Observational Research Senior Manager (Rare Disease)

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If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Observational Research Senior Manager - Rare Disease

Live
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 Rare Disease 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 enhance the company’s mission.

With a constantly increasing demand for information from regulatory and reimbursement agencies, Observational research (OR) has become a critical area 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 effectiveness of interventions.

Key activities will include:
•    Designing and executing studies to support evidence generation such as identifying appropriate patient populations, assessing disease burden and resource utilization, obtaining 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 partners in the utilization and timing of non-interventional research to answer high-priority strategic business questions.
•    Demonstrating 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.

Win
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The qualified professional we seek is a Senior Manager with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree and 2 years of related research and scientific experience
Or
Master's degree and 6 years of related research and scientific experience
Or
Bachelor's degree and 8 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, implementation and analysis of observation research studies within Pharmaceutical and/or Public Health settings.
•    Experience in research to support drug development.
•    Experience working with secondary data systems including administrative claims, EMR and registries.
•    Experience in observational research project planning and management.
•    Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
•    Demonstrated experience working with and leading multi-disciplinary teams.

Thrive
What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.
•    Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
•    Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
•    Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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