Observational Research Senior Manager, Inflammation

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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. 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 lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Observational Research Senior Manager

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will responsible for research activities on the Inflammation therapeutic area team. The CfOR Senior Manager is recognized as a strong scientific contributor and a first or contributing author for papers in peer-reviewed journals, abstracts for scientific congresses and internal reports that improve the company’s mission.

With a constantly growing demand for information from regulatory and reimbursement agencies, Observational research (OR) has become a critical component in drug development and commercialization. Amgen’s Center for Observational Research (CfOR) partners with internal and external teams to generate real world evidence for multiple partners across the product lifecycle. The CfOR contributes evidence regarding the frequency and distribution of disease or the clinical burden of disease, the natural history or clinical course of disease, the design of clinical trials, cost and utilization patterns and the safety and efficiency of interventions.

Key activities of a CfOR Senior Manager include:

• Designing and performing studies to support evidence generation such as identifying appropriate patient populations, assessing disease burden and resource utilization, acquiring product registrations and label-expansions, meeting post-marketing requirements/commitments and product differentiation.

• Finding opportunities to substitute for and/or complement interventional studies to reduce time and cost of drug development.

• Influencing cross-functional team members in the utilization and timing of non-interventional research to answer high-priority strategic business questions.

• Leveraging real-world data and CfOR analytic approaches to inform high-value business decisions for multiple partners.

• Tracking business and functional priorities and aligning resources for those priorities.

• Contributing to the mission of the CfOR including progressing innovative epidemiological methods and analytical capabilities to support the CfOR’s leadership role within Amgen and the industry.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The observational research professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of related research and scientific experience

OR

Master's degree and 4 years of related research and scientific experience

OR

Bachelor's degree and 6 years of related research and scientific experience

OR

Associate’s degree and 10 years of related research and scientific experience

OR

High School diploma / GED and 12 years of related research and scientific experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Doctorate in Epidemiology or other subject with high observational research content.

Experience in the design, execution and analysis of observational research studies within Pharmaceutical and/or Public Health settings.

Experience in research to support drug development.

Experience with secondary data systems including administrative claims, electronic medical record systems, and registries.

Experience working with global team

Experience in observational research project planning and management.

Proven experience working with and leading multi-disciplinary teams.

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.

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.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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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.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

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