Data Acquisition lead

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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.

Data Acquisition Lead

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will lead the acquisition, integration, and quality management of non-CRF (external/vendor) clinical trial data, ensuring it is timely, accurate, and fit-for-purpose to support study delivery, analytics, with regulatory compliance.

• Own the design, setup, and ongoing management of non-CRF data (e.g., central labs, imaging, wearables, precision medicine), ensuring seamless integration and traceability
• Own, define and maintain vendor data transfer specifications, oversee data transfer agreements aligned to study requirements
• Ensure timely and accurate ingestion of external datasets, proactively resolving formatting, mapping, and data quality issues – own query resolution with data including issue escalation with study team and/or suppliers
• Partner with other Data Management roles as well as the study team (global/local) to ensure external data aligns with CRF structures and is accessible within EDC or other data platforms for downstream processes including archival
• Lead troubleshooting of vendor integration issues, including delayed or inconsistent data deliveries, missing data and escalate issues and systemic risks as needed
• Monitor the quality of incoming data throughout the study lifecycle and initiate early reconciliation to prevent downstream delays – ensure we are ‘data delivery/analysis’ ready at all times

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The candidate we seek is an individual with the following qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 - 15 years of clinical execution experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8 years’ work experience in life sciences or medically related field, including 3 years of biopharmaceutical clinical research experience obtained working on clinical trials in a biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company
• Experience engaging and working across clinical trial teams in multiple geographies to deliver global clinical trials
• Experience in management and oversight of external vendors (e.g., CROs, central labs, imaging vendors, etc.)

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.

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:

• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

Apply now for a career that defies imagination

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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.