, dynamic and cutting-edge research environment

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

PhD in Biochemistry / relevant field

MSc in Biochemistry / relevant field

BSc in Biochemistry / relevant field

Job description

Amgen is seeking a Senior Director, Global Research Target Discovery to build and lead a ~25-person multidisciplinary Target Validation unit within Research Biology. You will guide diverse experimental disciplines and set priorities to advance multiple therapeutic areas.

You will mentor scientists, drive collaboration with advisory forums, and enable cutting-edge discovery. The base salary range in the U.S. is $265,405 - $312,459, with a comprehensive rewards plan.