Clinical Quality Manager

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.

Clinical Quality Manager

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will provide proactive end to end quality support for the development and implementation of a risk-based quality assurance strategy for the clinical development program. Reporting to the Clinical Quality Senior Manager, Clinical & Research Quality (CRQ), you will support global and local study teams and all clinical trial sites who participate in Amgen sponsored trials.

• Provide quality oversight for Amgen programs for all stages of products in clinical development

• Plan, conduct and report out on risk-based Good Clinical Practices (GCP) audits (investigator site audits, affiliate audits, and study level audits)

• Ensure quality oversight for the Risk Assessment Categorization Tool (RACT) for each trial to guarantee the proper identification, prioritization, and mitigation of risks to critical data and processes and patient safety, welfare and rights

• Support the establishment of regional expertise to ensure quality and compliance to local regulations

• Ensure TA-specific data integrity, including technologies for data collection and measurement (e.g., biomarker usage and imaging methods)

• Support Clinical Trial Teams for all quality management activities, including Deviations/CAPAs, Inspection Readiness and Management activities, and Serious Breaches/ Privacy Issues

• Actively seek and implement innovative and proactive quality oversight methodologies (e.g., risk-methods leveraging AI and Natural Language Processing, and other advanced data analytics methods)

• Review clinical trial protocols ensuring simplification, application of lessons learned, and identification of critical data and processes

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree OR

• Master’s degree and 2 years of quality experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of quality experience OR

• Associate’s degree and 8 years of quality experience OR

• High school diploma / GED and 10 years of quality experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Quality Management, Quality Assurance or other relevant areas of the pharmaceutical/biotech industry where risk-based quality and quality by design are a core responsibility

• Oversight and implementation of Quality Management Systems and experience managing quality in electronic QMS such as Veeva or Track wise

• Thorough understanding of Clinical R&D activities and Global Regulations

• Knowledge of the Regulatory Submission and Inspection Management procedures

• Quality Oversight of Clinical Trials, including clinical trial protocol development, execution, and submissions

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong business writing abilities and active listening

• Ability to transform business and team member feedback into clear, efficient processes using a straightforward language and format

• Strong analytical, critical-thinking and decision-making abilities

• Degree educated

What you can expect from 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.

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, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

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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.

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. 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.

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